After dinner at Taqueria Alonzo on Friday night, I took a few minutes to walk around the downtown streetscape improvements whose completion the city of Albany will observe at noon today.
New trail nearly done in North Albany
Written October 11th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Benton County is nearly finished building a new trail through about 10 acres of woodlands at the southwest corner of Valley View Drive and Crocker Lane in North Albany.
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Tags: Albany Heights, Benton County parks, Benton natural areas, North Albany County Park, North Albany trail
Tags: Albany Heights, Benton County parks, Benton natural areas, North Albany County Park, North Albany trail
Council allows demolition after 90 days
Written October 11th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
A dozen people told the Albany City Council Wednesday they want three old houses in the Monteith Historic District restored rather than demolished. Now they have three months to try to make that happen.
A new home for six women
Written October 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany Helping Hands is preparing to remodel a house in the Willamette Neighborhood for six women who can’t find anywhere else to live.
Big railroad job near Jefferson bridge
Written October 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Reader Max Hoefer saw all the construction activity at the west end of the Jefferson bridge. “What is going on?” he asked. So on Sunday the Answer Man went to take a look.
Delay demolition 90 days, city staff asks
Written October 7th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany Planning Manager Bob Richardson has recommended that the city council allow the razing of three old houses in the Monteith Historic District on the condition that the demolition be put off at least 90 days in case someone wants to move the structures.
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Albany downtown: The riverfront next?
So what comes next for CARA, the central Albany urban renewal district? Mayor Sharon Konopa has an idea, and she mentioned it Saturday at the completion ceremony of the city’s two-year downtown streetscape project.
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