Albany business

Albany funeral homes have new owner

Written May 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

The sign at Fisher Funeral Home in Albany says, “Family owned for over 100 years.” That was so until last month. A new owner has it now.

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Tags: Albany business, Funeral homes, funerals, Oregon Care Group

An Albany corner: Update on construction

Written March 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Even as a new Mexican restaurant takes shape behind it, the big sign at the corner of Santiam Highway and Bain Street still advertises the place that closed there some five years ago.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany business, Albany restaurants, Mexican restaurants, Rancho la Hacienda, Santiam and Bain, Santiam Highway

What’s going in there? Now we know

Written March 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

For more than three years, passers-by have been wondering what was going in at this address on busy Pacific Boulevard in Albany. This week we got the answer when wall signs started going up.

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Tags: 416 Pacific Blvd S.W., Albany business, Albany Carpet One, carpet business, Carpet One, Pacific Boulevard

Albany ‘business registry’? Council is split

Written October 25th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Whether Albany will start a registry of local businesses is still undecided after Monday’s work session of the city council.

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Tags: Albany business, Albany council, business license, business registry, public records

Site on Pacific: Don’t get the wrong idea

Written August 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

On Wednesday night it looked as though a vacant store on Albany’s Pacific Boulevard had become a center for classic cars and hot rods. But the impression was wrong.

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Tags: 501 Pacific, Albany business, classic cars, Clinton Painting