Benton County

Small district’s water service is assured

Written September 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Customers in the Dumbeck Lane Water District got reassuring news Wednesday. Arrangements have been made for continued water service after their small district outside the urban growth boundary in North Albany goes out of business this fall.

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Tags: Albany council, Albany water, Benton County, Dumbeck Lane Water District, North Albany

Plans filed for closed lube site on NA Road

Written June 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

For months, commuters on North Albany Road have driven past the closed Express Lube and car wash business at the corner of the Albany-Corvallis Highway. Now there’s a sign the corner may not remain dormant too much longer.

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Tags: Benton County, Express Lube, North Albany business, North Albany Road, Oil Stop Drive Thru Oil Change, The Carrington Company

Repaving Gibson Hill: Wait till next year

Written May 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Many North Albany commuters have learned to dodge the cracks and rough spots in the pavement on Gibson Hill Road, which is good because they’ll have to do so for at least another year.

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Tags: Benton County, COVID, Gas tax revenue, Gibson Hill Road, North Albany

Benton: UP won’t allow bikeway underpass

Written April 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It’s hard to say whether the long-planned but never built Albany-Corvallis Bikeway in Benton County is still a possibility, especially now that the Albany portion has to be reconsidered.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County, Highway 20, Oregon cycling, Riverside Drive, Thornton Lake Road, Union Pacific

A bridge district, with Benton this time?

Written February 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

North Albany property owners might be interested in Oregon House Bill 2887. It would allow the formation of a taxing district to build a new bridge in the Salem region. And Benton County property owners would help pay.

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Tags: Benton County, bridge taxing district, capital city region, HB 2887, Linn County, Rep. Paul Evans, Willamette River

Population update: Fodder for a story

Written November 25th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The people at Portland State University came out with their annual population estimates the other day. If the report conceals startling news about Albany and other mid-valley towns, I don’t see it. But the new numbers provide fodder for a story nevertheless.

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Tags: Adair Village, Alany, Benton County, Corvallis, Linn County, Millersburg, Population estimates, Population research Center, Tangent

On Oak Grove, only the kids are missing

Written July 23rd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

The white posts that recently popped up on Oak Grove Drive in North Albany look like, well, white posts. Actually they are “delineators” that Benton County installed to make a safer walkway for children between Oak Grove School and Scenic Drive, about a quarter-mile apart.

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Tags: Albany schools, Benton County, delineators, Oak Grove Drive, Oak Grove School