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4th December 2015MP takes on blind challenge
IMAGINE walking through Maidstone’s busy high street with your eyes shut and you get some idea of the “unnerving” experience taken on by MP Helen Grant. The MP for Maidstone ...
4th December 2015Caxtons opens new office
Caxtons Chartered Surveyors invited 120 clients and business associates to lunch to help celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary year.Founded in a back room of The Bull in Wrotham, the ...
Apprentice George joins Kew team
A TRAINEE woodman from Maidstone is on the team that has been called in to help manage Kew Gardens’ ancient woodland at Wakehurst. Now home to Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst is ...
Christmas fete
A Christmas fete will be held at Holborough Lakes in Snodland on Saturday, December 12. The event includes a variety of different attractions including Santa’s Grotto, reindeer and a food ...
Business leaders meet MP
MEMBERS of the Kent business community met Tonbridge and Malling MP Tom Tugendhat at Kings Hill to discuss the prospects and challenges for the area. Guests at the business breakfast at Barclays ...
Become a health ambassador
THERE’S an opportunity to influence and improve health services in Maidstone by becoming a governor for the Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. Vacancies exist in ...
TV star at dementia conference
TV personality Angela Rippon was among the guest speakers at a conference on the topic of dementia, organised by the Kent and Medway Community Safety Partnership. The former BBC newsreader and ...
Spare a thought for elderly at Christmas
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and sharing, and local people arebeing asked to spare an extra thought for their elderly neighbours this year. The John Lewis Christmas advert has highlighted ...
Inquiries over war games in woods
A FURTHER approach is to be made by Thurnham Parish Councl to Maidstone Council aboutwar game activities in woodland off the A249 at Stockbury. Thurnham supported the Freedom of Information ...
Ovation for kids in Carmen
BEARSTED Choral Society presented a rousing version of Bizet’s Carmen at St John’s Primary School, where pupils joined the singing. This opera had all the well-known music and songs - ...