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Just down the line, in Bowes Park, people are clubbing together to line their high street with shade-creating and pollution-absorbing trees. They're taking advantage of a government-sponsored scheme. Could we do the same?

Last Thursday evening supporters of Enfield Dispatch gathered to celebrate the free community newspaper's fifth birthday. Since its launch, the Dispatch, in combination with the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting scheme, has utterly transformed news reporting in Enfield in terms of both quantity and quality, and has also provided an outlet for members of the community to see their words in print.

Create Enfield have published an artist's brief for an art trail around Southgate town centre, under the title A Portait of Southgate. They are looking for 'impactful' and 'engaging' works of art to counteract the impression of Southgate as 'very grey'.

If you thought that the ceremony of the Palmers Scream in 2015 had finally taken away all the spookiness from Broomfield Park after dark... think again!

A planning application shows how Network Rail plan to make Palmers Green station step-free. Work is due to be completed in 2024.

Friends of Grovelands Park are raising money for improvements to the park by auctioning a painting by a local artist.

This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Winchmore Hill ward is now available.

Enfield Over 50s Forum is inviting both members and non-members to a meeting on 31st October when the head of stakeholder engagement at the council-owned firm Energetik will be defending her employer's project to build a district heating network against criticism from a number of angles.

Two recent public meetings have raised the profile of complaints about car 'meets', 'boy racers' and speeding on the A10 and elsewhere. They have already led to some action being taken, but do the police and council have the resources and powers (and determination) required to resolve this longstanding issue?

Anja moved to PG from Brighton three months ago. She took up running and was hoping to join a local running club - but couldn't find one, so she's started her own club!

Journeys and Places are offering FREE half term holiday cycle skills sessions for various age groups this October half term.

Enfield Council is seeking input from residents and businesses to help develop its Serious Violence Duty Strategy for the period 2024-25.