HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Police and fire stations: Another step

Written December 11th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Next time, the Albany City Council can probably count on at least three more votes than it got the last time for a bond issue for a new police headquarters and downtown fire station. But it is hoping for a lot more than that.


Trail: May the opponents reconsider

Written December 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

A dozen farmers oppose construction of the Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail, and they may be able to block it. They can keep fighting a conditional use permit Benton County is seeking for the path, and if that fails they can decline to sell any needed easements. The question is whether they really want to kill a project with benefits for […]


Long live this library!

Written December 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Of all the things a city government must do, maintaining public parks and libraries ranks at the very top of the priority list, as far as I’m concerned. And today, a particular library has the spotlight here.


Encounter with geese, sort of

Written December 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Am I frightening these geese or what?


Phone books keep on coming

Written December 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Every few months, it seems, another phone book hits the stoop. Or, in the country, the verge by the side of the road. Or the grassy strip next to your mailbox. The question is: Who needs all those phone books?


Protest blockage: Some questions

Written December 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

I’m glad I wasn’t in my truck trying to cross the Willamette River on the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis Saturday. Demonstrators claiming to protest police brutality around the country blocked the bridge for “more than 15 minutes,” as the Gazette-Times reported. If the drivers prevented from crossing the bridge had been the impatient […]


I-5 update: Barrier’s coming along

Written December 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

An update from the freeway beat: The contractor stringing a cable barrier up Interstate 5 appears to be moving faster than expected.


 
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