It will be September before the Benton County Commissioners decide whether to allow the Northside Christian Church to build a campus in a rural residential zone outside the city limits in North Albany.
Return to Waverly Lake: It’s looking good
Written August 4th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
At the risk of too much repetition, let’s return to Albany’s Waverly Lake for a status report after the latest round of fighting an outbreak of aquatic growth.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Aquatic Harvesting, Azolla, Wavrly Lak, weed harvesting
Tags: Albany parks, Aquatic Harvesting, Azolla, Wavrly Lak, weed harvesting
Helping families who need furniture
Written August 3rd, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Another non-profit organization will take over the downtown Albany location vacated this summer when the Teen Challenge Superthrift moved to Pacific Boulevard.
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Tags: 310 E. Second, donation center, former car dealership, Furniture Share, thrift store
Tags: 310 E. Second, donation center, former car dealership, Furniture Share, thrift store
Church applies to use Allann Bros. building
Written August 1st, 2026 by Hasso Hering
An Albany church has applied for a permit to use the building at 1820 Fescue St. SE for “religious assembly,” in the words of the city planning division. I assume they mean worship services.
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Tags: 1820 Fescue St SE, Allann Bros. Building, conditional use permit, Cornerstone Bible Church
Tags: 1820 Fescue St SE, Allann Bros. Building, conditional use permit, Cornerstone Bible Church
Short trip for a short train
Written July 31st, 2026 by Hasso Hering
On a bike ride through Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood on Thursday evening, I got to the Pine Street crossing about the same time as a Portland & Western train.
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Tags: frain, Pine Street crossing, PNWR, PNWR 3546, Portland & Western, railroad
Tags: frain, Pine Street crossing, PNWR, PNWR 3546, Portland & Western, railroad
Why GAPS is replacing turf on two fields
Written July 30th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
It seems like only yesterday that I reported on South Albany High School’s football field getting artificial turf. But in fact it was a dozen years ago, in 2014.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: artifical turf, Greater Albany Public Schools, high school fields, South tennis courts
Tags: artifical turf, Greater Albany Public Schools, high school fields, South tennis courts
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A large pile of muck and where it went
Why did I hike to the back end of Albany’s Timber Linn Park on Wednesday? To confirm what a commenter told me, and yes, it once again involved the aquatic plants removed from Waverly Lake.
Tags: Azolla, city compost program, composting, Timber-Linn Park, Waverly Lake