With the approval of the mayor and three other council members, Republic Services will charge Albany households $2.95 more per month for trash service and start picking up yard debris every week instead of every other week.
Request to council: Repeal exclusion zone
Written April 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Back in March 2018, the Albany City Council passed an ordinance allowing persistent law breakers to be temporarily banned from the central part of town. Now the council has been asked to strike this law from the books.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany city code, combatting crime and vagrancy, enhanced law enforcement area
Tags: Albany city code, combatting crime and vagrancy, enhanced law enforcement area
On the riverfront: New use for historic building
Written April 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A construction fence blocking a Water Avenue parking lot drew my attention as I rode past on my bike. So I stopped to see what was up.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Custom Mill, Albany history, Albany riverfront, Avery Mill, Historic buildings, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany Custom Mill, Albany history, Albany riverfront, Avery Mill, Historic buildings, Water Avenue
Albany council heading toward added fee
Written April 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Staff work continues on a new Albany utility fee to support city services. And while no decision has been made to collect such a fee, no one on the council has objected in any of the meetings where it was discussed.
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Tags: Albany city budget, Albany City Council, city utility fee, municipal budget
Tags: Albany city budget, Albany City Council, city utility fee, municipal budget
Riverfront beat: signs of impending construction
Written April 25th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
On the Albany riverfront, a Salem contractor is getting ready to prepare the site for construction of “The Banks,” a 120-unit apartment complex.
Crocker sidewalks all the way? Not yet
Written April 24th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A reader wondered if Albany has any plans to complete the new sidewalks on Crocker Lane for the street’s entire length. And the short answer is no.
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Council votes to sell unusual lot for $4,000
Chances are this lot on Albany’s Southeast Burkhart Street will soon look different. The city council has voted to sell the property to two men who want to build attached housing units there.
Tags: 370 Burkhart SE, housing, surplus Albany property, unused reservoir