For many years, a section of 12th Avenue in West Albany was notorious for its plentitude of potholes. On Sunday I discovered that the City of Albany did something about it.
Albany’s street trees were not on my mind on Jan. 28, but then I came across this broken specimen on southwest 12th Avenue, just west of Takena Street.
Stop signs at this intersection, 12th Avenue and Elm Street in West Albany, were the subject of a brief discussion by the city council Monday. For a summary, take a look at the video below. Albany streets seem to sprout stop signs on every other block. The decision against adding two more on Elm at […]

Add stop signs on Elm, councilor asks
Almost five years ago, the Albany City Council turned down a recommendation to put stop signs on Elm Street at 12th Avenue. Now the subject has popped up again.
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