This may be of interest if you play tennis at West Albany High School, as a student or, outside of school hours, a member of the public.
It’s beginning to look like a school
Written November 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
If you want to follow the progress of the big construction projects in the Greater Albany Public Schools, a good place to look is the monthly report to the school board from HMK Company, the district’s project manager.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Schools, Albany school bond projects, Oak Grove Elementary
Tags: Albany Public Schools, Albany school bond projects, Oak Grove Elementary
Periwinkle’s nutrias: There are fewer now
Written November 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
If nutrias are hard to spot now in Periwinkle Creek, it’s probably because a contractor for the Albany Parks Department got rid of about 40 of the pesky rodents a couple of months ago.
Mission’s season: Let the tree sales begin
Written November 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
It’s not even close to Thanksgiving, but time waits for no one who counts on Christmas tree sales to help support his mission to help the homeless out of the cold and on their feet.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Christmas tree sales, George Matland, homeless shelter, Signs of Victory
Tags: Christmas tree sales, George Matland, homeless shelter, Signs of Victory
City to dispose of N. Albany pond
Written November 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The Albany Parks Department has no use for a little pond the city owns next door to a planned North Albany apartment project and would like to dispose of it. Go ahead and get that process started, the city council said this week.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Ed Hodney, Hickory Street pond, Sunset Village Apartments
Tags: Albany parks, Ed Hodney, Hickory Street pond, Sunset Village Apartments
Why the big worry about ADUs?
Written November 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Once again the Albany City Council wrestled Wednesday with allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which is hard to understand since the city already allows them in most areas and hardly anybody is putting them in.
Another Albany project for this renovator
Written November 6th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Readers of this site last met Paul Dykast in March 2017, when he had just finished renovating a dilapidated Albany house in the Willamette Neighborhood and turned it into a showplace. Now he’s at it again.
Council fends off proposed riverbank gift
Written November 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The developer of Edgewater Village wants to donate three parcels of riverbank to the city of Albany. Most of the land is too steep and dangerous to be used, so why would the city want it?
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Edgewater, George Diamond, riverbank donation, Willamette riverbank
Tags: Edgewater, George Diamond, riverbank donation, Willamette riverbank
School zone again: Will council act?
Written November 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
For the second time this year, the Albany City Council was asked Monday to do something about the 20 mph school zone on Waverly Drive east of the South Albany High School football field.
Albany takes up riverfront challenge
After years of talking about it, Albany is trying to follow its neighbors on the Willamette River by stimulating redevelopment of its riverfront. The first step — you guessed it — is finding a consultant.
Tags: Albany riverfront, CARA, City of Independence, Independence Hotel