It was 13 years ago that Albany passed a law to get rid of abandoned shopping carts. It hasn’t worked. And now the city council is poised to try again.
All about Albany’s Cathey Creek
Written November 20th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Among Albany’s waterways, there is Cathey Creek in the southwest part of town. It’s not big, but for a while this year it was blamed — unjustly it turned out — for complicating the construction of the new tennis courts at West Albany High.
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Tags: Albany creeks, Albany waterways, Cathey Creek, GAPS projects, West's tennis courts
Tags: Albany creeks, Albany waterways, Cathey Creek, GAPS projects, West's tennis courts
Mystery foam in Albany creek
Written April 1st, 2014 by Hasso Hering
This is what Cox Creek looked like Monday afternoon just below the dam that impounds Waverly Lake. The dam is underneath Salem Avenue, but you can just barely see it from the footbridge on the north side of the street.
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City may authorize Vine Street blockages
Vine Street in Albany lines both sides of the Albany-Santiam Canal. Over many years, some property owners have taken over the street right-of-way on one or the other side of the canal, and now the city wants to give them licenses to keep doing so.
Tags: Albany waterways, encroachment, right-of-way, Santiam Canal, Town Center Plan, Vine Street