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Checking on status of Deerfield Park

Written March 6th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

The renovation of Deerfield Park in South Albany was supposed to be complete by the fall of 2025. But as nearby residents know, it is not quite finished yet.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Deerfield Park, playground, South Albany

About this playground: Questions and answers

Written July 11th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

A mother messaged me with a couple of questions about the new children’s splash pad and playground in Albany’s Monteith Riverpark. This prompted me to steer the bike there for the second afternoon in a row to take a look.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, hours of operation, Monteith Riverpark, parks, playground, spkash pad

A riverfront place to take your grandkids

Written May 2nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

The new playground in Monteith Riverpark is coming along, and now a couple of things I wondered about have been cleared up.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Waterfront Project, Monteith Riverpark, playground, riverfront

On Henderson Park playground, here’s more

Written January 17th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Here, as Paul Harvey used to say on his famous radio program, is the rest of the story, that is, in this case the story about the new playground at Albany’s Henderson Park.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Henderson Park, Kim Lyddane, playground

Enjoy the game but don’t touch anything

Written May 31st, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Considering these “temporary rules” I read Sunday on the fence of the pickleball courts at Albany’s Eleanor Hackleman Park, it’s hard to see how anybody could play the game, let alone enjoy it.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, coronavirus, COVID-19, Municipal court, Pickleball, playground