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  • 10th June 2014

    Midsummer concert

    THERE will be a concert of Midsummer Music at St Peter’s Church, Boughton Monchelsea to raise money for the church roof fund. The event, by the Marlowe Singers, starts at 7pm on Saturday, ...

  • 10th June 2014

    Dinner dance helps carers' charity

    A CHARITY dinner dance in Bearsted raised more than £1,100 thanks to the generosity of the guests and local businesses. Kent Community Events, which helps charities and community groups ...

  • Jazz festival in town

    THE Invicta Jazz Orchestra, led by Scott Jenkins, will be treating shoppers to a day of music in Jubilee Square on June 28. A marquee is being erected is being erected in case of bad weather, but ...

  • Pupils' designs in spotlight

    THE Future Schools Trust held its fifth annual charity fashion show at Cornwallis Academy. The evening raised £925 for Save the Children and Crossroads Young Carers – charities chosen ...

  • Annabelle Blackmore is new council leader

    ANNABELLE Blackmore has been appointed the new leader of Maidstone Council after winning a closely contested vote in today's mayor-making ceremony. The ward member for Marden and ...

  • National Debating Finals Come to Maidstone

    MAIDSTONE was selected to host the finals of the Great Britain and Ireland Youth debating contest – and local politicians, renowned for their own way with words, were among the ...

  • Fun day to help African pupils

    A CHARITY fun morning to raise money for a school in Uganda is being held at the King George V Memorial Hall, Manor Rise, Bearsted, on Sunday, June 8. The young people of Holy Cross Church are ...

  • Prom concert

    Maidstone Operatic Concert Party will be performing a prom concert in the Royal Dockyard Church Chatham on June 28. Proceeds of the event, which is part of the Medway Armed Forces Day ...

  • Modell reclaims British GT initiative at Silverstone

    Maidstone’s Devon Modell and teammate Andrew Jarman continued to rack up the podium finishes in Round 4 of the 2014 Avon Tyres British GT Championship on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit (31 ...

  • Church concerts

    TWO very different types of musical concerts will take place in West Farleigh Church in the coming weeks. On Friday June 6, Dr Jazz will be making a welcome return to the village in the first of ...