News in Maldon

MALDON'S Heritage Marine Foundation has been given a £17,500 Government heritage lifeline grant.

The foundation, based in the Downs Road boatyard, is one of 77 heritage organisations to receive a slice of the latest £14million funding from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The grant is from The Cultural Recovery Fund for Heritage.

MALDON customers of phone giant EE are facing a third consecutive weekend of phone signal loss.

The telecommunications company revealed last weekend that the repeated disruption to services was down to upgrade work on two masts affecting the local area - after Maldon Nub News contacted the EE press office to find out what was going on in response to local complaints.

Throughout this second national lockdown, Maldon Nub News will feature occasional articles on local or nearby beauty spots and places to take some outdoor exercise - in the hope of bringing you some fresh inspiration.

Maldon Wick Nature Reserve

MALDON drivers may want to know that one carriageway of a large section of the A12 will be closed during the daytime this weekend (7 and 8 November) and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday up to Christmas.

The massive resurfacing project will see closures of the busy road from 8am to 6pm between junction 19 near Chelmsford and junction 25, close to Marks Tey, at weekends. The work is scheduled to end on Sunday, 20 December.

The following article is from Maldon's Limebrook u3a group, which has moved many of its usual activities onto Zoom this month. Chairman Brian Harris will be writing regular updates and articles for Maldon Nub News:

Our Interest Groups have been active during the month and here are details of some of the activities that are taking place:

Maldon District Council has produced this short video to encourage local people to get some outdoor exercise during the new national lockdown.

A spokesperson said: "We want people to exercise in a Covid secure way and we have so many beautiful places in the district where this can be done in line with the guidance.

A PRESSURE group has highlighted concerns that plans for a new roundabout and multiple pedestrian crossings on Burnham Road will cause traffic chaos for Maldon district drivers.

The Woodham and Dengie Infrastructure Group believes the plans will cause delays not only for residents of South Woodham Ferrers (SWF), but for many people driving to and out of the Dengie area.

THE Covid-19 infection rate has dropped by more than 10 per 100,000 in Maldon district in the latest figures released by Essex County Council.

The county council currently releases a new county summary of the statistics every Thursday afternoon, comparing the seven days up until the previous Thursday with the seven days before that. The reporting gap of one week is to help ensure accuracy of the figures.

Maldon firefighters rescued a horse which had suffered a suspected injury to one of its front legs.

Crews from Maldon and Chelmsford, including the Animal Rescue Unit, were called to West Bowers Road, Woodham Walter today (Thursday, 5 November) at 12.22pm.

MALDON District Council selected a new leader at its Statutory Annual Meeting this evening (Thursday, 5 November) – Independent Councillor Wendy Stamp.

The meeting was still ongoing at the point of publication as a debate about how many seats on council committees members of each political group would be allocated. This is proving a problematic issue to resolve, due to the formation of the Democratic Alliance group, made up of four Conservative councillors, two days ago.