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Council nixes treatment center in old house

Written October 23rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The Albany City Council Wednesday turned down a permit that would have allowed an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center to operate in the historic Sternberg House, 506 Ferry St. S.W.

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Tags: 506 Ferry Street, historic districts, Planning commission, treatment center

Planning panel nixes treatment center request

Written May 21st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

The historic Albany house at 506 Ferry St. S.W., should not be converted as a commercial treatment center for people trying to overcome substance abuse, the city’s planning commission has decided.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Sternberg House, substance abuse, treatment center

Conversion of historic house is on hold

Written February 18th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

A plan to turn a historic house in downtown Albany into an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center is off, at least for now.

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Tags: 506 Ferry, historic house, Monteith Historic District, Sternberg House, substance abuse, treatment center

Treatment center planned in old Albany house

Written January 2nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

A century-old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District may be turned into an outpatient treatment center for people with drug or alcohol problems.

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Tags: addiction treatment, Ferry Street, hearings board, Monteith Historic District, planning commission conditional use, treatment center

On the riverfront: Treatment for opioid addicts

Written October 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Based on a notation on a remodeling permit, I reported in April that an “outpatient addiction treatment facility” was going into the historic Avery Mill Building on the Albany riverfront. Today I found out a little more.

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Tags: Acadia Healthcare, Albany downtown, Albany riverfront, Avery Mill Building, historic building, opioid use disorder program, treatment center