News in Maldon

THE new garden play area at Maldon's Promenade Park has moved a step closer – and could be ready by the start of May next year.

Revised plans for the redesign and upgrading of the popular Sensory Garden play area at Maldon's Promenade Park will go before councillors next Tuesday (24 November) at a special meeting of Maldon District Council's Strategy and Resources Committee.

A report to councillors reveals that Maldon has the second highest furlough rate in Essex and that Universal Credit claimants in the district increased threefold between March and August.

Around 9,500 people have been furloughed in Maldon, equal to 34 per cent of those considered eligible, while the number of Universal Credit claimants rose to 1,980.

There will be free parking in Maldon town centre car parks from 2pm each Thursday in the run up to Christmas and beyond.

Maldon District Council announced today (Tuesday, 17 November) is pleased to announce that - subject to a change in the national restrictions ending on 2 December- there will be free parking in all public town centre car parks from 2pm on the following Thursdays: 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 December, then 7 and 14 January.

The 2021 Census will be 'digital first' – and now Maldon district volunteers are being sought to help people fill out the forms online.

The Census is completed every 10 years and records information about people and households across the UK. This time it will be accessible through an online platform.

Slimming World in Maldon is recruiting new consultants now. The following article is by Jo Spencer, manager of the Maldon Slimming World team.

Slimming World consultants in Maldon are celebrating a successful year so far after helping members lose a total of 371 stone - including during lockdown.

If there was a theme to the news this week, it was surely the remembrance of things past – and maybe not just the remembrance, but the keeping alive of our history for those who live in the present day.

This thought struck me most as I watched the brief ceremony at Maldon's war memorial at 11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, exactly 101 years on from the original Armistice Day.

Chandlers in Silver Street dates back as far as the 15th Century, making it 500 to 600 years old and one of the oldest houses in Maldon.

However, changes over the centuries mean that it is hard to tell from the outside that the Grade II listed building has stood as long as it has.

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IT'S been another seven days of big news stories in Maldon, from the story of how rapid Covid tests could soon be available in Maldon, through to the sudden resignation of the former leader of Maldon District Council.

The sudden resignation of former council leader Elaine Bamford has left a further change in the political balance at Maldon District Council.

As Ms Bamford's resignation is not only from her role as Conservative group leader, but also as a council member, the total number of Tories is now 14.