It didn’t take long for some moron to damage the new Willamette River overlook on the Albany riverfront.
Republic Services has unveiled its new and radically different plan for expanding the Coffin Butte landfill in northern Benton County. One big change is that the proposal keeps open and improves Coffin Butte Road rather than burying it under a mountain of trash.
By the time the bike took me to the east end Friday for another look at the Albany Evangelical Church, it was far too late for the main event.
As Albany drivers have noticed, part of Queen Avenue is partially closed for construction. This is the first phase of a two-phase project that has to be finished by Nov. 1.
Three weeks ago, on June 5, I ran the above photo to illustrate the difficult challenge the Albany parks crew has every spring in trying to keep weeds under control along the city’s bike and walking paths.
On a bike ride on a warm and sunny Tuesday afternoon, this new house with a for-sale sign out front attracted my attention. It looked particularly spiffy and neat, so I stopped to take a photo.
Fifteen years on, the zombie still flies
Someone must have looked up from the street on First Avenue and didn’t like what they saw. Which may explain the email I got last week.
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