In response to complaints about wild turkeys, the Albany City Council has voted to outlaw the feeding of wildlife except for songbirds and waterfowl.
4-2 vote OKs change on Grand Prairie
Written November 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Residents south of Grand Prairie Road just learned what people elsewhere in Albany learned before: You can’t rely on comprehensive plans or zoning to keep your neighborhood composed of only single-family homes.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Grand Prairie Road, housing, zone change, zoning
Tags: Albany planning, Grand Prairie Road, housing, zone change, zoning
Behold this new RR crossing: Nice job!
Written November 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
On this election day in 2024, everybody is going to be interested in how it went and won’t be looking here. So let me report on something slightly less significant.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Burkhart Street, Portland & Western, railroad, Willamette neighborhood
Tags: Burkhart Street, Portland & Western, railroad, Willamette neighborhood
‘Motor voters’ in action at courthouse
Written November 4th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
There’s a drive-up ballot box on the back side of the Linn County Courthouse in Albany. For a little while there on Monday night, it was a busy place.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 2024 election, drive-up ballot box, Election Eve, general election, Linn County Oregon, Linn Couthouse
Tags: 2024 election, drive-up ballot box, Election Eve, general election, Linn County Oregon, Linn Couthouse
A new wrinkle in bike lane markings
Written November 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Here’s an apparent innovation in pavement markings: a double white line with chevrons denoting the bike lane on the section of Albany’s Queen Avenue that was repaved last month.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, bicycling, curve markings, like lanes, Oregon DMV, pavement markings, Queen Avenue
Tags: Albany streets, bicycling, curve markings, like lanes, Oregon DMV, pavement markings, Queen Avenue
One more ride before daylight time runs out
Written November 2nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
It was raining but still light Saturday afternoon when I went on a short bike ride to take advantage of daylight saving time for the last time in 2024.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, daylight savng time, November rain, Standard time, time change
Tags: Albany riverfront, daylight savng time, November rain, Standard time, time change
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Solid colors give wrong impression
On its website, the Oregon Secretary of State does a good job reporting election results on statewide and local contests. The color maps the office produces are helpful, but they also imply that Oregon’s regions are far more sharply divided politically than they are.
Tags: election maps, Oregon counties, secretary of state, Trump and Harris