News – Page 335 – Hasso Hering

Due on 34: Protection from bad driving

Written August 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Careless drivers and their potential victims will likely get some help in avoiding crashes on the notorious Highway 34 next year, especially between Corvallis and I-5.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Highway 34, ODOT, Oregon 34, Rick Little

Postal kiosk: Don’t count on it

Written August 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

In early 2014 the inspector general of the U.S. Postal Service Office issued a report that the system’s 2,500 self-service kiosks were used not nearly as much as the service wanted. It blamed several factors including inconsistent signage and poor location in postal lobbies. In Albany, where the kiosk is placed where you cannot miss […]

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Tags: Albany Post Office, postal self-service kiosk, U.S. Postal Service

Pot in Albany: Sales ban possible

Written August 10th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

If the Albany City Council wants once again to wade into the thicket of marijuana regulation, it can do so under Oregon laws passed this year. Among other things it could ban the sale of recreational marijuana, but the ban would have to be submitted to the voters in the 2016 general election.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Oregon marijuana law, recreational marijuana, Sean Kidd

Edgewater Village: Looking good

Written August 10th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

After checking out the interior of the first units in Edgewater Village over the weekend, I’m encouraged about the prospects of this, Albany’s biggest investment yet in reviving a blighted part of the old downtown.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: CARA, Edgewater Village, George Diamond

Initiative update: Albany accepts four

Written August 7th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Albany City Clerk Mary Dibble has rejected two initiatives and acepted four others proposed by North Albany resident Tom Cordier. But Cordier plans to file an amended version bundling the four into one and dropping the idea that got the other two rejected. That idea was to repeal all existing franchise fees and privilege taxes […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, franchise fees, initiative proposals, Mary Dibble, Tom Cordier, utility taxes

Great bond sale, and a question

Written August 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Albany officials were delighted with the results of Wednesday’s bond sale to pay for the planned new police headquarters and downtown fire station replacement. The high demand — 10 bidders — showed the strength of the city’s financial situation. As for me, I was a little puzzled, which once again shows that I’m mystified by […]

Posted in: Commentary, News, Uncategorized
Tags: $18 million bond, Albany City Council, public safety buildings

Edgewater Village: Deadline is met

Written August 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

For someone who has been following the long history of this Albany site on the Willamette River, as I have, this weekend marks another milestone. The first five houses of Edgewater Village are finished, beating a deadline, and the public gets a look at them Saturday.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: BNSF, CARA, Edgewater Village, Willamette River