HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Losing a convenient hardware source

Written March 24th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Since 2018, when it opened in the then-new IGA supermarket in North Albany, ACE Hardware was a pretty convenient source of, well, hardware. And some other stuff as well.


Late-night errand and where it leads

Written January 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

What happened, see, was that a switch went out on one of our lamps. What I discovered as a result is not earth-shaking news but may be of interest anyway.


N. Albany shoppers: The wait is over

Written April 17th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

North Albany’s long wait for a supermarket is over. Now customers can demonstrate that opening the North Albany IGA Supermarket and Hero ACE hardware store was the right move.


North Albany grocery: It’s official

Written January 5th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

The new supermarket and hardware store planned for North Albany Village will open this spring, perhaps as early as May 1. That’s the hope of Tyler Myers, president of The Myers Group, who called me from Seattle Thursday to confirm the plans for what will be his company’s first store in Oregon.


 
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