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19:12 - 12 March 2010
A HANDFUL of mature oak trees on a golf course are set to be felled despite fears that it will change the way a hole on a green can be played. The trees are on the second green of the golf course on Harpenden Common and the town council took advice on the...
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15:08 - 12 March 2010
A HARPENDEN author could make literary history this month after penning an award-winning biography of Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb. Clare Mulley s critically-acclaimed biography, The Woman Who Saved the Children, is being launched in paperback...
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12:07 - 11 March 2010
BIRD boxes have gone up on a nature reserve thanks to Scouts working for their conservation badges. The 14 Scouts from the Fourth Harpenden group made 12 bird boxes as their indoor project at their headquarters in the winter and put them up at the Batford... Full Story »
12:03 - 08 March 2010
TWITCHERS have been flocking to Harpenden to catch a glimpse of three bird species which have been spotted there recently. Groups of birdwatchers have been gathering beside the River Lea off Thrales End Lane hoping to see the jack snipes, firecrests and... Full Story »
07:02 - 08 March 2010
A commuter who regularly uses Harpenden Station was puzzled when he spotted police officers apparently riding shotgun for First Capital Connect s (FCC) ticket inspectors. Thomas Parrott, 36, of Coleswood Road, Harpenden, said initially he was concerned th... Full Story »
19:01 - 07 March 2010
RESIDENTS are bracing themselves for a second battle to prevent backland development along their road. Having successfully fought off one effort to build four five-bedroom homes in the back gardens of two houses in Jameson Road, Harpenden, neighbours are... Full Story »
15:57 - 07 March 2010
A SPECIAL treat greeted students at a secondary school when they got back after the half-term break. A new outdoor gym has been installed at Sir John Lawes (SJL) School in Harpenden – one of only a handful in the country – thanks to the fundraising effort... Full Story »
06:45 - 04 March 2010
HEADTEACHER Nick Daymond is leaving the top job at a Harpenden secondary school to take up another headship in September. Mr Daymond, head of Roundwood Park, is replacing Brian Coulshed as headteacher of Parmiter s School in Garston. A Cambridge graduate,... Full Story »
11:38 - 03 March 2010
Police are trying to trace the owner of a dog which attacked a man last week. The alsatian, which was on a lead, lunged for the 18-year-old as he walked past in Westfield Place, Harpenden, at around 6.45pm last Wednesday. The dog, which was a grey/brown c... Full Story »