The long-running dispute between Albany and Lebanon over the Santiam Canal is about to be settled, and the public works staffs and lawyers of both cities deserve the credit for working out the details.
Albany police and fire levy: May vote
Written February 10th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany voters get a chance in May to renew the city’s police and fire tax levy a year early, and if they do, about $80,000 of the first year’s amount will not be siphoned off for urban renewal.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police and fire, public safety tax levy
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police and fire, public safety tax levy
Unsolved mystery: Book in the wall
Written February 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
“American Railway Transportation” by Emory R. Johnson, Ph. D., was first published in 1903. Today’s mystery is this: How and why did a 1907 edition of this 434-page book end up hidden in the wall of a house at 1405 Front Ave. N.E. instead of being returned to the Albany Public Library when it was […]
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Tags: 1405 Front, Albany Public Library, American Railway Administration, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding
Tags: 1405 Front, Albany Public Library, American Railway Administration, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding
What’s all that greenness cost?
Written February 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
A handful of Oregon legislators think it would be nice to know what Oregon can expect to gain for all the money residents are being forced to pay to reduce so-called greenhouse gas emissions. A bill to find out will get a hearing Tuesday. But prudence is in the minority this session, so the bill […]
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Tags: 2016 session, cimate change, green energy, HB 4101, Oregon legislature
Tags: 2016 session, cimate change, green energy, HB 4101, Oregon legislature
Update: Rescuing an old house
Written February 5th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
The woman who lived in this Albany house most of her life will be remembered when the place is rebuilt and named in her honor.
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Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding, old house, Willamette neighborhood
Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding, old house, Willamette neighborhood
What forced pay hike would cost
Written February 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
We ought to amend the state constitution to require anyone running for the legislature to have at least three years experience as an employer in private business. We won’t do this, of course, but if we did, destructive schemes like the currently proposed jump in the Oregon minimum wage would not even come up.
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This rosy glow grabs my attention
It was last Aug. 21 when I wrote about this restaurant, which had been vacant and closed for so long that a reader had asked me what was going on. The owner, Ed Wright, told me he hoped to open it soon. Then, on Monday, back in town after a week away, I’m driving around […]
Tags: Albany City Council, Juicy Burger, pigs in town