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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
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Schroeders Tavern reviewed
SARA doesn’t have a budget for me to eat out at local eateries so you’ll have to take the word of others like Keith Lynch who writes for the Press. Find out what he got up to at Schroeder’s Tavern … Continue reading
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Rutland Street being resurfaced
Fletchers has begun to resurface Rutland Street. This is the final stage of repairs to that street.
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Edgeware Road section to reopen for Christmas
MCConnell Dowell are hopeful of having Edgeware Road, between Allard and Madras Streets, sealed and ready to reopen for Christmas.
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Feedback sought on Govt transport plan for city
CERA wants feedback from Christchurch citizens on An Accessible City, the draft transport chapter of the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan by February 1.
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Celebrate UN Day of Persons With Disabilities
Come along to the ReSTART mall on Sunday. December 2 at 11 am and help celebrate the day with music, dance, poetry and performing arts. It does not matter whether you are able-bodied or coping daily with impairments, it’s a … Continue reading
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Transport plan vague about vehicle dispersal
Christchurch City Council has adopted the Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan without clarifying how traffic will disperse from the two major roads that end on St Albans boundaries.
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Sara Parkin – Forum for the Future
Location: WEA, 59 Gloucester Street Time: 7.30pm on November 30 Description: Sarah Parkin will focus on how to accelerate change to a more sustainable, and therefore resilient, way of life at a lecture being held at the WEA.
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Residents fear released prisoners
Some ex-prisoners who do not have suitable homes to return to are parolled to the Salisbury Foundation’s halfway home in St Albans Street according to this recent Star news story and it is making residents uneasy.
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Midwives open rebuilt premises soon
The College of Midwives will officially open their new National Office building in Manchester Street in St Albans this week. The brick building on the site was damaged in the earthquakes and has now been rebuilt in a very different … Continue reading
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Stranger alert near school
A suspicious man has been seen taking photos near the St Albans School road patrol on Trafalgar Street. He did not have any children with him and moved away when spotted. This is the fourth incident in a short space … Continue reading
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Democracy Rally
Time: December 1 at 2pm Location: Latimer Square Description: Have your say about education, heritage and the city plan. It all seems to be decided by outside elements keen on making their mark on history and the city. The rally … Continue reading
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