Borough of Maidstone the February 2017 the council has 23 Conservative, 22 Liberal Democrat, 4 UKIP, 4 independent and 2 Labour party councillors. The council is based in the town centre having replaced its many small offices with one large building called Maidstone Gateway. The shopfront appearance is intended to make it easier to access information and services. The third tier of local government is the civil parish; in Maidstone some of the parishes have a neither a parish council or a parish meeting, as indicated (1) : The River Medway was the earliest form of transport through the area. It was navigable
Black River (Chehalis River) Black River (Chehalis River) The Black River is a river in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is approximately long with a drainage basin of about . The Black River's source is Black Lake, located about west of Tumwater. The river flows generally south, through the Mima Mounds State Natural Area, then southwest, passing by Rochester and entering Grays Harbor County, then emptying into the Chehalis River in the Chehalis Indian Reservation. The fur trader John Work was the first to describe the Black River in 1824: "The Black River so named from the colour of its