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Quiz night FRIENDS of Aylesford Church are holding a quiz evening at 7pm on Saturday, March 9, in the Brassey Centre, Station Road,Aylesford. Tickets cost £4, bring drinks and snacks. The group is hosting a talk on


The Mysteries of Bluebell Hill by Neil Arnold in the Brassey Centre at 3pm on Sunday, Feb- ruary 17. The cost is £4 per per- son and includes a cup of tea. For details, call Brenda Sladen on 01622 882395.


KM site work starts WORK was due to start this month on redevelopment of the KM Group’s site at New Hythe Lane, Larkfield. The scheme includes a new three-storey headquarters for the publishing group, as well as 55 new houses and apartments.De- velopers Redrow hope the work will be completed in two years.


Crossing closed AYLESFORD village level crossing will be closed for road traffic between 11.45pm on Sat- urday, February 23, and 5am on March 11, 2013, for work by Network Rail. Pedestrians will be allowed across.


Firm gets bigger ENGINEERING firm ERIKS has moved from its Maidstone serv- ice centre at Park Wood Indus- trial Estate to bigger premises at BellinghamWay, Aylesford.


Charity homes ‘left empty’


ORGANISERS of a housing charity have been left baffled as to why they are unable to find enough older people who want to live in their newly-refur- bished homes. Setupin1900bytwo of Snodland’s most prominent families, the Eustace Hook and Drummond


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Almshouse administers a block of 10 comfy one-bedroom flats inWaghorn Street. The only criteria for residents,


who pay £70 a week, is that they must be over 60 and either live or have a family living in the village. But occupants of two of the


units moved into care homes in September last year, leaving the


handed out leaflets at our local market on a Friday, but to no avail.” Jane, whose grandmother


charity unable to find new resi- dents to replace them. Jane Ayers, trustee and secre-


tary of the charity, said: “We must fill our flats in order to maintain the charity. I am a lit- tle confused, especially as I thought that we were in the middle of a housing crisis. “I have put notices every-


where and informed all the rel- evant networks. I have even


Attack suspects bailed FOUR teenagers were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage at a Snodland shel- tered home for the elderly during Christmas week. The 15-year-old boys, three from Snodland


and one from Plumstead, south London, were released on bail until February 27 after being arrested on December 30. Police were called to the property in Saltings


Road four times in five days, starting on Christ- mas Day after windows and doors were smashed. Russet homes said it had increased security measures at the site, which houses four elderly people.


lives in one of the units, said: “All the flats are self-contained, well-maintained, cosy and warm, and close to Snodland High Street. They are perfect for somebody who wishes to stay in the village, perhaps close to their family and friends, but wishes to downsize. “New carpets and redecora-


tion are provided and boilers are regularly serviced by the trust, which also pays for a ‘life- line necklace’ service for those who opt for it.” For more details, call Jane on 01634 351127.


Fitness plan shaping up A VACANT storage building in the centre ofWest Malling could get a new lease of life as a fitness studio.


Francis Bannon, ofMill Street, East Malling, has applied to Tonbridge andMalling Council for the change of use of the premises behind 2-4 High Street, next to the public car park, to run an exer- cise programme known as CrossFit. Mr Bannon said the classes last about an hour


and initially there would be three certified in- structors. Proposed weekday classes would run from 6-8am and from 5.30-8.30pm. Between times, the studio could bemade available to other instructors. At weekends, CrossFit classes would run from 9am to noon.


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