HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Back-in parking: Your opinion?

Written May 24th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

So, if you’ve tried to back into the new parking layout outside the Albany Post Office, how did you like it? There was some initial reaction on social media, and I’d like to hear from people about how this worked for them.


Council: No roundabout on Gibson

Written May 23rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Reversing a decision it made a year ago, the Albany City Council now says it does not want a full roundabout at the junction of Gibson Hill Road and Crocker Lane in North Albany.


Weekly yard debris? Not in Albany

Written May 22nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

For the second time, the Albany City Council has rejected Republic Services’ proposal to collect yard debris weekly instead of every other week. The council majority didn’t think it was right to impose extra expense on people who don’t need the more frequent service, especially since customers can obtain a second yard waste cart now […]


The Big Dig: When it will start

Written May 19th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

The digging for Albany’s Big Dig will start on June 12. A week before that, workers for Emery & Sons Construction Group will start getting equipment in place for the $8 million project to reconstruct and spruce up several downtown streets.


Road-user-fee bill stalls in Salem

Written May 18th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Legislators seem to be in no hurry to expand OReGO, the state’s per-mile road tax program, or to make it mandatory in a few years. A bill to do both was heard by the House transportation committee on March 15 but has seen no action since.


New shelter space taking shape

Written May 16th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Construction is still very much in progress, but George Matland is confident that the new Signs of Victory mission in Albany will be finished in time for homeless people to find shelter there by the end of June.


NE Albany: Plat adds 142 houses

Written May 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

This is at the corner of Somerset Drive and Timber Ridge in northeast Albany, and those wide open spaces won’t be quite that wide open for long.


 
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