Hoping to cut down on the number of times that trucks get crunched by the railroad trestle on First Avenue, the Albany city administration has decided to upgrade warnings to give drivers a more emphatic heads-up.
Truck-eating trestle gets council look
Written August 28th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
For the first time that I can remember, the Albany City Council has talked about the truck-munching trestle on First Avenue and whether anything could — or should — be done about it.
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Tags: Albany City Council, First Avenue trestle, Portland & Western, truck-eating trestle
Tags: Albany City Council, First Avenue trestle, Portland & Western, truck-eating trestle
Council election: There’s competition
Written August 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany Councilman Floyd Collins will retire from office when he completes his second four-year term at the end of the year, and four candidates have filed to become his successor in Ward I.
Next up for regulation: Food carts
Written August 8th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Food carts in Albany may be facing additional regulations once the city council gets through with them.
City will ask for proposals — again
Written August 8th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
If anybody is willing to take on the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Albany, the city council wants to find out. So council members agreed on Monday to have the staff whip up a request for proposals from anyone who has ideas about the 124-year-old building, which is badly in need of serious and […]
Albany gas tax: Not this year
Written July 28th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
A local gas tax for Albany? You won’t have to worry about this for a while. The city council is making no move to put it on the ballot in the Nov. 8 general election. And whether it will try in 2017 is anybody’s guess.
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Albany yard debris: Still biweekly
Albany customers of Republic Services won’t get weekly yard debris pick-up, and they won’t have to pay $3 more a month for their disposal service as Republic had proposed. That’s the result of a city council decision Wednesday night.
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