If your daily commute takes you along North Albany Road, enjoy the drive while you can. Starting this spring and continuing through most of the summer, the route will be restricted and eventually blocked entirely so it can be rebuilt and widened.
Albany projects: Details galore!
Written February 26th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Albany voters now have a chance to get all the specifics they might want on the proposed new police headquarters and main fire station, the objects of a bond election set for May 19.
Good news on the crime front
Written February 25th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Here is good news — unless you’re a crook or frequent violator of traffic laws, that is. Two recent reports to the Albany City Council show that crime is way down and the number of prosecutions in city court is up. It sounds like there’s a connection, even if it’s indirect. On Feb. 9 Police Chief […]
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Tags: Albany Citry Council, Albany crime, Albany Municipal Court, Mario Lattanzio, Robert Scott
Tags: Albany Citry Council, Albany crime, Albany Municipal Court, Mario Lattanzio, Robert Scott
Linn board backs gun rights
Written February 24th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Not that it’s a big surprise, but the three Linn County commissioners have gone on record supporting the right of law-abiding people to keep and bear arms as the Second Amendment guarantees. Commissioners Roger Nyquist, John Lindsey and Will Tucker signed a resolution to that effect on Tuesday.
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Tags: gun rights, Linn County board, Second Amendment, Second Amendment resolution
Tags: gun rights, Linn County board, Second Amendment, Second Amendment resolution
And another ballot title challenge
Written February 24th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Now there’s a second pending challenge of the ballot title and language for the May 19 bond election on Albany’s plans for a new police headquarters and main fire station. Tom Cordier filed the first one in court Monday and followed up with an amended version Tuesday. Fellow city resident Gordon Shadle filed the second […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police and fire bond, Gordon Shadle, Tom Cordier
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police and fire bond, Gordon Shadle, Tom Cordier
Tom Cordier challenges ballot title
Written February 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Tom Cordier, a member of the citizens committee that recommended a bond issue to build a new Albany police headquarters and main fire station, has gone to court and challenged the ballot title for the measure. He contends that the ballot question is neither as concise nor as fair as the state law requires.
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Bike route options: How about these?
Now that the latest plan for an Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail — or “multi-use path” — has been shot down, Benton County says it will try to find another route. A long look at the map suggests at least two alternatives that would be almost as good.
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail, Benton County, Riverside Drive option