If you’ve been waiting to exercise your dogs at Albany’s newly fenced dog park, the wait is almost over. How much longer? The answer at City Hall on Monday was “soon.” The fencing is finished, complete with three cage-like enclosures at the entrance, with gates to the outside as well as the inside. Glistening in the […]
Several industrial companies with Albany addresses say they have trouble filling available jobs, and they’re asking the city council to pay for specialized equipment at Linn-Benton Community College so potential workers will be better trained. Judging by a work session Monday, the council is inclined to grant the biggest part of their request, amounting to about $3.2 million, […]
Albany’s former Woodland Square was a dilapidated trailer park but was aptly named for its big old trees. Soon it will be a new apartment complex with the same name, but for now it looks more like Stumpland Square.
Pedaling past Waverly Lake on Saturday, I was glad to see that in this time of turmoil and change, one Albany tradition is being kept alive this summer. The paddle boats are out there again, and have been since the last week of June. The paddle craft have been available for rent on the pond for the last […]
On the evening of Independence Day, Albany was unusually quiet, having celebrated with a River Rhythms concert and fireworks the night before. But in the riverside neighborhood around the north end of Oak Street, things were anything but quiet as I discovered on an evening ride around town. As the sign said and the video […]
In other news, if you’ve heard all you want to hear today about our independence, how about this: Some stop signs virtually invite drivers to run them because the signs are invisible from a distance.
Power: Millersburg council presses on
Public skepticism notwithstanding, the Millersburg City Council seems determined to keep pressing ahead with the idea of replacing Pacific Power & Light and forming a municipal utility to sell electricity within the city limits.
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