I’ve been following the fate of this black walnut since it figured in a land-use decision about new townhouses in downtown Albany last summer. Now the tree is down, but the wood won’t go to waste.
Council mystery: Explanations came Thursday
Written December 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
There’s no more suspense, as far as the public is concerned, about the Albany City Council’s vote following an executive session Wednesday night to indemnify three employees against a potential damage claim. The move was in reaction to a possible lawsuit against the city over the crash of an ultralight aircraft last July.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: airport managers, Albay Airport, aviation lawsuits, indemnification, Krutch Lindell, Mayor Johnson II, Millersburg crash site, tort claim notice, ultralight aircraft, ultralight crash
Tags: airport managers, Albay Airport, aviation lawsuits, indemnification, Krutch Lindell, Mayor Johnson II, Millersburg crash site, tort claim notice, ultralight aircraft, ultralight crash
Albany council leaves viewers in the dark
Written December 1st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Like a mystery novel that ends each chapter with a cliffhanger, the Albany City Council on Wednesday night left its audience hanging and wanting to know more.
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Tags: Albany City Council, executive session, indemnifying employees, litigation
Tags: Albany City Council, executive session, indemnifying employees, litigation
Question for the DEQ: How much and when?
Written November 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon state government is about to adopt a program to all but stop the use of fossil fuels over the next 28 years. It seems strange that in describing the program for the general public, the administration of Governor Brown never says what this would do to citizens in Albany and elsewhere in the […]
Home buyers’ letters ‘banned’? Not really
Written November 29th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
If you’re selling a house in Albany or anywhere else in Oregon after next Jan. 1, you may be hearing about a new law that supposedly bans would-be home buyers’ so-called “love letters.” But the law does no such thing.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: buyers' 'love letters', Hb 2550, housing discrimination, Oregon laws, Oregon legislature, real estate agents
Tags: buyers' 'love letters', Hb 2550, housing discrimination, Oregon laws, Oregon legislature, real estate agents
The changing scene near Bowman Park
Written November 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
If you haven’t been to Bowman Park in Albany since the summer, you may be surprised, the next time you go, by how the view at the entrance to the park has changed.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany housing, apartments, Bowman Park, riverfront path, The Banks apartments, Willamette River
Tags: Albany housing, apartments, Bowman Park, riverfront path, The Banks apartments, Willamette River
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On the Ellsworth Bridge, no overhead lights
Driving into Albany on the Ellsworth Street Bridge on Friday night felt different, somehow. Then I saw the reason: All the overhead lights on the bridge were out, plunging the deck into darkness cut only by the headlights on the truck.
Tags: Albany Bridge, bridge lights, Ellsworth Street bridge, ODOT