North Albany residents in the surrouonding neighborhoods are wondering when the Crocker Lane reconstruction is going to be finally finished. The answer I got was that the contractor’s crew is working to get done as fast as they can.
Downtown car store: My memories
Written August 19th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Posted in: News, Uncategorized
Tags: downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street, GMC Buick, GMC Sierra, MTM Motors
Tags: downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street, GMC Buick, GMC Sierra, MTM Motors
From trash to apartments: Maybe
Written August 10th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
If apartments are ever built on this Albany riverfront site between Bowman and Simpson parks, at least the perennial trashing of the property will come to an end.
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Millersburg reload hub: Next steps
Written July 14th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Things have been strangely silent since I reported on July 6 on the $25 million allocation for a possible Millersburg intermodal shipping hub that Rep. Andy Olson got approved as part of the legislature’s transportation law. But it won’t be quiet long.
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Tags: International Paper, Millersburg intrmodal, Nyquist, Olson, reload facility
Tags: International Paper, Millersburg intrmodal, Nyquist, Olson, reload facility
It’s back! Postal convenience!
Written July 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
This is not the kind of breaking news that in the old days might have stopped the press, but from the standpoint of convenience it’s a big deal: The drive-up drop box outside the Albany Post Office on First Avenue has been restored.
A big day for the Waverly Duck
Written June 29th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
That was quite a celebration, the launching Thursday of Albany’s Waverly Duck in the pond for which it was named.
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Poker room ban? Not this time
Passing this poker room on Old Salem Road on a bike ride Sunday, I naturally wondered whatever happened to the legislature’s attempt to shut down places like this? As it turns out, the bill what would have banned private poker clubs died at the end of May.
Tags: HB 2190, poker rooms