If you’re returning empties to the Albany “Bottle Drop” of the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative — the only such redemption center in Linn and Benton counties — you might want to pick a time other than Sunday afternoon.
On the Willamette’s dry banks
Written September 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Despite the showers of the last few days, the Willamette River is still running very low after a summer of almost no rain. Nevertheless it’s a pretty substantial stream, as a stroll on the bank at Albany’s Bryant Park shows.
Listening to Bernie Sanders
Written August 24th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
How is it possible to kind of like a presidential candidate whose ideas would not work except to lead to ever more government control of everyone’s life? I don’t know, but I couldn’t help nodding now and then when I was flipping channels the other night and ended up with C-SPAN and Bernie Sanders at […]
S. Albany getting better cell coverage
Written June 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Verizon’s cell phone customers in part of South Albany have had to wait a while for better reception, but if the wait is not already over, it should be over soon. When I looked a couple of weeks ago, construction was well along on the base of what was planned as a 120-foot transmission tower […]
Suddenly, a newly popular book
Written June 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
If you want to increase local interest in a particular book, one sure-fire method is to object to its being used in a high school class. This I realized Tuesday when I tried to find a copy of “The Handmaid’s Tale” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.
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Tags: AP English, librarians, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, West Albany High
Tags: AP English, librarians, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, West Albany High
Bike bridge — an idea too far out?
Written March 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
It’s wishful thinking, I know, but a bike bridge across the Willamette River might actually avoid all kinds of other complications as the search continues for a more or less direct Albany-Corvallis Trail.
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Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Benton County, Bike trails, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Santa Ana River, Willamette River bridge
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Benton County, Bike trails, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Santa Ana River, Willamette River bridge
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Great bond sale, and a question
Albany officials were delighted with the results of Wednesday’s bond sale to pay for the planned new police headquarters and downtown fire station replacement. The high demand — 10 bidders — showed the strength of the city’s financial situation. As for me, I was a little puzzled, which once again shows that I’m mystified by […]
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