When you’re riding your bike around town on a sunny afternoon, you have the chance to stop and take a closer look anytime you see something, well, not exactly spellbinding, but unusual anyway.
Not your usual bike path sign …
Written March 13th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Now there’s something to look forward to if you take the Dave Clark Path along the Willamette River in Albany to finish a long ride on a hot summer’s day. “Cold beer ahead.” Could there be a more welcome sign to cheer the hearts of weary travelers? Or path walkers, as the case may be? […]
Council TV: Watching from a better chair
Written March 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Suppose you’ve been to the dentist on a Wednesday afternoon and don’t really feel like sitting through an Albany City Council meeting that night. But you don’t want to miss out on the fun, so you tune your old TV to cable channel 23 at 7:15 and watch the proceedings there. And as […]
Pacific scores in M’burg debate
Written March 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Pacific Power seems to have scored a big point in arguing against the proposal that Millersburg expel the utility from the city limits and form a municipal electric utility instead. On Wednesday Pacific publicized a ruling it had obtained from the Bonneville Power Administration, a ruling that makes it unlikely that Wah Chang, the main […]
Kafka’s ghost on Belmont street
Written March 11th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
This barrier on Belmont Street in South Albany makes a handy place to lean a bike. It’s also a fine monument to how we have let ourselves become hobbled by essentially needless procedures when the federal government gets involved in construction jobs that may remotely affect fish or rare plants.
On canal, let’s be reasonable
Written March 11th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany is sounding tough when it comes to Lebanon and the Santiam canal. It’s one thing to start negotiations with a hard-nosed attitude. But when it comes to two neighboring towns depending on the same asset, some friendly flexibility would not come amiss. And it would sound better.
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Check out that crack in the bridge
Ready for another fascinating report from the wilds of Albany’s riverside bike and walking trail, the Dave Clark Path? The path happens to be part of one of my favorite short cycling routes around town. So what about those cracks in one of the piers holding up the Portland & Western bridge across the Willamette River?
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