The Albany City Council welcomed its newest member Monday. He is Alex Johnson II, who won the 2018 election in council Ward 2A.
Just what you want in city logo
Written March 27th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Here, on an overhead screen, is what the Albany City Council looked at on Monday: the old city government logo on the left, and the redesigned new one on the right.
Water intakes detect no fuel
Written December 22nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
None of the fuel lost in a fatal tanker truck crash on the North Santiam River has been detected at downstream water intakes, Albany City Manager Peter Troedsson told the city council Friday.
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Tags: Albany City Council, fuel tanker crash, gasoline spill, Highway 22E, North Santiam River
Tags: Albany City Council, fuel tanker crash, gasoline spill, Highway 22E, North Santiam River
Council ‘guest’ process draws ire
Written October 25th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Scott Pierson sat in on Wednesday’s Albany City Council meeting as a nonvoting guest, and the way he was selected drew objections from a new political action committee that intends to work for city council change.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Community Together, Albany guest councilor, Mike Sykes, Scott Pierson
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Community Together, Albany guest councilor, Mike Sykes, Scott Pierson
Albany mayor: Down with weeds!
Written June 16th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The trouble with springtime, as we all know, is weeds. And trying to keep weeds from growing is a battle that cannot be won. But the Albany mayor would like somebody at least to try where city streets are concerned.
Jim Clausen, a full life remembered
Written January 27th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Jim Clausen used to give me a hard time, pouncing on editorial remarks on this site as insufficiently conservative, harmful to liberty, or just plain wrong. Some of his views were over the top, but his heart was in the right place, and I’m sorry that he’s gone.
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Housing issue still divides Albany council
The Oregon legislature wants more people to be clustered in existing single-family neighborhoods. But Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa says not here. So she is once again blocking a council-passed ordinance relaxing the city code on accessory dwelling units.
Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany City Council, Konopa veto