A WOMAN with strong local connections, Mrs. Maree Farrimond, has recently been appointed a Methodist minister in the Monmouth circuit.

Maree, who is a consultant pharmacist, lives in Jersey with husband Robert.

Her daughter Laura is a science teacher at Chippenham and Stuart, her son, is a medical student at Nottingham University.

Maree, who takes up her appointment at Caldicot on September 1, is the older daughter of Mrs. Mary Squirrell, of Redberth.