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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Millersburg: Change fire service?

Written September 11th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Millersburg is considering making a change in its arrangement for fire protection, and Albany, being its bigger neighbor, has a more than passing interest in the change.

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Directions: The fix that wasn’t

Written September 11th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Compass directions are a continuing challenge to the makers of this interesting sign, which tells visitors what’s what in the historic Masonic Cemetery off Albany’s Broadway Street.

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At OSU, names hinder success?

Written September 9th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

As you may have heard, Oregon State University is trying to decide whether to change the names of four campus buildings because of the opinions or actions of their long-dead namesakes. The reason for change, we now hear, is that the names may keep minority students from doing well.


Sunrise Park: Plan up for review

Written September 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s Sunrise Park will get a parking lot and a big sun shade, plus two new play structures, according to a site plan for the park’s renovation that has just been filed with the city Planning Division.

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Trees down, apartments are next

Written September 1st, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Before you build anything, you have to clear the site, and that’s what’s happening on land where developer Charles Weathers of Salem intends to build what he calls Hickory Hollow, the first apartment complex to be approved in North Albany.


Bids opened for Riverside Drive

Written August 29th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

The Linn County Road Department  this morning opened bids for widening about 2.4 miles of Riverside Drive from Oakville Road to Meadow Road, a long-planned project that will make the road safer for both motorists and bicyclists.


N. Albany zoning flap: What next?

Written August 27th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Jim Winkler says he was disappointed but not surprised when the Albany City Council last week turned down his request to rezone nearly 13 acres of vacant land in North Albany so he could develop an apartment complex that would include commercial services for residents to use.


 
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