Cllr Varsha Parmar has been granted a dispensation to comment on Streetspace schemes in Harrow (Photo: Atish Anand/Harrow Council) The Harrow councillor responsible for highways has been given permission to comment on issues related to Transport for London (TfL) to clear up any perception of a conflict of interest. Cllr Varsha Parmar, who is responsible for the environment at Harrow Council, applied for the dispensation as her husband works as a civil engineer for London Underground Ltd, a subsidiary of TfL. She has recently been unable to comment in meetings on Streetspace schemes, for which she is responsible, due to a perceived conflict of interest.
Mark Hurwitz
Traditions can play an especially important part in celebrating the holidays each year for families. With Christmas just around the corner, many of us may head north and cut down our own Christmas tree, maybe hang tree ornaments that have been passed down from grandparents, or even simply buying a box of holiday ribbon candy.
If you are like me you enjoy this colorful and yes, very sticky candy each Christmas, but did you know that a Marblehead resident helped play a part in making this candy available for millions of people each year?
The gentleman’s name was Dr. Philip Benjamin Laskey. Dr. Laskey was born in Marblehead in 1845. His family was co-owners of Salkins & Laskey, a clothing store on Washington Street located in the Mugford building for many years.