City of Lebanon

Canal fight getting out of hand

Written June 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

It hasn’t come to blows yet, but it may — I’m talking figuratively, I hope — in the fight between city officials of Albany and Lebanon over the Albany-Lebanon Canal. On Friday it looked as though the dispute would reach a boiling point at Cheadle Lake, the former log pond Lebanon has turned into a park-like waterway […]

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Tags: Albany-Santiam Canal, City of Albany, City of Lebanon

Santiam Canal: Two money disputes

Written February 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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The good old Albany-Santiam Canal is back in the news, as it frequently is, and money is the cause. Albany plans to bill Lebanon for a share of canal maintenance costs. And in a seemingly unrelated matter, a contractor and the city of Albany are trying to settle on the final payments for a repair job […]

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Tags: Albany City Council, bank repairs, canal maintenance, City of Lebanon, Santiam Canal, Tornado Soft Excavation

Santiam Canal: Where dollars flow

Written September 1st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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A boat, they say, is mostly a hole in the water into which to pour money. At times the Santiam Canal must seem like that to the city of Albany.

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Tags: City of Albany, City of Lebanon, Santiam Canal, Santiam River, South Santiam River

Canal dispute: Compromise needed

Written August 13th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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In Texas and maybe elsewhere, they say that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. Let’s hope a fight can be avoided in the lingering, water-related dispute between the cities of Albany and Lebanon. The impasse is holding up Lebanon’s plans to build a new treatment plant.

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Tags: City of Albany, City of Lebanon, Lebanon Dam, Santiam Canal, Santiam River

On canal, let’s be reasonable

Written March 11th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Albany is sounding tough when it comes to Lebanon and the Santiam canal. It’s one thing to start negotiations with a hard-nosed attitude. But when it comes to two neighboring towns depending on the same asset, some friendly flexibility would not come amiss. And it would sound better.

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Tags: Albany-Santiam Canal, City of Albany, City of Lebanon

Canal issues test Albany, Lebanon

Written March 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering