The Harpenden Society has issued a damning indictment of the district council's consultation into free on-street parking in the town. As originally revealed in the St Albans Times, SADC wants to change the long-standing one hour and two hour arrangements in Harpenden town centre in order to recoup revenue and balance...
More than 10,000 people flocked to Harpenden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Classics on the Common and enjoy almost 900 classic cars, motorcycles and scooters. Wednesday's event, which is organised by Rotary in Harpenden, included a 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, a 1916 Harley Davidson F, a 1927 Talbot, a...
Retaining one hour free parking bays in Harpenden should be one of the options considered by SADC, the town council has urged. This week’s extraordinary general meeting of HTC was dominated by discussion of the proposed parking changes, which will see the end of the existing one and two hour free...
Between May 11 2023 and July 2 2024, Harpenden businessman Barrie Woolston, the owner of Molasses House art gallery, campaigned to get Herts county council to tackle repeat flooding in Station Road. His pleas for action were met with sarcasm and a refusal to accept any responsibility. Here, he reveals his...
The official public consultation on proposals to convert free parking places in Harpenden to paid spaces with 20-minutes free parking has begun. As originally revealed in the St Albans Times, SADC wants to change the long-standing one hour and two hour arrangements in Harpenden town centre in order to recoup revenue...
A Harpenden town councillor has urged his Lib Dem colleagues to come together and devise a solution to scrapping free car parking in order to raise desperately-needed revenue. Richard Scott, who represents Harpenden North Ward on HTC, also chairs the corporate policy and finance committee, and is responsible for the economic...
Harpenden Highland Gathering returned to Rothamsted Park on Sunday with the usual array of Scottish-themed activities. The event, which is organised by Harpenden Lions, included a marching pipe band, Highland dancing, Highland Games, arena displays, stage performances, children’s races, live music, archery, go-karting and haggis hurling. Funds raised from this year’s Gathering...
The ballot papers have been stored away, the Champagne bottles and campaign posters are in the recycling and sleep-deprived supporters, volunteers, council officers, journalists and candidates are starting to feel normal again after a weekend spent recovering from the overnight count. So what now? With Daisy Cooper and Victoria Collins having...
“I think there's a real sense of hope that things can change, but I also know that newly elected MPs need to work hard to regain public trust in politics.” In the early hours of Friday morning, Victoria Collins became the first MP for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted,...
What do you get when you cross a drag queen turned sorceress, a rather charming member of the royal family, and a princess with a penchant for snoozing? It can only be the launch of Harpenden’s Christmas panto, this time getting in ahead of the more widely-publicised Alban Arena to...
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