The former Cumberland Presbyterian church looks good on the inside since volunteers spruced it up, and already it’s become a center for community events.
Look for reopening of Dave Clark Path
Written February 14th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Good news for users of Albany’s riverside Dave Clark Path: Closed for construction since last summer, the central segment of the walking and biking trail is likely to reopen in a couple of months.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Pacific Excavation, sewer lift station, Wheelhouse
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Pacific Excavation, sewer lift station, Wheelhouse
Want to buy a surplus concrete ‘bunker’?
Written February 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
If you’ve ever wanted to own a seemingly useless but indestructible concrete structure, now’s your chance. The city of Albany will offer its surplus property at 370 Burkhart Street for sale.
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Tags: 370 Burkhart Steet SE, Albany surplus real estate, Albany water system
Tags: 370 Burkhart Steet SE, Albany surplus real estate, Albany water system
Albany considers 2nd Amendment ‘sanctuary’
Written February 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council voted Wednesday to “look into” some kind of local legislation to protect lawful gun owners from further state-imposed restrictions that infringe on their Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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Tags: Albany council, gun legislation, Right to bear arms, Second Amendment
Tags: Albany council, gun legislation, Right to bear arms, Second Amendment
Albany resident proposes a city cat law
Written February 12th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Sheri Wheeler says Albany has too many cats roaming outdoors and creating a health hazard by leaving their messes in people’s yards. She wants the city to pass a law requiring cats to be licensed and kept indoors.
Congestion solutions? Not anytime soon
Written February 10th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Don’t expect quick action on ways to ease traffic congestion on Highway 20 in North Albany and downtown. And as for a third Albany bridge across the Willamette? Not likely, certainly not in the lifetime of anyone reading this blog.
On Periwinkle Creek, a preview of spring
With the sun out on Monday afternoon, it looked as though these flowering trees along Albany’s Periwinkle Creek jumped the gun on celebrating the arrival of spring.
Tags: flowering trees, Periwinkle Creek, signs of spring