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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Council wants more pot restrictions

Written November 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Open for business? Well, not exactly, at least where marijuana is concerned. A day after Albany voters overwhelmingly repealed the city council’s ban on commerce in recreational pot, Mayor Sharon Konopa and the council majority appeared ready Wednesday to impose tight restrictions on where pot stores could open.


City pump at work on Broadway

Written November 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Albany has jumped into action to deal with a big puddle of runoff that started overflowing a part of Broadway Street S.W. this fall.


Closing a lane gets push-back

Written November 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Because it calls for losing a lane on Queen Avenue westbound, Albany City Council members Rich Kellum and Bill Coburn are pushing back against a proposal by ODOT-Rail to add more gates at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing.


Another time change — aaaargh!

Written November 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Even ODOT is worried about the harmful effects of the time change barreling down on us on Sunday. Which once again raises the question: Why do we keep up this senseless and potentially injurious ritual of changing what it says on the clock?


In pot campaign cash, no contest

Written November 2nd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

If campaign money was the only thing that counted, supporters of commerce in recreational marijuana in Albany would have an astronomical advantage. But cash is not the only thing that counts.


The Broadway pond: Following up

Written November 1st, 2016 by Hasso Hering

City and county officials have taken note of the water problem on Albany’s Broadway Street S.W., and they are trying to do something about it.


The risk is pretty small; however …

Written October 29th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

In the Age of the Lawsuit, maybe this was the inevitable result of a couple of trees on Albany’s Cox Creek coming down in a windstorm two weekends ago. On Saturday these signs had appeared at the western entrance of the Cox Creek Path.


 
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