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Periwinkle Path gets ‘multi-use’ extension

Written July 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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From the Periwinkle Bikepath to Geary Street, the sidewalk on the north side of Queen Avenue is torn up for the construction of a wider walkway that will double as an extension of the bikeway too.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Bikepath extension, Geary Street, Periwinkle Bikepath, Queen Avenue, Safe Routes to School, Sunrise School

Council’s red-letter day: No masks required

Written July 15th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

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For the first time in 16 months, the Albany City Council met in person this week, and the public was allowed in. No masks required.

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Tags: Albany city manager, Albany council, city manager's pay, council seating, no masks, Oak Street land, pedestrian paths, Ridders Lane, Sunrise School

Pathways for walking that didn’t work out

Written June 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

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About 50 years ago, whoever laid out the Lafayettte Acres subdivision in southeast Albany had a good idea: These are very long blocks without cross streets, they may have thought, so let’s put in some footpaths so kids can easily walk to school.

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Tags: pedestrian paths, southeast Albany, Sunrise School, walking routes

Bike graduation at Oak Grove

Written May 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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Thursday was graduation day for the fifth-graders at Albany’s Oak Grove School who took part in a weeklong “bike safety carnival.” With volunteer instructors and chaperones leading they way and bringing up the rear, several groups of half a dozen or more rode through North Albany neighborhoods and headed down busy Gibson Hill Road to […]

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Tags: bike safety classes, Oak Grove School, Safe Routes to School, Sunrise School, Waverly School