As I’ve ridden around parts of Oregon on my bike, I’ve often wondered what exactly I was seeing. And maybe you, too, wish that there was a little more information available to the casual passerby, not just to satisfy our curiosity but also to enhance general knowledge of the world around us. Well, the other […]
Albany’s new chief of police got quite a welcome on Friday. The council chamber at City Hall was filled nearly to capacity as Mario Lattanzio, 47, took the oath of office administered by City Clerk Mary Dibble. The job will pay him roughly $137,000 a year. The Lattanzios have bought a house off Crocker Lane […]
The United States Senate has passed its 1,000-page billl offering illegal immigrants a chance to become legal residents. Voters and citizens may have questions about exactly what those 1,000 pages contain. You would not think it takes that many words to accomplish a few simple steps. More to the point, citizens may wonder what’s in it for […]
On June 7 this site reported that the Buena Vista Ferry on the Willamette River was shut down because of some impending dredging. The good news today: The ferry is back in operation, providing its valuable service to mind-valley commuters, farmers and tourists alike. If there was an announcement to that effect, I missed it. But on […]
It’s taken a lot longer than expected for three vintage warplanes to be displayed at the Albany Municipal Airport. But two of them sit there now, looking a little as though they’ve been through a crash. It was in March 2007 that Dick Ebbert, the city’s economic development director and airport manager — and a Marine Corps […]
The legal strife over an Albany rail line lasted about five years, but now the city and two railroads have put it behind them and embarked on an new era of cooperation. At least that was the hope expressed by city officials Wednesday night when the Albany City Council unanimously gave final approval to a new […]
DMV still hassles citizens
The state of Oregon continues to cause trouble for some people trying to renew their driver licenses. There’s no rational reason for this, but legislators have not seen fit to order a change. The problem is that Oregon requires people renewing their licenses to prove their legal presence in the United States. This is quite […]
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