Months after its official completion, tenants are finally moving into city centre development Jubilee Square. The £64m project, on the site of the former police station and NHS clinic, was handed over by SADC in July, six years after work began. SADC housing lead Cllr Jacqui Taylor welcomed some of the residents...
Council bosses have snubbed the will of the people and ignored overwhelming opposition to plans to charge for on-street parking in Harpenden. Out of the 1,199 individual responses received during the recent public consultation, 95 per cent were in opposition to SADC’s proposals, with the majority fearing the impact they would...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Influencer, personal stylist, denim expert Karen Jennings of StylingOut50, a senior stylist at The Dressing Room for 17 years, and manager, director and franchisee of St Albans’ late-lamented...
More needs to be done to ensure children living in Colney Heath and surrounding villages receive their first choice of secondary school. Parent Gavin Prime, whose son ended up having to choose an alternative school to Beaumont, said too much emphasis is being placed on the volume of applications and the...
Deborah Heath discovers some of the stories of people who left their lives in the Caribbean to relocate to St Albans...
The battle has been lost, but will the war continue against plans for 721 homes on Green Belt land at Chiswell Green? Last week saw the campaign take a major blow after the judgement was handed down from the Judicial Review hearing earlier this month. But although the judge ruled against Keep...
Thousands of trees across Harpenden and East Hyde are being chopped down as part of Network Rail’s track maintenance programme, but residents have accused the company of being disingenuous in its publicity for the work. According to Network Rail, it is “a careful balancing act between keeping trains running safely for...
Fresh changes to controversial plans to charge for on-street parking in Harpenden have been announced in the wake of a public consultation. The proposals come in the wake of feedback from residents, retailers, the town council and the Harpenden Society. The original proposals included a charge of £2.50 an hour for a...
From humble beginnings in the heart of lockdown, a Chiswell Green pizzeria is gaining widespread recognition for its specialist pies. James Woodley and Grace Surman stumbled across what was to become Gracey’s in the middle of the pandemic, a disused shop on the outskirts of the village at 339 Watford Road,...
As we get older, chances are that we, or someone we know, will develop cataracts – in one or both eyes. It’s part of the aging process and the changes in our eyes can start from, roughly, the age of 40. They affect people in different ways – some say they...
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