Maldon Town Council has welcomed two new councillors this week, to fill vacancies in the North and West Wards.

MAJOR renovations at the Blackwater Leisure Centre will see sports groups forced out to make way for new “state-of-the-art” facilities, it has been revealed.

Maldon will celebrate a new summer event which promises to help keep an ancient maritime tradition alive.

ONE of Maldon’s iconic Thames sailing barges is set to revisit Dunkirk 85 years after the Second World War rescue mission.

A NEW mayor and deputy mayor of Maldon have been elected by town councillors, taking over civic responsibilities for the next year.

THIEVES broke in to Maldon Cemetery overnight and stole several pieces of landscaping equipment, Maldon District Council has said.

CAMPAIGNERS who protested against plans to close St Peter's Hospital are among dozens of citizens who have been celebrated at the Maldon Town Community Awards.

Maldon and Tiptree football fans are lacing up their boots for a special 12-mile walk, to raise money for two charities close to their hearts.

FANS of the swinging sixties packed into Maldon Town Hall on Friday, for an evening of music to raise funds for the district’s community rad

James Burrell-Cook, a town councillor and landlord of the Queen Victoria pub, has been elected as a new Maldon District councillor.

A NEW health hub should be built at St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon amid “rapid investment over the next five years”, the NHS has been told.

THE LAST bank in the Maldon District will close, with a new banking hub planned to open in its place, Santander has announced.

A COMPETITOR has suffered a medical emergency at the Maldon Little Ship Club annual row race this afternoon (March 1).

A popular Maldon pub will feature on BBC One’s Morning Live programme, as part of Eastenders’ 40th anniversary celebrations.

Flo Shaughnessy - a town councillor, active local volunteer and former Mayor of Maldon - has died.

PRECIOUS training to preserve Maldon's iconic red-sailed barges will be funded thanks to a £19,600 grant.

Holocaust victims’ stories are being remembered in an exhibition at Maldon’s Combined Military Services Museum, 80 years on.

A “gripping” tale of espionage and illicit love await readers of a Cold War novel written by a Maldon author and former boss of Arrow Taxis.

The roof of a retirement complex has partially collapsed amid strong winds, shutting Maldon High Street as Storm Bert batters the district.

SOUL LEGENDS are gearing up to return to Maldon next summer, as hitmakers Shalamar have praised the “amazing reception” from the Essex crowd