What's Happening in Harlow blog

Rice, dancing and music were the order of the day in a council chamber to celebrate the moving of the sun.

Talented school pupil Albie Barrigan has seen his work hung in the Mayor of London’s City Hall headquarters after it caught the eye of MP Rob Halfon.

Businesses in Harrow say a month of entertainment in the town centre has resulted in record visitor numbers.

A campaign has been launched to encourage more Essex girls to take up engineering.

A trial scheme that gave teenagers a summer to remember has won a top award.

The pioneers of Harlow are being urged to come forward with their stories as part of the town’s birthday celebrations.

A group of students from Stewards School in Harlow have proved themselves as thrill-seekers when they tackled the rapids at Lee Valley White Water Centre. The fourteen pupils, who are all currently studying PE, were taken along the same competition-standard course that will be faced by world-class experts during the London Olympics in 2012. The opportunity was part of Lee Valley Park Authority’s School Festival, which has given school students from surrounding areas the chance to enjoy the facilities at …

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The St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood village, near Harlow, was given a donation of £400 to support the work they do caring for people in the local area. The money was raised by campaign group Keep Nazeing Green, and MP Bill Rammell attended the presentation, showing his support for their efforts.

An arts project is being developed in Harlow through a partnership between Essex County Council, Harlow Council, Harlow Renaissance and Commissions East. It is proposed to focus around the Market Square development in the town centre, as part of the Essex-wide Genius Loci programme.

Several schools in Harlow are doing their bit for the environment, entering a competition to win ‘green’ prizes, by carrying out projects to reuse and recycle. St James Primary, Paringdon Junior, Stewards and Hare Street Community Primary, all in Harlow, are among 70 Essex schools competing to collect as many plastic bottles for recycling as they can.