The Park Street community pulled together to cope with a major gas emergency which left 2,000 homes without a supply - some for over a week. The village lost its supply after a burst water main flooded the gas network, blocking the flow of gas into various properties. Every home had to...
Anyone driving into St Albans city centre after taking Junction 22 off the M25 will probably proceed down London Road, using what should essentially be a showcase for the heritage and culture they will later experience. Unfortunately this major route is littered with various derelict homes and rundown businesses which only...
The sun is shining, mums pushing fancy buggies are clutching their Starbucks skinny iced lattes and there is a topless teenage boy doing a wheelie on his BMX through the pedestrianised walkway… Or maybe it’s the sound of revving engines waiting at the Lattimore Road junction on the London Road, an...
It ain't over 'til it's over. The county council may have finalised the sale of the former Radlett airfield to rail freight developers Segro, but there is still hope the final scheme can be thwarted. Campaign group Save St Albans: Fight the Freight is still intending to push for a Judicial...
The new owners of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks are set to host their first all-day free festival at the pub they took over in April 2022. Co-owners Martin Robinson, Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker will be turning the pub into a mini-Glastonbury for The Fighting Cocks Fest on July 15 with...
South Africa came to Hatfield Park last Saturday as Cellar Door Wines enjoyed an unforgettable afternoon at their Wines of South Africa summer tasting event. Owner Penny Edwards said: "It was fantastic to see so many people enjoying all the different wines on offer from every region and style in the...
The winner of one of the toughest photographic competitions in the local area has been named. Harpenden Photographic Society's Photographer of the Year for the 2022/2023 season is six-time winner Paul Johnson. The society, now in its 87th year, holds five internal competitions throughout the season, where HPS members enter colour prints,...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, talks about accountability at all levels of public life. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” – so wrote Lord Acton, a 19th century historian and politician. It’s one of those wise statements that tends to get quoted whenever...
Time flies when you’re doing what you love. Jez Levy and the team at EYES on St Albans celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Marshalswick shop opening this week. Five years of “Eyecare of Excellence – Eyewear that Rocks!” mixed with active community involvement across the city and more years of experience...
Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper writes exclusively for the St Albans Times on the decision to sell the former Radlett airfield for a rail freight depot. Residents and campaigners have fought against these plans for a monstrous terminal on their doorstep from start to finish for more than 20 years so this...
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