Looks like there won’t be a “Pride” flag on the pole in front of Albany City Hall next month after all.
12 candidates file for Albany city offices
Written August 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Monday was the last day to file for elective offices in the Albany city government, and there was no last-minute rush to sign up.
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Tags: Albany candidates, Albany City Hall, Albany city offices, candidates for 2022
Tags: Albany candidates, Albany City Hall, Albany city offices, candidates for 2022
Apparently lost, goose hangs at City Hall
Written January 31st, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Monday was the first day in two weeks you didn’t need an appointment to do business at Albany City Hall. I doubt that’s the reason a Canada goose decided to stake out the entrance, but there it was.
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Tags: a lost goose, Albany City Hall, Canada geese, geese and farmers, wintering geese
Tags: a lost goose, Albany City Hall, Canada geese, geese and farmers, wintering geese
For a friendlier council layout
Written December 18th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
If they asked me, I would recommend changes in the layout of the room where the Albany City Council meets. People might appreciate it if the arrangement did not force councilors and their staff advisers to look down on the common folk below. Seems like in our system it would be more fitting if they […]
Film nudity at City Hall? Sorry, no!
Written November 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
If your eyebrows shot up over nudity in a movie for which scenes were shot at Albany City Hall, you can lower them again. No such luck.
City Hall: Keeping it clean
Written September 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Passersby headed for the Albany Farmers’ Market last weekend witnessed a thorough cleaning at City Hall. No symbolism was implied, intended or (as far as I’m concerned) justified.
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Flags at Albany City Hall: Taking a look
An evening bike ride took me past Albany City Hall on Thursday, June 1, and I saw the results of action the city council took on May 24 in the matter of flags on display.
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