The sign on Bryant Way was right on Christmas Eve, but just barely.
What Christmas looks like …
Written December 24th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
… depends on where you are on Christmas Eve and on our point of view. What Christmas Eve looked like in the country (on Stellmacher Drive) …
Albany rail project: It’s done!
Written December 23rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
All year long I’ve been wondering and occasionally asking the Portland & Western when the railroad would start using the new section of Albany track that the state gave it nearly $7 million to construct. Now the long-awaited occasion has come and gone, and I missed it.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany wye, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue blockages, Santiam Lead
Tags: Albany wye, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue blockages, Santiam Lead
Look at all that wasted rain
Written December 23rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The flooding that had been forecast for the Willamette River over the last few days did not materialize. But there’s still a lot of water running down the river past Albany. Shouldn’t we try to store some of that water?
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Tags: Corps of Engineers, dams, flooding, water conservation, water storage, weather, Willamette River
Tags: Corps of Engineers, dams, flooding, water conservation, water storage, weather, Willamette River
Albany projects: Got “visions”?
Written December 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
One of the reasons Albany hired the Mackenzie firm of Portland to design new police and fire stations was the company’s commitment to and experience with a public process in moving the projects ahead. The firm is wasting no time following through.
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Tags: "visioning", Albany City Council, Albany police and fire stations, Mackenzie
Tags: "visioning", Albany City Council, Albany police and fire stations, Mackenzie
Can we protect our power grid?
Written December 21st, 2014 by Hasso Hering
If it’s true that our power grid now is vulnerable to destruction by cyber warfare, why don’t we do something about it? Like disconnect it from the Internet, for example?
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Quite a transformation on Santiam Road
The old roadside sign was still there just before Christmas, but otherwise this Albany address, 1224 Santiam Road S.E., no longer looked at all like the run-down and vacant former Salvation Army thrift store. Baldwin General Contracting Inc. has been reconstructing the building to use as its offices, and the transformation looks just about complete, at […]
Tags: Baldwin Construction, Salvation Srmy Thrift Store, Santiam Road