Once again we have undergone the ridiculous rigmarole of a time change. (If you read this after 2 on Sunday morning, that is. And in case you forgot, it’s an hour later this morning than you think.)Â
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Zoning: The fix falls short
Written March 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
About two years ago Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa had the great idea to form a task force that would comb through the city development code and recommend changes to make it easier to open or run a business. On Wednesday the city council will hold a hearing on the result, a list of revisions so […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany development code, Main Street District, waterfront district, zoning restrictions
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany development code, Main Street District, waterfront district, zoning restrictions
Why background-check bill deserved to die
Written March 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Our Oregon legislature did not accomplish much during the short session that ended Friday, but its main achievement lies in what it did not do. Among the things it did not do was to enact Senate Bill 1551, requiring private sellers of firearms to obtain background checks on the would-be buyers.
Forget pot dispensaries for now
Written March 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
You can forget about legal dispensaries of medical marijuana in Oregon for the foreseeable future — unless voters approve legalization of the weed in the form of an initiative this fall. The state Senate voted this morning, 28-2, to go along with changes the House had made in SB 1531.
Grocery carts: a tech solution?
Written March 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Some years ago Albany passed a city ordinance to put a stop to the nuisance of grocery carts being taken from stores and abandoned all over town. It’s an elaborate law, and as far as I can see it has done almost no good. Could there be a technological solution?
Dodging craters on our streets
Written March 3rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The poor shape of some of Albany’s oldest streets is an old subject. A reader, Hazel Siebrecht, brought it up again on Feb. 28 in response to my story on the spending proposals before the CARA urban renewal advisory board when it meets at 5:15 p.m. today (March 4) at City Hall.
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N. Albany: Dread the summer of ’15
When they go to town in the summer of 2015, many residents of North Albany will have to take the long way round. Two big construction projects are planned on the two main roads into and out of the district, which has between 8,000 and 9,000 people.
Tags: Albany City Council, Gibson Hill Road, North Albany Road, Thornton Lakes