The sound of the historic Cumberland bell

Saturday was another milestone in the long and continuing saga of the transformation of the former Cumberland Church in Albany into the Cumberland Community Events Center.

Last year the old church bell was refurbished and then rehung in the little steeple of the historic building. On Saturday the bell was dedicated.

Dick Olsen, a one-time mayor and former longtime city council member, did the honors by ringing the bell for a few minutes. A small crowd listened from inside and outside the building at Pine Street and Santiam Road…

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