HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

City to homeless: Park somewhere else

Written December 10th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

If you’re homeless and living in your car, where in Albany can you park? Not in the city’s so-called “Central Albany Parking Area,” which is near two homeless shelters and should be called the no-parking area instead.


Sheriff asks to expand permit parking zone

Written November 27th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

When I rode the bike to the top of the Pacific Boulevard overpass Saturday and looked down on Jackson Street, I saw no sign of trouble with parked cars. But trouble there has been, and the Albany City Council plans to do something about it.


Camp sites for homeless: Some numbers

Written June 23rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Preparations continued this week on two city-owned lots Albany officials have designated as places where homeless people can stay when they’re barred from sleeping on other public land.


Ninth Avenue campers have until July 8

Written June 11th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Homeless people camping in their cars on Ninth Avenue between Jackson Street and Pacific Boulevard in Albany can still do so, but not for much longer. The neighbors and the city council want them gone.


When a tree gets too big and destructive

Written January 23rd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Everybody loves the big old shade trees on Albany streets in the summer. Their downside is that their roots sometimes crack the pavement below, and then somebody decides they have to go.


 
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