News in Maldon

PLANS to turn a shelter at Promenade Park into a kiosk selling refreshments will go before Maldon Town Council's Planning Committee for comment on Monday (26 April).

However, the final say on the application from Mark Salisbury of Mrs Salisbury's Famous Tearooms will be had by Maldon District Council on a date yet to be set.

A Government 'street team' will be visiting Maldon next week to answer any questions about the vaccine and discuss the importance of twice-weekly testing.

The experts will be available between 10am to 6pm at All Saint's Church in the High Street on Wednesday, 28 April.

Two Burnham-on-Crouch couples have spoken of their distress at failing to secure any of their stated primary school choices for their children – and feel they are being forced to send their little ones out of town for their education.

Essex County Council (ECC) – which last week said that nearly 90 per cent of parents in the Essex county area had received their first-choice place – has said it does not have data broken down to show the percentage of parents in Burnham-on-Crouch who were given their first choice.

The newest parish council in the area is looking for someone who will help it move forward in a clear and orderly way once the May local elections are over.

Heybridge Basin Parish Council will have its very first full set of elected members following the Thursday, 6 May ballot - and now the search is on for the right candidate to fill the role of Clerk.

An appeal to help local children who need laptops to help them study has been relaunched.

The scheme, run by Essex County Council (ECC) is appealing again for donations of old laptops for schoolchildren both living in the district and in the wider county area.

It's going to be a weekend full of action at Tesco Extra Maldon as staff take part in a Race for Life fundraiser.

There will be a six-hour stepping challenge at the front of the store in Fullbridge on Friday (23 March), involving six energetic members of the store's staff team.

The air ambulance trust that serves Maldon and the surrounding villages is celebrating after smashing an appeal to raise funds for its new Essex airbase.

The original target set by Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) in its 'Buy-a-Brick' appeal for the new airbase in North Weald was £20,000. However, after help and support from TV star Ray Winstone the appeal really 'took off' - and raised nearly double, at close to £40,000.

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A Maldon artist will be back at Promenade Park from Saturday (24 April) to display and sell her artwork.

Charlie Moore will be bringing her travelling art show back to the Prom following her success there last summer.

A group of Maldon community gardeners have launched a project to "sow seeds of kindness" in the local community, with help from Burnham-on-Crouch businesses.

Members of the Maldon RHS Community Gardens group have stablished a link with the district's United in Kind group - and are taking part in a project called Plant and Grow.