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May 2025 Editor. Ron Taylor
Genetic modification of plants will be essential to avert future food shortages.
The team, from Rothamsted Research and from Syngenta Crop Science and Symmetry Bioanalytics in the US are working to develop new strategies.
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Zuckermaus Artisan Bakery gaining more fans. New BABKA bread a must for lovers of chocolate.
How can we in Harpenden help Save the Planet?
Reduce Your carbon footprint? Be more sustainable.?
Feeling “frazzled” and need to talk and share your stories. Frazzled Cafe is NEW in Harpenden. At the EMC every Monday.
Harpenden Helping Hand are looking to recruit more drivers to help meet the needs of local people? LEARN MORE or go to
Watford Hospital expansion gets Government funding to proceed.Learn more
Volunteering at the Memory Lane Cafe brings me a lot of joy. Find out how it helps those with Dementia.
Nov. Please be aware of a car park scam involving car parks using the PayByPhone Service.
It arises when people search for the PayByPhone app or website.
Our new MP Victoria Collins gives her views on Harpenden’s future. EXCLUSIVE
Jan. Two new operating theatres at St Albans hospital to open Spring 2025. Learn more
April 4. SHOCK NEWS...Government approves Luton Airport plan to allow potential 32m passengers a year.
Oct. E-scooters being confiscated and destroyed by police in Hertfordshire. Learn more
Nov. Herts Police make concerted efforts to stop shoplifting with many arrests. Learn more
Jan. Harpenden Public Halls bought by ChristChurch Harpenden for use as a permanent building for their church. Learn more.
Spring 2026 Coming to Southdown. A new Care Home on the old Pan Autos site. Learn more
Jan 22. Victoria Collins MP responds to government’s decision to delay construction at Watford General Hospital. Learn more
April. A new way to attain fitness in 2025 here in Harpenden with fit20.
May & June Entertainments at the EMC
SPECIAL EXHIBITION – TO SEPT 2025. To mark the 80th Anniversary of the end of WW2. At Harpenden’s History Museum
April, PCC welcomes funding for more neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs in Hertfordshire. Learn more
Feb 18. Shock News , SADC approves 550 Homes development in NW Harpenden, despite the Local Plan recommending only 290 homes.
May. Do you love our Library? Write your message of love in their BOOK to celebrate the Centenary of Herts Libraries. In the front area. See more
May. Free Parking when dine at Silver Palate Restaurant and spaces when you shop at the Delicatessen. Learn more
March 19. Parking on Harpenden High St. The new regime is settling in with more than 1,000 motorists a day booking sessions in these on-street bays in Harpenden, the majority for the free half-hour. Says Paul De Kort. SADC
May 6. Retail Crime Forum launched by Commissioner to bring retailers and police together to tackle shoplifting and retail crime.
April. Medieval Harpenden: The Plague and its Consequences - Amanda J Thomas, Learn more
June 7. Harpenden Summer Carnival & Art on the Common
April 24. NEW LOOK for Karina’s Barber Shop. The most luxury you will ever see in a Barber Shop.
April 26. ‘PHOTO HARPENDEN’ Winners Presentation at the Harpenden Photographic Society Photography Exhibition. Learn more
May 30. Witches and Highwaymen Walks. A talk at Harpenden Library . Learn more
June 6. Imaginary Landscapes: Poetry and Harp at Harpenden Library. Learn more
APRIL 29. HARPENDEN TRAVEL AGENT NAMED ONE OF THE BEST IN BRITISH ISLES. LEARN MORE
May 21. An Inspiring Evening at "The Future of Farming" Event! with Katharine Tate, The Food Teacher™Katharine will be talking about how we can support our grey matter as we age. Learn more
May 8. Harpenden Town Council withdraws the threat of a Judicial Review on Harpenden on-street parking charges. Learn more
9.30 pm May 8 VE DAY Beacon Lighting on Harpenden Common organised by HTC & watched by several hundred residents. Learn more.
May 19. Cash payments available soon for on-street parking bays in Harpenden at Morrisons and Wines Spirits Beers, 28 Station Road.
May 14. The most popular images of the Harpenden Photographic Society Annual Exhibition. Learn more
May 21. NOW OPEN. The Mens and Ladies fashion event Harpenden has been waiting for. With big savings Learn more
May 15. Harpenden has a new Mayor. Cllr Beth Fisher, elected on May 12. Learn more
June 21. Mega Rugby event at Harpenden Rugby Club . Learn more and how to book tickets
July 23. Classics on the Common.
Organised by Rotary in Harpenden.
May 12. Fly-tippers beware! Resident ordered to pay more than £2,600 for fly-tipping offence. Learn more
