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On Cox Creek, heavy-duty mowing

Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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The ear-splitting whine of chainsaws made me take notice Friday afternoon on the Waverly Drive bridge across Cox Creek. Turns out a crew working for R. Franco Restoration of Aumsville was just winding up a day’s worth of work on the creek banks all the way from near Salem Avenue.

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Tags: Calapooia Watershed Council, Cox Creek, Franco Restoration

UP permit issue stalls new path

Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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If you’re anxiously waiting for that new bike and walking path under the Pacific Boulevard overpass — and even if you’re not — you’re going to have to wait a while longer. Construction was to have started in May. But nothing’s going on at the site. The reason: The project apparently needs a permit from the […]

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Tags: Albany Station, ODOT, station path HP Civil Inc., Swanson Park, Union Pacific

Train station sites compared

Written June 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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Faster and more frequent passenger train service up and down the Willamette Valley may be a distant dream, but the planning work grinds on. ODOT’s passenger rail program has just published a comparison of all the existing and potential stops. In Albany, the report compares the existing depot, Albany Station, with a potential stop near […]

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Tags: Albany Station, Oregon passenger rail

Wishes he had a couple of oars

Written June 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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From the riverfont beat: This episode in a man’s boating life had a happy ending. But it should remind everyone that if you rely on your motor as the only way of propulsion, you may end up here: up a creek without a paddle.

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Tags: boating Willamette, Willamette River

That orange is for gas, not OSU

Written June 3rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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Have you noticed all that bright orange plastic that’s been strung through the fields along Independence Highway? Around here, orange usually signifies Oregon State’s Beavers. But it turns out the erosion barrier is merely a sign that Northwest Natural is starting the latest phase of its gas pipeline expansion program in the Willamette Valley.

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Tags: gas pipelines, Northwest Natural

Hare’s case heads for appeal

Written June 2nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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An administrative law judge for the state Elections Division has upheld — big surprise! — the agency’s $75 fine against Albany City Manager Wes Hare for reminding voters last fall that an election was taking place. Now it’s up to the Oregon appellate courts to strike a blow for free speech, but also for common […]

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Tags: Alison Greene Webster, Gordon Shadle, Oregon elections law, Wes Hare

Let CARA do its job: Revival

Written May 29th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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CARA, Albany’s downtown urban renewal district, will hold a public open house Wednesday (June 4) to collect suggestions on which “public infrastructure” projects it should pursue. But hanging over the agency now is the proposal to use its funding to help pay for the central fire station and expansion of the police headquarters. Tempting though that idea […]

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Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, police and fire stations, Wheelhouse