Oaklands College is gearing up to open the jewel in the crown of its extensive redevelopment project, which will completely transform its campus in St Albans, The ambitious Construction Centre project is a 3,000m² new build that will provide state-of-the-art teaching facilities for the construction skills curriculum areas. It includes workshops for practical learning for...
St Albans city centre was packed with thousands of people keen to mark the start of the festive season. Sunday's Christmas Cracker street festival included live music, fairground rides, Santa’s grotto, street entertainers and around 100 market stalls selling hot food, drinks and seasonal gifts. Festive decorations and installations were illuminated throughout...
The inaugural winners of the revived St Albans Retailer of the Year competition have been officially announced. A packed audience at the Maltings Arts Theatre waited with baited breath as hosts Richard Marrett and David Jenkins revealed who the judges had selected as their award winners for 2024. The St Albans Retailer...
A new solo exhibition exploring the relationship between humans and objects has officially opened at St Albans Museum + Gallery. Maria Meyer: Thingchronicity, curated by UH Arts + Culture, runs until March 9, and sees the St Albans based artist create innovative arrangements of objects which encourages visitors to see them...
A new tree is to be planted in St Albans city centre to remember the life and career of the city's pioneering town clerk Betty Entwistle. It replaces one planted in her honour outside a sheltered housing scheme in Holyrood Crescent, which was later felled to allow for the building of...
The district council is ploughing ahead with plans to charge for on-street parking in Harpenden, despite overwhelming opposition from retailers and residents. The recent meeting of the SADC public realm committee saw councillors consider the results of a recent consultation which opposed the proposals, while retailers again explained the negative impact...
Much-loved gifts and pre-loved fashion outlet Cositas is hosting a special festive event aimed at making shopping fun and social again. The store on Holywell Hill is opening its doors this Thursday evening from 7pm, with a promise of fizz, mince pies and Christmas tunes. Fashionista Lisa Wisdom of Style with Wisdom...
If you’ve thought St Peter’s Street was a bit on the dark side for the past year, you’re probably not alone. Approximately a third of the street lights have been out of order for months, according to local resident David Kaloczi. He told the St Albans Times: “I’m fed up with so...
Surprised by the strength of arguments and the number of comments (184 and counting) on a Facebook post about the Cathedral showing the film Nosferatu on Halloween, Laura Bill was keen to develop some local discussion around faith and just how concerned St Albans folk are by religious ideas and...
A journey of more than 3,000 miles and across 184 years brought a retired Canadian businessman to a memorial honouring his Victorian ancestor. R Peter Weedon travelled all the way from Orillia, near Lake Couchiching in Ontario, to pay a personal visit to a bench remembering his four times great-grandfather Joseph...
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