EDITOR'S CHOICE LATEST NEWS Dance show for charity Sleeping Beauty needs a director Jobs hope for axed workers Parents go back to school Could school get new pool? LATEST SPORT Richardson holds his nerve Pease prevails at club championship Rays worn down by Old Timers LIMITED EDITION MAGAZINE Click here for the latest issue VOTE Do you think your council tax should be spent on funding improvements to the A12? Yes No GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 Don't move out - move under: Engineer hopes to dig home in back garden 2 Children's centre , named by pupils, opens 3 More ancient bones found at new housing site 4 New cadet uint opens 5 Teenagers death crash: jury sworn in 6 Huge game for Halstead 7 Home comforts for Town? 8 Perry shines at Thruxton meet 9 Hawks claim tournament title 10 Richardson holds his nerve Today | 7 Days 1 Student dies in hotel fall 2 125 redundancies at office furniture firm 3 Man's door kicked in after police fear he's dead 4 Business group unimpressed with regeneration plans 5 Could school get new pool? 6 Threat to station trader 7 Street pastors to come to Braintree

Comment

A NEW mayor has taken office in Chelmsford.

Tom Willis was elected as the new mayor of Chelmsford for the next 12 months, at a full council meeting on Wednesday May 14.

A keen gardener and choir singer, Mr Willis took over from Nicollette Chambers, while his wife Jane became the new mayoress.

The new mayor's charities for the next year were chosen by Mr Willis as Chelmsford Mencap and the Samaritans.

In proposing Mr Willis, leader of the Lib Dems Mike Mackrory, spoke of Mr and Mrs Willis' work in several local groups.

He said: "Everything I have said demonstrates the enormous breadth of Tom and Jane's long-standing commitment of working for the community."

A former vice-principal of Basildon College, Mr Willis lives in Stock and is a ward member for St Andrews.

A new deputy mayor was also chosen by councillors. Alan Arnot, a ward member for the Patching Hall was sworn in as the deputy.

2:21pm Friday 16th May 2008

Print

Email this

Comment

Add your comment

Name:
Email: *
Location:
**
	e.g. 123-123
Comment: Please note: All HTML tags will be ignored. Format Text:
By posting a comment, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of use. Comments are not moderated but we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention and we may delete inappropriate postings. Please treat other people with respect. You must not post anything that is abusive, indecent, unlawful or defamatory. Remember, you are personally liable for what you post on this site. If you wish to complain about a comment, contact us here.
* Your email address will not be displayed ** To avoid register now or login