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THE ESSEX Chamber of Commerce has closed its office in Harlow. The office was opened to great fanfare by Harlow MP Robert Halfon in the University College Harlow part of Harlow College. It was expected that the chamber would then play a large role in…
SPANISH-owned bank Santander is slashing its branch network by almost a fifth, putting 1,270 jobs at risk. However, Harlow customers will be pleased to know that the branch in the Water Gardens remains open. The bank blamed the closures on “changes in how customers are…
HARLOW Council’s budget proposal will be under the spotlight tonight at the Civic Offices in The Water Gardens. The series of proposals will be presented by the Harlow Council leader, Cllr Mark Ingall and his team. There will no doubt be a great deal of…
HARLOW Youth Councillors have once again been getting involved in the great work being done to improve the area around the historic Oakwood Pond. On Saturday 19 January Youth Councillors and Council staff spent the day planting 500 trees along the cycle path next to…
By Michael Casey WHEN I launched my first on-line newspaper (YourThurrock.Com) in September 2008, there was still three printed newspapers in the town of Harlow. The last vestiges of the Harlow Citizen; the Harlow Herald and the Harlow Star. The Citizen went in 2008, the…
TODAY, it has been announced that next week’s edition of the Harlow Star will be its last. MP for Harlow, Robert Halfon, has responded to this news saying: “Today’s announcement of the closure of the Harlow Star is a tragedy for Harlow.” “We have had…
TRIBUTES have been paid to Steve Lord who died following a collision on the M11. Mr Lord, who was 63, died following a collision involving his motorbike and a car on the southbound carriageway between Stansted and Harlow at around 5am on Wednesday, January 16.…
SALES and lettings agent Martin & Co has thrown its weight behind Harlow six-year-old Sonny Tyler’s bid to help the town’s homeless. The Freshwaters Primary School pupil was left upset by the plight of rough sleepers on his walk to school before Christmas and penned…
FAVOURITE children’s author Michael Rosen shared his tips on inspiring a love of reading when he led a training session with teaching staff. The writer of classic children’s book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt worked with teachers from the BMAT family of schools when…
HARLOW Museum & Walled Gardens, which has come back under Harlow Council’s control, has reopened to the public this morning for the first time since before Christmas. Since taking over from ScienceAlive, the Council has worked to clean and tidy the building, and put plans…
ROBERT Halfon, MP for Harlow, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly…
ALLOWANCES paid to Harlow Councillors are set to be discussed at a meeting of Full Council on Thursday 7 February 2019 following an independent panel’s recommendation of an increase in current levels. If agreed, it would be the first increase in Councillor allowances since 2010.…
A 30-year-old man has been jailed for 12 months after assaulting a man in Harlow. Aaron Bissmire, of no fixed address was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an incident at the Oasis Hotel, Harlow, on August 18, 2018. Officers were called…
HARLOW Council is hosting this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day service at the Civic Centre on Sunday 27 January 2019. The service is open to all and will start at 5pm. Razed Roof will be taking part and the service will be led by Rabbi Irit…
THE STORT VALLEY RSPCA Centre is based in The Stow. The volunteers do sterling work and it is a very busy place. At the moment, they are concerned about un-neutered cats however they have a plan an dan offer. We popped in to seek to…
PLANNING permission has been given for new housing to be built in Northbrooks. The decision was made at a meeting of the Harlow Council planning committee last week (Wednesday). Film of the proposal being debated and approved is below. The application approved the following :…
