The coronavirus numbers put out by the Oregon Health Authority and recited by the press could use a little interpretation, starting with the number of “new deaths.”
D’s, R’s and Nons: The local numbers
Written October 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
In case it matters, and maybe it does in local politics, Democrats have a slight edge in Albany registrations over Republicans. But both major parties are running behind the number of Albany voters signed up as nonaffiliated.
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Tags: Albany, Albany Republicans, AlbanyDemocrats, elections, Nonaffiliated, Oregon, party registrations, politics, voter registrations, Voting
Tags: Albany, Albany Republicans, AlbanyDemocrats, elections, Nonaffiliated, Oregon, party registrations, politics, voter registrations, Voting
Albany Senior Center when Covid is over
Written October 20th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
For today’s episode, how about a little rumor control concerning the future of the Albany Senior Center once the Covid crisis is safely in the past?
There used to be a grove of trees …
Written October 19th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Here’s something that surprised me on a bike ride through the open country south of Albany: A grove of trees on the east side of Meadow Road was gone.
Out on Pirtle Drive, there’s a new sight
Written October 17th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
It had been some time since the bike took me along Pirtle Drive in the farm country south of Albany. So until Friday I had not seen the long fence topped by barbed wire on the former industrial site where Dirk Olsen of Olsen Honey Farms has set up his apiary. Why the fence, I […]
Trains and signs: The latest on Albany Station
Written October 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Train service has been further reduced, but new automated signs are being installed. That about sums up the latest from Albany Station.
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Property tax reform: Sure, but how?
The Albany Budget Committee Monday heard a presentation on the complications and unfairness of Oregon’s property tax. Let’s not forget that the system is what it is because citizens tried to protect themselves from skyrocketing bills.
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