Albany Councilman Mike Sykes wants the council to revisit the idea of weekly rather than biweekly yard debris pickup, which it turned down last October. And he’ll get his wish.
Council wants more pot restrictions
Written November 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Open for business? Well, not exactly, at least where marijuana is concerned. A day after Albany voters overwhelmingly repealed the city council’s ban on commerce in recreational pot, Mayor Sharon Konopa and the council majority appeared ready Wednesday to impose tight restrictions on where pot stores could open.
When the bin’s full, stop working
Written June 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Picture this: The yard waste container is filled to the brim, but the pick-up day for yard debris is more than a week away. The first thing to do is to take a break from the kind of yard work that generates more debris. The next thing is to wonder whether weekly service, rather than every […]
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Tags: Albany council, composting, food waste, Republic Services, yard waste
Tags: Albany council, composting, food waste, Republic Services, yard waste
On Gibson Hill: The smartest fix
Written April 26th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
What’s the smartest way to fix the North Albany intersection of Gibson Hill Road and Crocker Lane? Floyd Collins, the Ward I councilman and North Albany resident who dealt with public works issues all his professional life, thinks the smartest way is to rebuild the intersection once and for all, not to do one thing now […]
On riverfront: Cleanup possible
Written April 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s riverfront is my beat, and there’s a bit of potential good news on the north end of Denver Street. The owner of an abandoned house there has agreed to give the property to the city. So if everything goes according to plan, the city will be able to ban trespassing, clean the place up […]
Two bike routes: Where we stand
Written January 31st, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On the mid-valley cycling front, things have been happening on two routes. The Albany City Council has confirmed its support for an Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail, though not necessarily along the alignment that has run into strong opposition from farmers, the Oregon Farm Bureau and the state Department of Agriculture. And Linn County says it is […]
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Tags: Albany council, Benton County, bicycling, bike routes, Linn County, Oregon of Agriculture
Tags: Albany council, Benton County, bicycling, bike routes, Linn County, Oregon of Agriculture
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Hot protest gets appellant nowhere
It doesn’t happen often that the Albany mayor and council lose patience with someone appearing before them, but they did on Wednesday after an applicant for a park reservation loudly lectured them for about 20 minutes about due process and his rights.
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