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Goldfish Farm: New target date is Friday

Written September 29th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 3 responses.

Goldfish Farm Road in northeast Albany, closed since April for replacement of the bridge across Cox Creek, should be open again this Friday, Linn County said today.

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Linn County builds new parking lot downtown

Written September 25th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

Someone asked what Linn County was building on Lyon Street south of the Armory Building in downtown Albany. The answer is: A 23-space parking lot complete with landscaping and wiring for five future electric-vehicle charging stations.

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An election reminder off the riverfront path

Written September 18th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
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In case you forgot or didn’t get the news at the time, the Linn County Clerk’s Office moved out of the courthouse. The office is now in the Wheelhouse Building on the Albany riverfront, as the ballot drop box outside reminds me every time I pass it on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path.

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This ‘quiet zone’ idea proved too expensive

Written September 7th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

Back in 2023, the government was ready to spend $700,000 toward establishing a “quiet zone” at a railroad crossing just west of the city of Millersburg, on Millersburg Drive. What happened?

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Coming on Seventh: A ‘crisis stabilization’ center

Written June 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

About year from now, if everything goes according to plan, people in a situation that would normally bring the cops may get help instead at a new center Linn County plans to open on Seventh Avenue across from Albany General Hospital.

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Timberlab access deal saves farming district

Written August 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 5 responses.

This photo, taken on a bike ride in June 2023, comes in handy now to illustrate a historic deal that saves the Dever-Conner farming area near Millersburg from urban or industrial expansion for the next 51 years.

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Charge your EV while at the courthouse

Written June 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: one response.

Suppose you have an electric car and serve on a jury at the Linn County courthouse in the coming months. You could charge your vehicle while you consider the fate of the unfortunate accused.

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