North Albany

Up in the December sky, men at work

Written December 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

When there’s work that has to be done at the top of a cell phone tower, someone has to go up there and do it.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: cell towers, North Albany, removing antennas, tower maintenance

No controversy: Two developments get city’s OK

Written November 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

In what was pretty much a formality, the Albany Planning Commission has approved a 22-unit apartment complex on Southeast Salem Avenue and a 23-lot subdivision on Northwest Gibson Hill Road.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, apartments, Gibson Hill Road, housing, land use, North Albany, Salem Avenue, single-family lots, subdivisions

Now that the ‘hazard trees’ are gone …

Written November 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Last month Benton County had a lot of Douglas firs removed from the natural area at the corner of Crocker Lane and Valley View Drive in North Albany. So let’s do a quick check and see what the place looks like now.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Benton County parks, Crocker Lane, land use, North Albany, North Albany Natural Area, subdivisions, woodlands

In North Albany woodland, reducing the risk

Written September 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The Benton County parks department is about to start cutting down more trees in what it calls the North Albany Natural Area, and it wants people to know why this has to be done.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Adam Stebbins, Benton County parks, Crocker and Valley View, Douglas fir, drought, North Albany

Small district’s water service is assured

Written September 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Customers in the Dumbeck Lane Water District got reassuring news Wednesday. Arrangements have been made for continued water service after their small district outside the urban growth boundary in North Albany goes out of business this fall.

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Tags: Albany council, Albany water, Benton County, Dumbeck Lane Water District, North Albany

North Albany housing project: Another step

Written July 18th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

The Portland owner of about 15 acres in North Albany has taken another preliminary step in a project to build 195 townhomes and duplexes on the land.

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Tags: Albany housing, Albany zoning, James Winkler, North Albany, Oregon housing, Winprop I

Offer for city land in N.A.: Save it as is

Written July 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Three years ago I got a look at a piece of wooded city-owned land in North Albany that included a meadow running down to a pond. The city is planning to sell the property, and the owner of a neighboring property has offered to buy and preserve it as a kind of private nature reserve.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, city land, Lee and Sue Cutsforth, Lisa Thompson, meadow and pond, North Albany, Ridders Lane, wildlife refuge