Starting today, forgetful drivers are getting a break in the school zone on North Albany Road. The City of Albany announced that the long-awaited installation of flashing lights was taking place.
What’s next for this former market?
Written March 26th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Every spring drivers going north over the Willamette River in Albany get to admire, if only briefly, a row of trees with beautiful blossoms.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: 350 Hickory, Carter's Market, North Albany, Tom's Garden Center
Tags: 350 Hickory, Carter's Market, North Albany, Tom's Garden Center
Losing a convenient hardware source
Written March 24th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Since 2018, when it opened in the then-new IGA supermarket in North Albany, ACE Hardware was a pretty convenient source of, well, hardware. And some other stuff as well.
Benton panel hears plan for big church
Written March 17th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Talk about long meetings. After a four-hour public hearing about plans for a large church campus in rural North Albany, the Benton County Planning Commission postponed a decision until May 5.
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Tags: benton planning, land use, North Albany, Northside Christian Church, Powers Avenue, zoning
Tags: benton planning, land use, North Albany, Northside Christian Church, Powers Avenue, zoning
Church complex proposed on N. Albany field
Written March 4th, 2026 by Hasso Hering
On March 17, the Benton County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing before deciding whether to allow a church, gymnasium and 269-space parking lot to be built on a 19-acre property in rural North Albany.
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Tags: Benton County Planning Commission, conditional use, North Albany, Northside Church, rural property, rural residential
Tags: Benton County Planning Commission, conditional use, North Albany, Northside Church, rural property, rural residential
Bids opened for school zone flashing lights
Written December 17th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Installing flashing speed limit signs in the school zone on North Albany Road apparently will cost the city less than officials had expected.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: flashing lights, North Albany, school one, speed enforcement, traffic cameras
Tags: flashing lights, North Albany, school one, speed enforcement, traffic cameras
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Hearing date scheduled for church’s appeal
Benton County has set a date for the board of commissioners to hear the appeal by Northside Christian Church, which wants to build a worship building and parking lot in a North Albany field.
Tags: conditional use, North Albany, Northside Church, rural residential