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.
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.
Posted in: Commentary, News
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.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany homeless, enhanced law enforcement area, exclusion zone, vagrancy
Tags: Albany homeless, enhanced law enforcement area, exclusion zone, vagrancy
The cleanup never ends
Written January 23rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The wasteland under the Pacific Boulevard viaduct is not exactly Albany’s garden spot. Vagrants have turned it into a dump where repeated cleanups have to be done.
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal Amtrak apartments Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park CARA climate change Cox Creek Cox Creek path cumberland church Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village Ellsworth Street bridge Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 land use Linn County Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany North Albany Road ODOT Oregon legislature Pacific Boulevard Pacific Power Periwinkle Bikepath Portland & Western Queen Avenue Queen Avenue crossing railroad Railroads Republic Services Riverside Drive Salem Avenue Santiam Canal Scott Lepman speed cameras Talking Water Gardens Union Pacific urban renewal vandalism Water Avenue Waterfront Project Waverly Lake Willamette River
Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
On Simpson trail: Picking up campers’ trash
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.
Tags: Albany riverfront, homeless camp cleanup, homeless camps, vagrancy