Delays to the completion of Jubilee Square have contributed to a half-a-million pounds shortfall in council finances. This week’s meeting of the public realm committee included a report on SADC’s financial position and consequential impact on plans for the financial year 2024/2025. It stated: “In setting the budget for 2024/25 the council...
Days after the premature appearance of a Christmas tree in Market Place, filming has been taking place for supermarket giant Tesco's festive advert. The Boot pub has been transformed into The Gingerbread Arms, complete with fake snow and gingerbread boardings, while cherry pickers have been installed outside the entrance to Christopher...
Walkers who use the boardwalk over the Sopwell Ruins wet woodland will have to find an alternative route for four weeks from Monday. An SADC contractor will be dismantling and removing the damaged boardwalk and building a replacement in the same position. The current wooden structure is known as 'Fenny's Boardwalk' after...
The last festival of the summer was the biggest of them all, as Pub in the Park returned to St Albans for its fifth fantastic year. Tom Kerridge’s music and food event packed out Verulamium Park between Friday and Sunday, with crowds enjoying artists including Tinie Tempah, Scouting for Girls, Olly...
Any decision on whether to charge motorists using London Colney’s Haseldine Road car park has yet to be made, councillors have heard. The position was confirmed at a meeting of the public realm committee this week, and reiterated SADC leader Cllr Paul de Kort’s statement to this newspaper. He told the St...
Almost a third of Harpenden’s population oppose proposals to charge for on-street parking in the town centre, district councillors have heard. Last night’s meeting of the public realm committee saw a petition against the scheme presented to councillors by Fiona Thomas from boutique Oui. She said: “The petition calls for you to...
They say it gets earlier every year, but surely nobody expected to see a Christmas tree erected in Market Place on September 10? But before you start worrying about prepping the sprouts and choosing the turkey. don't stress, it isn't what it seems. The tree will actually be featuring in this year's...
To mark the 90th anniversary of Verulamium Park and Lake, Dr Robert Wareing, who regularly walks the park with his wife Linda, has undertaken a labour of love to research its history and to celebrate its place in the heart of St Albans residents. Probably the earliest embryonic form of Verulamium...
The Middle Ages were tumultuous times for St Albans. Invasion, plagues, rebellion and civil wars were to change the lives of the local people. And one event in particular was to bring, not just trouble, but terror, bitterness and brutality. It was a time when St Albans held liberty in...
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