Hundreds of Harpenden parents have signed a petition calling for a blanket ban on smartphones for Year 7s in the town’s secondary schools. The initiative is being driven by Harpenden Smartphone Free Childhood, the local group of what has swiftly become a national campaign. It asks parents and carers whether they are...
Why won’t the leader of St Albans district council meet with the 50 aggrieved Harpenden businesses who signed a letter condemning the on-street parking charges? The pressure continues despite a recently announced review of the scheme and the introduction of a single code for parking. Elaine Bradford, who has been instrumental in...
When talking about regeneration, it’s hard not to think of a particular television Time Lord changing their face as often as their clothes, but undergoing a session with the Human Regenerator hopefully won’t result in you altering your appearance. One of just four commercial devices in the UK, the technology is...
Harpenden’s premier outdoor art fair returns on the weekend of June 7-8 with more than 60 local artists exhibiting to raise money for Cancer Research. Art on the Common has been promoting local artists for over 30 years, and this year features even more stalls exhibiting and selling jewellery, ceramics,...
Proposals to expand the Chilterns National Landscape to incorporate parts of the St Albans district have been pulled by the Government. A National Landscape, formerly an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)’ is a formal designation for an area of land that is of national importance for its natural beauty. National Landscapes...
Eighty years to the day after his death, a new talk presented by Harpenden and District Local History Society will shed fresh light on the life and achievements of one of the town’s unsung heroes. George Hogg (1915-1945) was born, brought up and educated in Harpenden – at St George’s School....
Harpenden Photographic Society has beaten off 10 other clubs to secure a major regional wildlife award.The annual Les Spitz Wildlife Competition is held by Pinner Camera Club and attracts entries from 11 photographic clubs from across the region entering, including Oxford, Watford, Amersham and Tring.Each club submitted six wildlife images,...
A Harpenden pub has received a donation of a life-saving defibrillator thanks to a local dental practice. Nicola Hackett, the landlady of The Oddfellows Arms on Leyton Green, had run a fundraising campaign for a defibrillator at the pub, including encouraging donations from regular customers and a Valentine’s Day hearts initiative,...
Harpenden's summer carnival will be returning to the town on Saturday June 7 from 12 noon to 6pm. Thousands of people are expected to enjoy highlights including the award-winning Cha Char Chimps, world famous circus performer Richard Filby and hooptastic hooler-hooper Angie Mack. The impressive music stage includes crowd pleasers from Sam...
Increases in car parking tariffs and parking permits, the introduction of on-street parking charges in areas where it used to be free, the imposition of Controlled Parking Zones across the city, unwanted yellow lines preventing residents from receiving visitors or tradespeople… Added together and it would not be unfair to assume...
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