If you’re interested in the Albany Riverfront Project, or concerned about its future cost, you might want to tune in to the city council meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9
Albany council steps into Portland unrest
Written July 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The virtual meeting of the Albany City Council Wednesday night was about to end without anything noteworthy taking place. But then Councilman Rich Kellum brought up the recent riots in Seattle and then Portland.
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Tags: Albany council, Black Lives Matter, Portland unrest, racial justice protests
Tags: Albany council, Black Lives Matter, Portland unrest, racial justice protests
Cumberland may figure in Albany election
Written July 14th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The preservation of Albany’s former Cumberland Presbyterian Church may become an issue in the city council elections this fall. A remark by Councilman Rich Kellum last week implied as much.
Another virtual ordeal; Cumberland deal OK’d
Written July 8th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Anyone else think conducting local government meetings “virtually” has been allowed long enough? Sitting through one of these online sessions is more taxing than you might think, and there are other problems as well.
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Tags: Albany council, Cumberland Church option, online meetings, virtual meetings
Tags: Albany council, Cumberland Church option, online meetings, virtual meetings
Why the public has not panicked over corona
Written July 8th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Albany Councilman Rich Kellum wishes the media more often reported details about the corona crisis in addition to the daily toll of added cases and deaths. And there is more to report, all of it readily available in the data the Oregon Health Authority publishes online.
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Tags: Albany council, corona statistics Oregon, coronavirus in, COVID-19, Kellum
Tags: Albany council, corona statistics Oregon, coronavirus in, COVID-19, Kellum
Covid may stop Albany Veterans Day parade
Written June 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
With big events around the world falling victim to COVID-19, it comes as no surprise that Albany’s Veterans Day parade this year may be called off as well.
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Tags: Albany council, parade, Transient lodging tax, Veterans Day parade
Tags: Albany council, parade, Transient lodging tax, Veterans Day parade
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Council news: Here’s what may affect you
The big news out of Wednesday’s Albany City Council meeting, in terms of its effect on residents? Not the verbal blast against Councilman Rich Kellum but the coming crackdown on people who put unrecyclable trash in their recycling carts.
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