These horses look happy to you? They did to me when I snapped the photo on a bike ride outside of Medford a few weeks ago. Maybe not deliriously happy, but at least content. I’m no expert on keeping horses, but these animals looked as though they had, if nothing else, a big enough pasture […]
You may have noticed that while everybody talks about climate change, the climate around here has been staying remarkably unchanged. We moved to Albany in the drought year of 1977. In North Albany, where houses then still relied on water systems fed by shallow wells, outdoor watering was restricted. The rain resumed that September and […]
The world can always use more trees, especially oaks, so I was happy to hear that the ancient trees cut down on the Lowe’s site in Albany may yet have offspring in the vicinity. Mark Azevedo,a member of the volunteer Albany Tree Commission, told the city council that Lowe’s and its contractor had donated the […]
Our congressman in the 5th District, Democrat Kurt Schrader, had been quiet on what if anything the United States should do about Syria. On Sept. 12, though, he sent voters an email message that is right in one way and naive in another. He says he remains “opposed to authorizing the unilateral use of U.S. […]
Driving around the mid-valley now, you encounter pipeline builders on the way north to Independence and south of Albany along Riverside Drive. The crews are digging and drilling on two big projects for Northwest Natural, the gas company. Here’s an update from Melissa Moore, a spokeswoman for the gas company: — The Mid-Valley Feeder is costing […]
Buying some of the property needed to expand Albany’s main fire hall, Station 11 downtown, was a mere formality Wednesday night. The city council had discussed replacing the fire station in meetings over several years and authorized its staff to offer a price at an executive meeting last month. So Wednesday night, no more discussion […]
A feast in the meadow
Vultures circling above may seem like a bad sign. The good news is that if you can see them and think about what you see, they are not circling for you. Instead, there must be some other carcass nearby. Sure enough, pretty soon the first one of these turkey buzzards lands in the neighbor’s meadow next door […]
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