Oaklands College is getting in the mood for autumn with its Oaktober Fest 2024, which is taking place this weekend on SaturdayOctober 12. Highlights of the autumn festival include the opportunity to visit the college’s on-site zoo and farm where visitors will encounter a wide range of animals and reptiles including...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, is trying to cut down on the amount of food she throws away...
It seems County Hall won’t take anything off the table when it comes to proposed improvements to Victoria Street. HCC is working with SADC on a community-led initiative to transform the route between the city centre and St Albans City railway station. Ideas thrown into the mix include more trees and planting,...
A celebration of the charities and community organisations that make St Albans such a vibrant and caring place to live will be taking place at the Cathedral this weekend. Last year’s inaugural Community Showcase was a tremendous success, bringing together a wide range of charities and local groups who had the...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Singer-songwriter Grae Wall, a senior arts development officer with St Albans Arts Team and host of the St Albans Calling Podcast. He is also a troubadour, poet and...
Could we be seeing the last Verulamium Park fireworks event to feature noisy bangs and whistles this November? SADC's Labour councillors, working with the RSPCA, have proposed that this year’s charity fundraiser should be the last to feature noisy fireworks. The proposal is inspired by animal welfare concerns and gives 12 months’...
In June 1948, despite post-war austerity and the continuation of rationing, St Albans held its Millenary Pageant, marking the thousandth anniversary of the founding of three churches, a school and the market. In the midst of Verulamium Park, scenes were re-enacted from key moments in St Albans’ rich history, including one...
Ontario is the cornerstone of the Canadian wine industry, producing about 62 per cent of the country’s wine and hosting two-thirds of Canada’s vineyard acreage. The province boasts over 150 wineries spread across three primary wine-growing regions: the Niagara Peninsula, the north shore of Lake Erie, and Prince Edward County. Home...
Are you one of those shoppers in St Albans and Harpenden who have become increasingly frustrated by the lack of human beings serving at supermarkets as do-it-yourself checkout points seem to be taking over? With the majority of the person-operated tills in Marks & Spencer’s St Peter’s Street store recently replaced...
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