News in Maldon

ANY Maldon resident who has ever thought they could try their hand at being a county councillor may be interested in an online event where they can learn more about the role.

Taking place online, the free event will give prospective candidates the opportunity to find out more about the work county councillors do with their local communities. There will also be a chance to meet current county councillors.

LONG delays remain on the A12 this morning (Tuesday, 10 November) following and accident on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 19 and 18.

The A12 is now reopened after a motorcycle accident between J19 (Boreham, Chelmsford north) and J18 (Sandon, Great Baddow) and a resulting fuel spillage.

ESSEX is to receive £3.8million of the 'holiday hunger' funding announced by the Government at the weekend.

The cash follows the row over the Government's decision not to provide free school meals in the October half term and the campaign against child hunger by footballer Marcus Rashford.

After suffering loss of phone signal in the Maldon area for three consecutive weekends, EE customers will be pleased to learn that the company has this afternoon issued a statement to say that upgrade work to two masts has now been finished.

This mean that there is no loss of signal in the area due to planned works expected in the near future.

AS there will be no Remembrance Service at the town's war memorial this year due to the second national lockdown, there are a few different ways in which local residents can now pay their respects.

Maldon Town Council and Salvation Army have prepared a Remembrance Service video to be released on Remembrance Sunday (tomorrow, 8 November) at 10.30am. There will be a two minutes' silence at 11am.

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: