Woodland Square is beginning to look for tenants, as the sign indicates, but by the time the first ones move in early next year, this brand new Albany apartment complex will likely have a different name.
Protest blockage: Some questions
Written December 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
I’m glad I wasn’t in my truck trying to cross the Willamette River on the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis Saturday. Demonstrators claiming to protest police brutality around the country blocked the bridge for “more than 15 minutes,” as the Gazette-Times reported. If the drivers prevented from crossing the bridge had been the impatient […]
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Corvallis protest, grand juries, police brutality, protests, Van Buren bridge
Tags: Corvallis protest, grand juries, police brutality, protests, Van Buren bridge
I-5 update: Barrier’s coming along
Written December 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
An update from the freeway beat: The contractor stringing a cable barrier up Interstate 5 appears to be moving faster than expected.
A big waste? The details say no
Written December 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
When I first read about this item in the Albany City Council agenda, it looked like an example of federal money being wasted. I’m happy to report that as I learned more about it, that impression proved false.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Fire Department, live-fire training, mobile training unit
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Fire Department, live-fire training, mobile training unit
Time for a fascinating book
Written December 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
With riots and race-baiting going on around the country, the news is more depressing than usual, so how about settling down with book?
Posted in: Commentary, Videos
Tags: "How We Got to Now", Albany Public Library, books, Winter reading
Tags: "How We Got to Now", Albany Public Library, books, Winter reading
Council reacts to irrational handbill
Written December 3rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Was the Albany City Council resolution “regarding the rights of all city of Albany residents” really necessary? Or does it give people the wrong impression? Does it make them think the city or its current residents have something for which to atone?
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany City Council, anti-bigotry resolution, diversity, Human Relations Commission, Veterans Day parade
Tags: Albany City Council, anti-bigotry resolution, diversity, Human Relations Commission, Veterans Day parade
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Phone books keep on coming
Every few months, it seems, another phone book hits the stoop. Or, in the country, the verge by the side of the road. Or the grassy strip next to your mailbox. The question is: Who needs all those phone books?
Tags: phone directories, Phonenbooks