Albany Helping Hands is preparing to remodel a house in the Willamette Neighborhood for six women who can’t find anywhere else to live.
Why the ‘blessing box’ is gone
Written March 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
It began as a private project to help people in need. But it became a nuisance and even a threat to the woman who started it. So now her “blessing box” is gone.
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Tags: Albany homeless, blessing box. Christine Withers Rayburn, homeless
Tags: Albany homeless, blessing box. Christine Withers Rayburn, homeless
Cure homelessness, but how?
Written December 14th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany is about to stage another annual event to remember and mourn people who, without housing or proper shelter, did not survive the year. Remembering them is good, but doing something to cure homelessness would be better — if only we knew what that something was.
Bills and more bills in Salem
Written February 13th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
From bills on cougars to the homeless, it’s not as though the troubles of the governor have kept Oregon legislators from adding to the pile of proposed laws. The mountain of legislation keeps growing, even though most of the new bills stand little chance.
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Tags: cougars, homeless, Oregon legislature, right to rest, seld-service gas, tax increases
Tags: cougars, homeless, Oregon legislature, right to rest, seld-service gas, tax increases
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New warning signs on the Clark Path
New signs have sprouted along a segment of Albany’s Dave Clark Path, opening the possibility that people could be cited for trespassing if they camp on the riverbank below.
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Edgewater Village, homeless, illegal camping, trespassing, unauthorized camping, Willamette