Why have SADC staff been given extra spaces at Harpenden’s Amenbury Lane car park? The Harpenden Society has contacted the St Albans Times to see if we can obtain answers after receiving a number of complaints from car park users. It seems spaces at the car park - which is adjacent to...
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society (SAHAAS) has donated almost £1,400 to Centre 33 following a talk by a leading historian. In June this year the society arranged for Professor Michael Wood, the well-known broadcaster, to give a talk at St Albans School on Why the Anglo-Saxons Matter. Attendees...
The newly-revamped Pioneer Club opened their doors to the public on Saturday for their first open day. After a significant upgrade to all areas of the site, this was many people’s first opportunity to see the new look and hear plans for the future of the venue. The indoor skatepark has been...
Campaigners fighting the proposed rail freight terminal on the former Radlett airfield site to the south of St Albans have lodged a legal challenge in a bid to prevent the development from going ahead. Save St Albans: Fight the Freight say they have evidence that shows serious failings in the way...
Having lunch with a fairy, a mermaid and Ken Barlow’s son might seem like a random dream but it actually happened this week. Never in all my days did I imagine I would be able to discuss my favourite Buddhist quote “Whatever is in the way is the way” over...
If you’re considering decluttering your home but would rather be doing something altogether more exciting then there are thousands of local people who are ready and waiting to take your unwanted belongings out of your hands and give them to people in need. Facebook group The St Albans & Harpenden Reuse...
Smallford Farm Shop now boasts a fishmonger’s offering fresh produce from the south coast of England. Run by Steve Moroney. Fish Bones is the only permanent fishmongers in the district, and offers a wide range of sustainably sourced fish and seafood including scallops, halibut, monk fish, prawns, lemon sole, crab and...
A Blue Plaque is to be unveiled for the man who opened Hertfordshire's first cinema - now the Odyssey in London Road. Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick's film producer and brother-in-law, will be the guest of honour at the installation of a Blue Plaque for Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874 – 1961) on October...
It’s the 40th anniversary of St Albans’ legendary Verulamium Park Fireworks Spectacular, and like every year, it promises to go with a bang! The event started in 1983 in partnership with St Albans City Hospital and now 40 years on, more than £900K has been raised for local charities. It returns this...
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