A request for a $259,000 grant toward restoring the historic S.E. Young & Son Building downtown ran into trouble Wednesday when four Albany council members said they could not or would not approve.
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A double take at the sight of this sign at this site
Written July 5th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Thanks for the advance notice, but then perhaps this is a bit too far in advance?
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And they’re baaack — plastic bags!
Written June 1st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
A reported shortage of paper bags has caused some Oregon supermarkets, including Fred Meyer in Albany, to offer customers plastic bags again.
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Guess what’s back on Waverly Lake
Written May 27th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
I’d been wondering when the Waverly Duck would make its return to its accustomed Albany pond. And on Wednesday afternoon, there it was.
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Message on bridges: The rest of the story
Written May 26th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
So what’s this bridge work that ODOT is telling us about on message boards at Albany’s two Willamette River crossings? In short, it’s a matter of fixing damaged beams on the Ellsworth Street span.
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Tags: Conde McCullough, Ellsworth Street bridge, Lyon Street bridge, ODOT bridge repairs
Tags: Conde McCullough, Ellsworth Street bridge, Lyon Street bridge, ODOT bridge repairs
No longer puzzled by the height of stumps
Written May 18th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
So why, the Question Man wanted to know, did they leave chest-high stumps when a crew felled roughly 20 street trees on Albany’s Ninth Avenue in April? Why not saw the trunks off near the ground?
Two minutes of no corona news
Written April 30th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
If you’re climbing the walls because of the corona crisis, maybe it helps to contemplate the soothing sights of the Oregon coast. And since we’re not supposed to go there, how about a virtual substitute? Here’s a couple of minutes of waves washing ashore, under a blue sky. Even a Coast Guard helicopter makes a […]
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