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Salon arrest POLICE arrested a woman after an alleged attack on a man outside a Maidstone hair salon. The man, who is in his 50s, was
taken to a London hospital with cuts on his upper body following the alleged assault in Willington Street between 10.40pm and 11.11pm on Monday, January 16. A woman aged in her 30s was
later arrested on suspicion of as- sault. Police say the person arrested and the victim are known to each other.
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they think would help the police in- quiry is asked to call 01622 604100.
Drugs charge ATEENAGER from Maidstone has been given a community service order after being sentenced for as- sault and intent to supply cannabis. Mike Divuilu, from Church
Street, appeared at Mid Kent Mag- istrates’ Court on December 26. In court, he admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply on October 12 and assaulting a man on July 27. Both incidents took place in Tonbridge. Magistrates ordered Divuilu to
carry out 160 hours of unpaid work over the next 12 months and to pay £85 costs and an £85 victim sur- charge.
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Concert tribute to a musical maestro
INSPIRATIONAL Maidstone mu- sician JeffreyVaughan-Martin will be remembered at a one-off concert in the town in the spring. Musicians from across the region
have been queuing up to take part in the tribute to the multi-talented music maestro, who died last year, after a lifetime devoted to the art and many years as leader of the Maid- stone Choral Union and the Maid- stone Singers. The concert, entitled Celebrating
Jeffrey – A Life in Music, will be at Mote Hall, in the centre of town, at 3pm on Sunday, March 19. A collection of 80 players are ex-
pected to form the “JVM All Stars” and more than 100 singers will come together in a JVM Choir, from the groups that have featured in his life. These include Maidstone Youth Music Society (MYMS) and West Malling Community Choir, with performances promised by Paul Beniston, FraserBowles and percus- sionist Evelyn Glennie. Set pieces will include personal favourites of the musician and con-
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ductor, including the Dambusters March.
Proceeds from the concert will
help establish a Jeffrey Vaughan Martin bursary, supporting young musicians from the area. Mr Vaughan Martin, whowas 78,
and lived atArran Road, Maidstone, studied maths and music at the Uni- versity of Wales and education at Oxford University before moving to the town in 1978. He worked as a
music teacher and spent the final 21 years of his working life as a special- ist music inspector in Kent. His local work included founding
and directing a number of signifi- cant musical ventures. In 1978 he founded the Kent School Symphonic Wind Band, renamed the Kent YouthWind Orchestra in 1985 after its numbers grew. Jeffrey setupthe MaidstoneYouth
Music Society, led the Maidstone Choral Union from 1974 to 2008 and set up The Maidstone Singers in 1991. In the finalweek of his life hewas
still active, working with the West Malling Community Choir. Jeffrey was treasurer of the Methodist Church on Union Street – a location used as a venue in the Maidstone Jazz Festival, which he helped to found and promote. Tickets cost from £10, with con- cessions, and free places for those aged under 12. They are available from MalcolmWithnall by email at
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