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Bowers Rock: Time for a look and an update

Written June 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
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With time to spare on Tuesday afternoon, I turned off my favorite bike route to go down the private road that gives access to Bowers Rock State Park. There was no particular reason except that I had not been there since last November.

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Albany gets plan for riverside apartments

Written April 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
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Owners of about six acres along the Willamette River in east Albany have filed their long-awaited plan for “The Banks,” an apartment complex on the former industrial site and neighboring lots.

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Truax Island: Foreboding vibes

Written July 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
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Little has changed at Truax Island on the Willamette River since I last looked at the place a year ago, except that with its algae-choked water holes and abandoned gravel pits it looks even more foreboding than before.

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Still shut out from Bowers Rock

Written January 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
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Every time it comes up, local leaders say they’d like the public to gain access to Bowers Rock State Park. But nothing ever happens along those lines. Instead, a sign on the only feasible access road — Bryant Way, which looks like a public road on the maps I’ve seen — threatens unauthorized people with prosecution if […]

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