In this week's Standard:
Frustrated campaigners launch a petition to get the A120 resurfaced, business and residents left without phones and broadband since last week, and water bosses admit a rise in chlorine in Tendring taps.
NHS clinic goes on the market with possibility of ten homes to take its place, a lifelong Gunners fan is immortalised with plaque at stadium, and Mayflower 400 conference calls on Harwich to make the most of tourism opportunity.
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