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Mayor Fay ‘harbours Maidstone in her soul’
COUNCILLOR Fay Gooch has been formally sworn in as Mayor of Maidstone, writes Jade Schop- man.
lived in Maidstone for over 46 years,
served
Cllr Gooch (pictured), who has previously
as
deputy mayor after taking over the role from Cllr Wendy Hinder who died last year. Cllr Steve Munford said the mother of two was “born for the role” and joked she had spent “most of her life in a town hall”. Cllr John Perry described Cllr Gooch as “one of the most posi- tive people you will ever meet” whilst former leader Cllr Martin Cox said she “harbours Maid- stone in her very soul”. Cllr Gooch, who has spent much of her working life in local government, joined Barming Parish Council in 1997 and has been chairman since 2002. She started her working life at
imagined that after 13 years of being the borough councillor for what is now called Barming and Teston, I would be given the op- portunity to become Mayor of Maidstone.
the London Borough of Lewisham and later joined KCC at what used to be Sandling Block Springfield.
Cllr Gooch said her new role is
an “incredible honour and privi- lege” after 13 years as a borough councillor.
She added: “I could not have
“This is an incredible honour and privilege for me. I especially want everyone to know that Maidstone is open for business and to help promote retailers, in- dustrial organisations across the borough be they large or small, whilst supporting entrepreneurs looking to start up their own busi- nesses. “My year as mayor would not be complete without warmly thanking our wonderful volun- teers and doing what I can to help revitalise the coffers of our volun- tary and charitable organisations through fundraising.” Cllr Gooch is married to Peter with two children and four grandchildren.
News Face to face
with your GP FACE-to-face appointments across Maidstone and the rest of Kent are now almost back to pre COVID-19 levels – and patients will be seen by health professionals.
But to make sure patients get the right care from the right profes- sional quickly, the triage system will remain in place.
Dr Navin Kumta, clinical chair- man of the NHS budget-holding Kent and Medway Clinical Com- missioning Group, says over 450,000 patients in Kent and Med- way had a face-to-face appointment with a healthcare professional at a GP practice in March, almost back to the level before the pandemic.
Museum times MAIDSTONE Museum has
changed its opening times. Most of the time it will open from
10am to 4pm, Wednesdays to Sat- urdays. From July 26 to August 28 and during school holidays (ex- cluding bank holidays), the mu- seum will also be open on Mondays and Tuesdays. It closes from De- cember 18 to mid February.
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