South Albany High School

Maybe this path only looks closed

Written October 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Back in August, a reader’s question led to the discovery that an Albany ordinance provides for a shortcut between Ermine Street and 36th Avenue to be “permanently maintained as a pedestrian walkway-bicycle path,” which raised the question of why it’s been closed for 10 years.

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Tags: Ermine Street shortcut, pedestrian path, South Albany High School

Council leaves school zone in place

Written September 11th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

As far as the Albany City Council is concerned, the long 20-mph school zone on Southeast Waverly Drive is fine even though there’s no requirement for it to remain.

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Tags: Albany school speed, South Albany High School, speed zones, Waverly Drive speed

South’s field is getting there

Written August 26th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

In case you’re keeping track of the installation of artificial turf on the football field of South Albany High School — and who isn’t? — here’s what it looked like on Monday.

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Tags: artificial turf, South Albany High School, South football

Plastic turf and other school ideas

Written August 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Here’s what the new artificial turf for South Albany’s football field looks like up close. It looks the way it feels: artificial. Chances are it will appear more like a natural surface once tons of sand have been spread in between the blades of plastic grass.

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Tags: artificial turf, Greater Albany Public Schools, school facilities needs, South Albany High School, West Albany High School

HASSO HERING

Maybe this path only looks closed

Council leaves school zone in place

South’s field is getting there

Plastic turf and other school ideas