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23rd November 2020HAZLITT CLOSURE: Manager attacks council's 'lack of communication'
THE general manager of the Hazlitt Theatre has written to council top brass to complain about their lack of communication over the popular venue's closure and warned Earl Street will become ...
20th November 2020HOUSING CRISIS: Marden escapes the bulldozers - but for how long?
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden is off the table - for now. Marden, to be developed by Countryside Properties, was one of four sites for huge housing schemes as ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Russell Grant backs 'save' campaign as gloom for future grows
TV ASTROLOGER and "national treasure" Russell Grant is the latest celebrity to throw his weight behind Daily Downs Mail's SAVE THE HAZLITT campaign. Hard-up Maidstone Borough Council, ...
ELECTION 2021: Tories choose education expert Simon Webb as candidate
SIMON Webb, of Hunton, will represent the Conservatives for Maidstone Rural West at next spring’s Kent County Councilelections bywinning the toss of coin after a dead heat in the ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Theatre drives £5m a year into local economy - report
THE Hazlitt Theatre will shut despite pumping £5m into the local economy each year, official papers conclude. The scale of the potential loss to Maidstone appears in a report prepared by ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Theatre lashes back at 'inaccurate' council claims - details
MANAGEMENT atclosure-threatened Hazlitt Theatre have lashed out at 'inaccurate' council claims the venue has been shut since March. As reported in Downs Mail, the theatre reopened to ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Council will turn theatre into 'expensive church hall' - Purle
COUNCIL papers published last night online prove hard-up Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has made no plans to re-open the Hazlitt theatre after the contract with Parkwood Theatres is terminated, ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Theatre boss 'dismayed' 40 workers do not know their fate
THE furious managing director of the umbrella group which runs the Hazlitt Theatre has spoken of his dismay at losing Maidstone's cultural crown jewel to council cuts. Cash-strapped Maidstone ...
HAZLITT 'CLOSURE': Committee can overturn option to shut popular Maidstone venue
CASH-strapped Maidstone Borough Council has acknowledged the decision to consider shutting the Hazlitt Theatre could be overturned at another committee in nine days' time. A delegation of six ...
EXCLUSIVE: Council top brass say 'shut' Hazlitt Theatre at £100K per year
TOP brass at cash-strapped Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) have suggested the Hazlitt Theatre be shut up and mothballed at a cost of £100,000 per year to the tax-payer, Daily Downs Mail can ...