While everybody is trying to cope with the fallout of the chaotic events in D.C., the machinery of local government grinds away on all the mundane tasks that must be done. In Albany’s case that includes planning for the future of the city’s parks.
Banks are mostly closed on weekends anyway, so the permanent shuttering of the downtown Albany branch of US Bank didn’t make it look any different on Sunday afternoon.
I was surprised, even stunned, and then of course delighted with all the kind words you readers and viewers added as comments under my New Year’s Eve video message on Thursday night.
It took less than 24 hours for Albany’s Bryant Park to fill with river water once the Willamette and Calapooia rose from Monday night to Tuesday morning, as I discovered on a bike ride about 1:30 this afternoon: The wintertime flooding of Bryant Park is a yearly event, and this year it came right on […]
Has it come to this — a story about an Albany puddle? Apparently so. But it’s a special puddle because in its silent way it poses a question: Why is it there?
You can stay cooped up because of Covid and go stir-crazy, or you can get out into the December air and move around. Albany’s neighborhoods lend themselves to the latter.
Bowers Rock: Taking a look inside
As promised, here’s a look at some of the changes I saw Saturday when I paid one of my occasional visits to Bowers Rock State Park on the Willamette River west of Albany.
Tags: Bowers Rock, Calapooia Watershed Council, habitat restoration, Oregon State Parks