Emergency services were called to deal with a gas leak in Harpenden High Street yesterday which resulted in damage to the pavement. The damage was caused by the release of pressure from the leak, which was close to Sainsbury's supermarket in the town.Resident Steve Collins told the St Albans Times: "The...
The big guns of politics are being brought into play in a bid to win the battleground of Harpenden and Berkhamsted as the General Election campaign finally gets underway. Last Friday saw Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden, MP for Durham, visit the town to show his support for Tory prospective Parliamentary...
A powerful documentary-style photo essay has won Harpenden Photographic Society’s annual audio visual competition. ‘You Want It Darker’ by Steve Collins was a creative combination of black and white photographs of the March for Palestine held on Armistice Day last year accompanied by the song ‘You Want It Darker’ by Leonard...
Harpenden Town Council has confirmed Cllr Pip Liver as the Mayor for 2024-2025. The Mayoral Chain was presented to the new Town Mayor by Cllr Fiona Gaskell, Town Mayor for 2023/24, who gave a valedictory speech and offered her congratulations to Cllr Liver on her new position. The Deputy Mayor was also...
There will be no U-turn over controversial plans to eliminate free parking bays across the district, the new leader of SADC has confirmed. Free car parks in Redbourn, Park Street and London Colney, and one and two hour bays across Harpenden town centre will all incur charges later this year. Although the...
After months of speculation, the Labour candidate for the newly formed constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has been announced.Zara Layne is a councillor for Harpur ward on Bedford Borough Council, but also works as a research officer for MP Mohammad Yasin.She volunteers for Black Tom's Big Lunch, organising community events...
Former councillor and Mayor of both Harpenden and St Albans, chairman of the Harpenden Day Care Centre Association and Druglink Ltd. Rosemary Farmer was delighted to be elected Mayor of St Albans and District in 2018, following three highly successful terms as Mayor of Harpenden. She was a long serving Harpenden...
The most popular images from Harpenden Photographic Society’s annual photography exhibition - as voted for by the public - have now been revealed. The hugely popular event, held at High Street Methodist Church Harpenden last weekend, welcomed over 250 attendees to the exhibition throughout the day. Chair of Harpenden Photographic Society (HPS)...
St Nicholas’ Church has stood proudly in Harpenden for over 800 years and since 1862 the boys’ choir has been filling the building with music - but this historic assembly is at risk of folding unless they can recruit more members, writes Anna Shreeves. There are currently 12 boys in the...
The dilemma of parking versus housing has mired a prospective new Harpenden development in controversy. Improvements to the town’s railway station have been promised for years, but now new plans are proposing the construction of two blocks of flats in the already over-subscribed eastern car park, reducing the limited number of...
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