HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Before and after: Site of house fire is cleaned up

Written August 20th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

It was on the evening of Aug. 18, 2019, a warm summer day, that a fire all but destroyed the one-story house at 1027 Seventh Ave. S.E. For almost two years the ruined dwelling sat there surrounded by debris, but now the lot has been completely cleared of the structure and otherwise cleaned up.


Issues for ’21: Street hoops and food trucks

Written November 30th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Once the new Albany City Council takes office in January, two of the first issues it will face are what if anything to do about food trucks and basketball hoops in the street.


Council gets request for parking ban

Written March 8th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

In order to control “unlawful activity,” Albany’s code enforcement official is asking the city council to ban parking without a permit on 11th Avenue near the Signs of Victory homeless shelter and on four other nearby streets.


Getting tough on nuisance houses

Written October 24th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Albany officials have drafted a set of tougher laws to deal with the owners of properties that attract squatters, crimes including drug use, noise and trash complaints, and other kinds of problems to the neighborhoods where they are.


 
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