After standing empty and neglected for years, an old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District now has new owners who have cleaned it out and are fixing it up. They hope that it will once again become a family’s home.
Defense lawyer picked to be city judge
Written October 7th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
These are the doors people enter if they want to contest an Albany traffic ticket, and sometimes for other reasons too. They’ll appear before a new city judge starting next year.
Santiam Canal: The problem of the current
Written October 7th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Readers of this site may be aware of my fascination with the Albany-Santiam Canal. The other day I wondered whether in some segments this waterway might be suitable for a little boating, and upon reflection the answer is no, it’s not.
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No more mystery: Council prepares big loan
Written October 5th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
A confidential deal tentatively approved by the Albany City Council in February now has become public: It’s a proposed city loan of $745,000 to the company that is building a high-pressure furnace for the special-metals industry.
Second thoughts on returning empties
Written October 3rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Is anybody else having second thoughts about the way we now are supposed to return empty drink containers to get our deposit back?
Maybe this path only looks closed
Written October 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Back in August, a reader’s question led to the discovery that an Albany ordinance provides for a shortcut between Ermine Street and 36th Avenue to be “permanently maintained as a pedestrian walkway-bicycle path,” which raised the question of why it’s been closed for 10 years.
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Carnegie Library still on the chopping block
Closing the Carnegie Library downtown is still not off the table of potential steps the Albany City Council is considering to save money in the next few years. But no definite agreement on that or anything else emerged from yet another round of council budget discussions Wednesday night.
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