Prompted by the demolition of a building at the campus of the National Energy Technology Lab, rumors are flying about what the U.S. Department of Energy has in mind for the Albany site.
After dark on Sunday night seems an unusual time for a utility contractor to be working. But that was the case on Seventh Avenue between Takena and Elm streets.
The Tesla company has told the Albany building department it plans to construct an electric vehicle charging station with 16 stalls on Southeast Pacific Boulevard.
If you haven’t seen it, I’d like to call your attention to a YouTube video showing the successful operation last week to save the locomotives of an Albany-bound train that were derailed on a trestle in Toledo.
Following up on the lane markings on Ellsworth Street and Ninth Avenue in Albany: Yes, the Oregon Department of Transportation may be interested in making improvements, but not just now.

On new plaza street, a little damage
Albany’s new “plaza street” on the Willamette riverfront has sustained some damage well before it has seen its first intended use for events like the farmers’ market.
Tags: "plaza street", damaged lamp post, Waterfront Project