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Bowers Rock: County is trying

Written May 20th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Sunshine and dry weather meant it was time for my annual visit to Bowers Rock State Park. The park is a good place to see natural open space along the Willamette River. And it’s still hard to get to because there’s no easy place to park and the only access road tries to keep the public out.

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Tags: Bowers Rock, Linn County Parks, Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation

NA zoning case goes to council

Written May 20th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The Albany City Council faces a tough choice next week in the appeal of a controversial zoning proposal. A developer from Portland wants property in North Albany to be rezoned for a housing project, and neighbors have vehemently objected. The council has to take one side or the other.

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Yard debris issue coming up again

Written April 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 25 responses.

Albany Councilman Mike Sykes wants the council to revisit the idea of weekly rather than biweekly yard debris pickup, which it turned down last October. And he’ll get his wish.

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Tags: Albany council, Republic Services, yard debris pickup schedule

Benton has plan for N. Albany Park

Written April 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Benton County has completed a conceptual master plan for North Albany County Park, where more than a hundred “hazard trees” weakened by drought and bugs were removed last year. Friday’s windstorm felled a few more, laying them across a house near the entrance to the park.

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Tags: Benton County parks, North Albany County Park

Back-in parking: A matter of inches

Written April 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

So how’s Albany’s new back-in angled parking working out? OK, I guess, but I’m getting a little worried about the new trees the city just paid to have planted.

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Tags: Albany Post Office, Albany streetscape, angled parking, back-in parking, diagonal parking

M’burg: New plant, more houses

Written April 1st, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

Don’t think that a big new truck stop is the only thing going on in Millersburg. I found out otherwise when I wondered this week whether the city on Albany’s north side had yet issued a building permit for Love’s Travel Center and Country Store, which got the go-ahead last month.

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Wayfinding price found way too stiff

Written March 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Most members of Albany’s urban renewal board want to install “wayfinding signs” downtown to point out the sights. But they’re not about to pay anything close to $300,000 — which was one estimate — to get it done.

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