News – Hasso Hering

Checking on a site that’s out of the way

Written April 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

When actual news takes place, you can usually find me elsewhere. On Saturday, for instance the bike and I checked on an out-of-the way corner of Albany we had visited almost exactly a year before.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: apartment site, Davidson Street, land division, rail lines, Water Avenue

Bridge project to close Goldfish Farm Road

Written April 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Goldfish Farm Road, between Knox Butte Road and Santiam Highway on the east side of Albany, will be closed to through traffic starting Monday so the bridge across Cox Creek can be replaced.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bridge replacement, Cascade Civil Corp., deficient bridge, detour, Goldfish Farm Road, Linn County Road Department, ODOT, Price Road, Scravel Hill Road

Where a city fuel tax would be sweet

Written April 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Like Albany, the City of Millersburg is considering a local fuel tax to help pay for street maintenance. But in Millersburg, most of the revenue would come from people who live some place else.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: city fuel tax, Love's Travel stop, Millersburg, street maintenance

Farmers under attack from D’s in Salem

Written April 3rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 31 responses.

Thirteen Democrats in the Oregon legislature, most of them from the Portland metro area, want to make the life of Oregon farmers even more difficult than it already is.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: farmers, farms, farmworker standards, farmworker training, farmworkers, HB 2548

Buying a gun: What OSP numbers show

Written April 1st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

Democrats in the Oregon legislature are working on a bill intended to make it harder and more expensive to buy a gun. The most likely effect of their efforts is to stimulate gun sales again before the new restrictions take effect.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: FICS, firearms, Firearms Instant Check System, guns, Measure 114, Oregon legislature

Close to nature: Riding by Albany creeks

Written March 31st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

One reason old Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood makes for a great place to ride a bike — besides not much traffic — is that nature is close at hand.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany creeks, Periwinkle Creek, storm drains, storm runoff, urban creeks, urban stream syndrome, wildlife

Downtown housing: The latest addition

Written March 30th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Two buildings containing eight three-story townhouses are under construction in the 200 block of Southeast Third Avenue, the latest project by the Lepman organization to increase housing in and near Albany’s downtown.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Central Albany, downtown, housing, Lepman, Third Avenue Townhomes