Unforeseen complications have raised the cost of demolishing the former Wells Fargo Bank branch in downtown Albany.
Driving back to central Albany from east of I-5 might be more complicated in decades to come if one proposal for road system changes is carried out.
The sad condition of Albany’s Waverly Lake caught the attention of the mayor and city council this week, if only for a minute.
Well, I stopped at Waverly Lake on Tuesday evening, wondering if there had been any change in the infestation of algae or some kind of water weed.
Does Albany have a growing problem with rats? Not really, and if it does there’s little the city can do. That, paraphrased, was the answer the city council got when the question came up toward of the end of its meeting on Wednesday night.
Independence Day is as good a time as any to consider Albany’s government-funded program to fight poverty. The city council did so last week when it adopted a five-year plan.
Reflecting on council rooms here and there
As someone who for the past half century and more has occasionally covered city council meetings, I was interested this week in checking out the council chambers in Jacksonville in Jackson County.
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