In case you hadn’t noticed over the years, I enjoy watching railroad operations. And Albany is the place to be in that regard, since the town is crisscrossed with functioning rail lines.
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Flash: Bike lights on bridge once again blink
Written April 19th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
In the interest of keeping track, I’d like to report that the bike warning lights on the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany have been repaired. I tried them Friday afternoon and found that in fact they do work again.
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Homegrown meal service is ready to expand
Written April 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
With help from the city’s urban renewal district, an Albany couple hope to move and expand their specialty restaurant and meal service and be open at their new address in the fall.
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City wants more proposals on vacant bank
Written April 17th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Albany city officials have received a couple of competing proposals for what to do with the former Wells Fargo Bank downtown, and they are looking for more.
Bike path lines: An idea worth copying
Written April 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Here’s a helpful little detail Albany might want to copy on couple blind curves on the riverside Dave Clark Bike Path: A center line intended to keep cyclists and others from possibly running into each other. I happened to notice such a line on ODOT’s Bikeway along Highway 34. The painted stripe goes down the […]
Phoning while driving can have a stiff price
Written April 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
This is supposed to be Distracted Driving Awareness Month, so it pays to be extra careful not to use our hand-held phones while driving, and not just to avoid big fines.
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The threat of surveillance: Does it work?
When I saw those warnings posted on the Periwinkle Creek Path earlier this month, no trash or graffiti were in sight, making it look as though the threat of being surveilled had stayed the vandals’ hand. Another look today showed that, alas, the defilers of public spaces are not so easily deterred. The parks department […]
Tags: Albany parks, camera surveillance, Periwinkle Creek Path, security cameras, vandalism