HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Old church: Its fate still not settled

Written July 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

You may be tired of reading about the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Tough. You’ll have to put up with it for a while longer because the Albany City Council still has not made a decision on what to do with the decaying building at Santiam Road and Main.


A new traffic signal, needed or not

Written July 6th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

A year and a half ago, the Albany City Council was pressured into spending nearly half a million dollars on a new traffic signal that nobody except ODOT thinks is necessary. On Wednesday the council will be asked to complete that action by awarding a bid.


Verdict on new street: Well, it’s smooth

Written July 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

It’s been weeks since traffic could flow unencumbered through downtown Albany as seven blocks of two streets were reconstructed, one by one.


Fighting poverty: Albany has a plan

Written July 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Independence Day is as good a time as any to consider Albany’s government-funded program to fight poverty. The city council did so last week when it adopted a five-year plan.


Big high school additions: Keeping track

Written July 2nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Two things I noticed right away about the planned addition to West Albany High School: The tennis courts will have to move, and there’s no perimeter fence like the one planned at South. Greater Albany Public Schools has submitted plans for the West addition to the Albany Planning Division, and the city mailed notices to […]


Photo speed tickets: Not in Albany (yet?)

Written June 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

While I was biking around Medford the other day, this sign caught my eye now that Albany has begun experimenting with radar speed displays.


A different idea for a vacant store

Written June 28th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Whether anything comes of this is uncertain, but Albany’s downtown urban development board last week heard about an idea for turning a vacant store into shared office space and a couple of meeting rooms.


 
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