If the city council agrees, Albany is about to pay for the installation of public electric-vehicle charging stations in four locations around town.
There are not many sights on Bryant Drive outside of Albany, but one of them you can look at from time to time is a herd of picturesque cattle.
It must be especially difficult to do street construction and underground utility work during our rainy winters while also keeping traffic moving.
A century-old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District may be turned into an outpatient treatment center for people with drug or alcohol problems.
Here we are at the very beginning of 2025, a year that would have sounded like science fiction when we were young. Might as well reflect a little on this blog.
“How high’s the water, Momma?” Johnny Cash asked in 1959. And the answer was: “Five feet high and rising.”
Wandering around a parking lot without cars
On Sunday I took a few minutes to wander around the completely empty parking lot at Albany’s Bowman Park. No reason, except that the park was closed to vehicles because of high water a few days ago.
Tags: Bowman Park, river level, Willamette River