We have received a notification relating to the local elections in May saying that our polling station will be on the (new) boundary of the ward with Muswell Hill ward, in the hall next to St. Andrew's Church. So instead of walking a few metres to a
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Alexandra Ward as it is at present, and the new Alexandra Park Ward with Fortis Green and Muswell Hill wards (the latter slightly reconfigured).
Alexandra Park ward will be slightly smaller than the current ward – 3 or 4 roads which we
Read more…- because of storm Eunice. Well, the Park won't be physically closed mostly - just warning notices. More info. here.
Read more…The weather cleared (amazingly) for XR and Muswell Hill Sustainability Group's Burning Ballroom and Die-In in Muswell Hill yesterday afternoon - drawing attention to the urgency of positive outcomes to the climate conference COP26. As Greta Thunberg
Glitzy awards ceremony at Ally Pally, with big names presenting and performing:
Every year from 2021 until 2030, The Earthshot Prize will find and reward solutions to the five ‘Earthshot’ goals, to protect and restore nature, revive our oceans, to cl
Read more…Residents will be extremely relieved to see that this has started. Is the dropped paving low enough for mobility scooters?
The Council is also going to consult on the 'removal of footway parking' in the borough. Crescent Road and Palace Gates Road ar
Read more…Local resident Jackie Friend is one of four people co-ordinating the Shubbak Festival - 'a window on contemporary Arab culture' ('shubbak' means window in Arabic). A biennial event based in London, this year it includes both live and online events -
Read more…Lucy and fellow-players gave a delightful performance in her kitchen last week of a Mozart Divertimento for string trio (they re-located from a forecourt in Crescent Road because of fears about rain). The cat hid behind the folding patio doors for so
Local residents held a Black Lives Matter vigil outside Alexandra Park Library on 25 May, joining the many vigils taking place nationwide on the anniversay of George Floyd's death. There was lots of supportive hooting from drivers crawling down - and
Dear All,
I and others are going to write to Louise Stewart, CEO of Ally Pally, thanking her for allowing the W3 bus through passage along Alexandra Palace Way on several occasions when it has been closed to other traffic over the past year - during
Read more…When Satnavs became widely adopted 10 years ago, the traffic on Alexandra Park Road N10 doubled (DfT stats), and has stayed at the same level ever since (see chart). The newish Cabinet member for 'Strategic Transport', Cllr Matt White, remarked at a
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There's a recording on youtube here of this very interesting session, with 3 excellent speakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPcfZ4xV6FI&feature=youtu.be
They also held another very interesting session with more speakers last October - see their
Read more…Did anyone apart from us and our next-door-neighbours have a power cut yesterday - early evening until the early hours? The other neighbours around all seemed to have their lights on, but it must have been something major because they had to dig up t
Read more…In case you have not seen it, the Council are inviting comments on their new Local Plan - needed to support recovery from Covid-19, to deal with the housing challenge, and to respond to the climate emergency, amongst other issues. Here is the summary
Read more…From Alexandra Ward Mutual Aid:
Pembury Children's Centre are looking for donations of books to provide as gifts for some of their families. They are looking for up to 40 books for ages 0 - 3 yrs, and ideally some Christmas food treats to go along wi
Read more…From Alexandra Ward Mutual Aid:
There are a number of free vaccination appointments at Lordship Lane available for those over 80. Anyone who fits the criteria can be booked in if they live in Haringey. Also available to those over 76 if they live wit
Read more…Haringey may finally be catching up with the directive by the DfT last May for local councils to introduce measures to encourage Active Travel. This was given impetus by the mass shift to cars from public transport that has taken place during the pan
From Chickenshed theatre:
During recent times we have appreciated connection more than ever, the value of a conversation and human interaction has become more important as time has passed. For many of us this regular communication is not as often as
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