Union Pacific locomotives, kept idling off the main line under Albany’s viaduct, are making considerable noise, as this March 3 report shows. A few days ago I reported them having been shut down and sitting there quietly, but evidently that is not always the case. A neighbor had complained about the persistent noise from parked […]
Here’s a quick look at the Bear Creek Greenway in Jackson County, a paved bike and walking path that follows Bear Creek from Ashland through Medford toward Central Point. It was built on public property along the waterway and has been well maintained over the years, offering both recreation and a route for non-motorized transportation even in […]
Work has started to prepare a site for a proposed apartment development in North Albany between the western end of Hickory Street and the Albany-Corvallis Highway (Highway 20). The city planning department says it has issued a fill permit for the site. Developers have had a pre-application meeting with the department about what officials expect […]
On Albany’s 14th Avenue S.E., a notice board reminds the observant passerby of a time long ago — and seemingly far away — when gas was cheap and teenagers did not care how much their vehicles guzzled as they cruised streets such as 14th, Clay, Geary and Santiam. Traffic congestion and related problems got so bad that […]
Good thing nobody was under this tree in Albany’s Bryant Park when a big branch came off and crashed to the ground in one of the parking lots. The park has been closed to vehicles since earlier this winter. Elsewhere at Bryant, a big tree fell across a park road and has been cut up to let walkers through. It’s […]
Here’s a recommendation for readers of detective fiction: The John Rebus novels by Ian Rankin take you into the Lothian and Borders Police, which covers Edinburgh and environs. Read them before it’s too late. Lothian and Borders Police will become part of the new Police Service of Scotland on April 1.
Home construction picks up, see?
On the scene in West Albany: Three houses under construction, another small indication of what the media have been reporting as a nationwide trend, namely that the demand for housing is picking up. Through January this fiscal year, the Albany Building Division had issued permits for 63 single-family residences valued at $13,291,484, up from 41 […]
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