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Kent Online
A £10,000 donation has kick-started a sponsorship drive for a town’s River Festival next summer. The gift from transport company Alan Firmin Ltd was presented by Paul Denyer to Dave Naghi, chairman of the Maidstone River Festival committee, at a combined launch night and awards evening held at the Thai Orchid restaurant in Maidstone on Monday. The festival, which attracts thousands to the riverbank in Maidstone each year, receives no official funding and relies entirely on the goodwill of sponsors to make it happen. Describing the festival as an opportunity “to show Maidstone at its best”, Mr …