Albany parks

Periwinkle update: Trash mound is gone

Written September 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

A few weeks ago, the north end of the Periwinkle Bike Path behind Lowe’s was a mess, with a big mound of bicycle parts and other trash piled up against the wall. Now that spot on the path is clean, or at least it was when I went through there Sunday on the bike.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, homelessness, Periwinkle Path, transient camps, transients, vagrants

It’s the season: Algae choke Waverly Lake

Written September 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

My Sunday bike ride took me past Albany’s Waverly Lake, and now I’m wondering about all that algal scum that has covered a good portion of this 10-acre pond.

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Tags: Albany parks, algae blooms, stagnant water, Waverly Lake

Neighbors hope to save park — by buying it

Written July 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 22 responses.

Families living behind Albany’s Hazelwood Park, which the council has offered for sale, hope to save the wooded parcel by buying it and making it part of their yards.

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Tags: 17th Avenue S.W., Albany council, Albany neighborhoods, Albany parks, Hazelwood Park, Nicole Schukow

Summer concerts: Getting in takes preparation

Written June 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Albany’s free summer concerts in Monteith Riverpark were a popular attraction before they were cancelled last year because of Covid. This summer we’ll see how things go when people have to pay for tickets and then go through an elaborate procedure to get in.

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Tags: Albany concerts, Albany parks, concerts in the park, parks and recreation, River Rhythms

Why LBCC pickleball venue remains shut

Written April 20th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

We’ve had fine summer weather in April, but Albany’s new complex of pickleball courts at Linn-Benton Community College remains closed for two reasons. One, the courts are still not quite finished. And two — what else? — Covid.

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Tags: Albany parks, courts at LBCC, Pickleball

Council puts Hazelwood Park up for sale

Written April 14th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Close neighbors told the Albany City Council Wednesday how much little Hazelwood Park means to them, so much so that they have taken to trimming the grass and keeping ivy from climbing the trees. Half an hour later the council voted 5-1 to put the park up for sale.

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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany parks, Hazelwood Park, selling park land, surplus properties