An surprising sight greeted me on a bike ride Tuesday. Here, you can see for yourself:
The Albany farmers’ market opened its 2026 season today by returning to the riverfront, its Saturday home for 28 years until it moved near City Hall in 2007.
Now we know how much Pacific Power customers within the city of Albany will pay as their share of the cost of putting power lines under ground on a section of Water Avenue.
Friday should have been a red-letter day in Albany. The western four blocks of Water Avenue on the city’s riverfront were open again after being closed since April so the street could be transformed.

The nightly train along Water Avenue
While we’re on the subject of trains, let’s have brief look at one of the many freight trains rolling through different parts of Albany on most days.
Tags: Millersburg yard, PNWR, Portland & Western, railroad, Water Avenue