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David Hoffman has done it his way - by waiting until he was 80 to become a singing star.
UPDATE: Police spent three hours talking a distressed woman off a railway bridge.
Two Government appeal decisions may toll the death knell for the solar farms on agricultural land.
A dog-lover is rejoicing after her appeal on Kent Online for people to help find her missing pet paid off.
The Mayor of Maidstone will cruise the River Medway in exercise of his ancient "swan-upping" rights.
A fire in the basement of a shop in Maidstone is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault
Plans for a major new shopping centre near the M20 that would have seen an £85 million investment have been voted down.
The row over a new £85m out-of-town shopping centre is hotting up ahead of a decision by planning authorities this week.
Cllr Richard Lusty, a key figure on the Tory benches, has resigned from Maidstone council.
Police are hunting a gang of six youths and three girls after a spate of vandalism in the Loose Valley Conservation Area.
Residents in Wouldham fear a new "greenway" route will bring traffic chaos in its wake.
The Kent Test has been redesigned to make it harder for pupils to be coached to pass, said education cabinet member Roger Gough
The new Conservative leader, Cllr Annabelle Blackmore, has spoken of her determination to forge better relations with KCC and the parish councils.
The Conservatives have turned to the back-benches to appoint a replacement for former leader Chris Garland.
Residents seemed unimpressed by a developer's plans to build on a field bordering the Loose Valley Conservation Area.
Maidstone has followed the national trend in turning to UKIP as the results of the European elections were announced this morning.
A prominent figure in the local Liberal Democrat Party has become the latest convert to UKIP.
Lloyd Porter has joined Tovil Parish Council after being the only candidate to fill a by-election vacancy.
This coming Friday's Kent Messenger contains a unique two-page spread of photographs of the old Len Cabinet Works in Maidstone.
Residents have been given a guided tour of Maidstone's newest nature reserve - at Hayle Park in Tovil.