August 2009 Archives

AN ART shop in the heart of the village is hosting an exhibition of Caribbean art.

The exhibition is a solo show from artist Marcia Barritt.

A CHEEKY youngster after his dream job was granted a personal tour of the Harefield Dogs Trust by its CEO.

Seven year-old Charlie Knight, from Walton on Thames, contacted the CEO Clarissa Baldwin through online social networking site Facebook, to say he wanted her job.

PUPILS at Harefield Academy were jumping for joy at their tremendous GCSE results.

Students at Academy in Northwood Way, Harefield on Thursday contributed to a 70 per cent score of pupils who got five or more A* to C grades.

A CARE home in the village is going Dutch- and have built an on-site restaurant to help residents and guests feel more at home.

Coppermill Care Home, in Summerhouse Lane, Harefield, is taking the lead of their Dutch manager Johan Neeskens, in applying a continental approach to make the home feel more like a community.

A TALENTED teen is on his way to acting stardom after performing in his first television role.

Ryan Finch, aged just 13, of Harefield, spent last weekend filming ITV drama Miss Marple, which will be screened next year.

RESIDENTS are being warned to be on their guard against giving out donations to fake charity collectors.

A number of people living in Harefield have reported receiving leaflets through the door from charities which may not be all they seem.

THE next meeting of the Harefield Tenants and Residents Association will take place on Thursday. (20)

HAREFIELD hosted a national canoeing championship once again last weekend, with over 100 competitors taking part.

Paddlers from as far as Teeside had the benefit of some glorious weather as they battled it out on the weir near the Coy Carp on Coppermill Lane, Harefield.

A COMBINATION of mud and heavy traffic could spell chaos for the village if the green light is given to plans to renovate a golf course.

Uxbridge Golf Club, in The Drive, off Harvil Road is the subject of a 1,000 page planning document which details plans to cover it with landfill, and re-landscape it entirely.

A MYSTERIOUS UFO sighting above the village has been unveiled as celebrations from a wedding- by the mother of the Groom.

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