HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

North Albany Park: New restroom coming

Written March 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

After years of planning for improvements at North Albany Park, Benton County is about to take the first step in that direction by replacing the old restroom building with a new one nearby.


Taking a last look at those old beams

Written March 20th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

For nearly 47 years, I’ve crossed the Willamette River on the Ellsworth Street bridge in Albany almost every day, usually driving a vehicle, and on rare occasions riding a bike.


That old RR track: Where it once led

Written March 19th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

If it was up to me, they’d put a historical marker on the rusted railroad track that runs from the Albany yard past Crabtree Automotive and ends in the bushes before it gets to Hill Street.


How did session lessen ‘housing crisis’?

Written March 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Bike rides in Albany occasionally take me into a new subdivision on the west end of town, where they’ve been building and selling three- and four-bedroom houses since 2019. It’s the 32-lot Takena Estates subdivision. And as I stopped there Saturday to look around, I was thinking about the Oregon “housing crisis” that we hear […]


Citizen asks city to reopen useful shortcut

Written March 15th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

There’s a short foot and bike path from 36th Avenue to Ermine Street, but this 50-foot shortcut has been unusable since the Albany City Council ordered it to be blocked in 2009.


Waterfront Project: Checking on stage etc.

Written March 14th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

The new stage at Monteith Riverpark looks almost finished, and on Tuesday I took advantage of an open gate in the construction fence to walk in and take a closer look.


Behold the new attraction in Waverly Lake

Written March 13th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Ah, there it is, the sparking new fountain in Albany’s Waverly Lake!


 
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