On Facebook last week, someone posted photos of a mess on the Periwinkle Bike Path in Albany. The mess was still there Sunday afternoon, when I went to take a look.
On Simpson trail: Picking up campers’ trash
Written March 5th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
A cleanup of homeless camps took place today in the jungle that is the Willamette riverfront off Albany’s Simpson Park. And from the looks of it, cleaning up the place is a never-ending task.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, homeless camp cleanup, homeless camps, vagrancy
Tags: Albany riverfront, homeless camp cleanup, homeless camps, vagrancy
Costly pathway turns into trashy walk
Written January 22nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Sometimes you get the feeling it makes no sense to spend big money on public improvements as long as vandals and vagrants remain free — and motivated, if that’s the right word — to ruin them with spray paint and trash.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Station, Pacific viaduct, Station-Swanson path, vagrancy, vandalism
Tags: Albany Station, Pacific viaduct, Station-Swanson path, vagrancy, vandalism
Albany’s war on vagrancy, crime
Written March 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany has banned unauthorized camping on public property and set up a zone from which the municipal court may banish repeat criminals for up to a year. Both measures are in effect starting now.
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Tags: Albany council, camping ban, exclusion zone, homelessness, vagrancy
Tags: Albany council, camping ban, exclusion zone, homelessness, vagrancy
Vagrancy laws stall at city council
Written March 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
A proposed crackdown on crime and other problems associated with vagrancy in Albany turned into a public debate before the Albany City Council Wednesday about what to do — and not to do — about the homeless.
New attack on crimes and messes
Written March 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany officials are poised to get tough — or tougher — on abandoned vehicles and houses, and on behavior that drags down the quality of life especially in the central part of town. You might call it a combined campaign against crime and the messes people leave behind.
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Tags: Albany homeless, enhanced law enforcement area, exclusion zone, vagrancy
Tags: Albany homeless, enhanced law enforcement area, exclusion zone, vagrancy
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Labor Day in Albany: Trash pile has moved
This, a garbage dump on a public trail, is still the exception in Albany. What can be done to keep scenes like this from multiplying as they have in other cities in Oregon and up and down the West Coast?
Tags: Albany paths, bike paths, eyesores, Periwinkle Bike Path, public paths, trash, vagrancy