The long-awaited project to replace the Cox Creek Bridge on Waverly Drive is about to take place.
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Hospital street gets a smooth surface
Written May 10th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
People driving to the Albany Hospital now don’t have to dodge as many potholes as before.
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Tags: Albany hospital, pavement, paving, potholes, resurfacing, Sixth Avenue
Tags: Albany hospital, pavement, paving, potholes, resurfacing, Sixth Avenue
Five years from site plan to finished complex
Written May 6th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
It was in 2021 that the Albany Planning Commission approved the site plan for a 22-unit apartment complex on Salem Avenue. Now the project has been built, and it looks almost ready for people to move in.
108 apartments on 53rd win city approval
Written March 30th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
So much for what people want if they want something that’s in conflict with state and local land use law.
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Latest step on ex-bank site: Option signed
Written July 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The saga of 300 West First Avenue in Albany continues. That’s where years ago the First National Bank and later Wells Fargo had its downtown branch.
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Tags: Albany Revitalization, ARA, downtown Albany, First Avenue, Lepman, parking lot, Wells Fargo lot
Tags: Albany Revitalization, ARA, downtown Albany, First Avenue, Lepman, parking lot, Wells Fargo lot
Still boarded up but not forgotten
Written July 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
So what’s new with the dwelling at 329 Pine St. S.E., which the City of Albany posted as a “derelict structure” two summers ago? That’s what I was wondering when I passed the place on a bike ride on June 28.
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Tags: 29 Pine, code enforcement, Derelict structure, Pine Street, railroad tracks
Tags: 29 Pine, code enforcement, Derelict structure, Pine Street, railroad tracks
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Gazing out the window from a bed
One great thing about being on the seventh floor of Salem Hospital, besides meeting the exceptionally caring and competent staff, is the view.
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