On the bike or on foot, this is not the kind of sight you want to come across anywhere, let alone near a struggling residential neighhborhood where people are trying to spruce things up.
Another place I had never been…
Written October 17th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”Rkew31g3gw8″] The list of Oregon places I have never seen is long. It got two items shorter on Wednesday because I got to canoe on the Wood River (that’s one) and visited a sparsely used state park southeast of Crater Lake.
Postscript: Why the hole was made so big
Written October 16th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
If you read Monday’s story behind the 25,000-gallon tank being installed at the new Oak Grove School in North Albany, you may have briefly wondered why the excavation for it was many times bigger than the tank.
East Albany area: Lots of new housing
Written October 16th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Housing and more housing — that’s the story of the area near Timber Ridge School in the East Albany Neighborhood.
At Oak Grove, a big tank and bigger hole
Written October 15th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The sight of a mammoth tank at the Oak Grove School construction site in North Albany made me wonder what it’s for. I got the answer, but I’m still amazed at the varied and apparently ancient geology revealed by a huge excavation on the site.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Benton county geology ZCL Xerxes, Oak Grove School, Oak Grove tank
Tags: Benton county geology ZCL Xerxes, Oak Grove School, Oak Grove tank
City cool to Golf Club’s sale offer
Written October 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The city of Albany has been asked whether it wants to buy the Golf Club of Oregon, and the answer — so far anyway — is no thanks.
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Tags: Albany parks and recreation, Golf Course of Oregon, Jerry Claussen
Tags: Albany parks and recreation, Golf Course of Oregon, Jerry Claussen
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More passenger rail: Wake up to the price
Nobody would blame you for having nodded off during the prolonged planning for Oregon Passenger Rail. Time to wake up, though, for now there are some startling figures at hand regarding the costs.
Tags: Albany Station. ODOT, Amtrak, Cascades trains, Oregon passenger rail