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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

That’s a Christmas tree worth seeing

Written December 8th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

If you haven’t been downtown lately, you ought to go there just to see the Albany Christmas tree at the corner of Second Avenue and Ferry Street.


Downtown, a beacon of tradition

Written December 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

It was nice last week to see that the crew building the Albany Carousel had observed the ancient custom of “topping out.” When they had finished framing the roof, they crowned the peak in a fashion fitting the season.


 
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