You have not seen an update on this particular flock of west Albany’s wild turkeys here since August of 2020. So it’s about time, right?
You have not seen an update on this particular flock of west Albany’s wild turkeys here since August of 2020. So it’s about time, right?
So why did they put up construction fencing around the parking lot in front of West Albany High School, a reader wanted to know. Well, you won’t be surprised to learn it’s because there’s about to be construction taking place.
Albany got into the national news over the Memorial Day weekend. Let us hope we never have this kind of dubious distinction again. A friend back east told me she heard the news of the arrest of an Albany high school student for planning to attack his school. Her own town, in Maryland, had been in the […]
The Albany City Council said “not so fast” Wednesday to the idea of electronic message boards at schools and other institutions in residential zones. At their regular meeting Wednesday night, councilors voted unanimously to table — or postpone action on — an ordinance that would allow the signs. Councilor Floyd Collins was not there, and […]
Elm Street: Pavement, ramps and history too
Twenty-five years after rebuilding Elm Street in West Albany, the city plans to renew the pavement on this former section of Oregon Highway 99.
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