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This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available.

Starting on 9th October and every second Wednesday after that, the Southgate Club will be the venue for a monthly night celebrating a dance that originated in California in the late 1920s - and the dancers get to choose the music!

The Enfield Over 50s Forum has added its voice to the campaign against Enfield Council's proposals to close eight smaller libraries. It has launched a petition calling on the council to instead make use of community libraries to 'protect, serve and strengthen' the borough's neighbourhoods and communities.

Watch a 5-minute video by the Guardians of Whitewebbs, created by musician and producer Avid Beats, presenting a view about the plans for Whitewebbs which is very different from that presented by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Enfield Council.

Thanks to the hard work of gardener Victoria Black and volunteers from the Friends of Broomfield Park, our local park's Long Border is now in great shape. And on Sunday 6th October you'll be able to buy some of the plants that make the borders so beautiful to grow in your own garden.

The Pymmes BrookERS, a volunteer-run river action group, respond to concerns voiced about a project under consideration that would change the course and appearance of the Pymmes Brook as it flows through Arnos Park.

Palmers Green Library is inviting local artists to exhibit and sell their work at an art fair on Saturday 26th October. The deadline for applying to take part is Sunday 29th September.

The police have issued a statement and appeal for information after a teenage boy was found in Green Lanes, Palmers Green, with stab wounds on Monday afternoon. London Ambulance Service sent a helicopter, which landed in Broomfield Park. The victim's condition was assessed as not life threatening or life changing.

Thanks to sunny weather and hard work by organisers, volunteers and stallholders, the 2024 PG Festival was a splendid success, attracting a large number of well behaved visitors who clearly were enjoying themselves. If you were one of them, the Friends of Broomfield Park would like to know what you liked about the Festival and what ideas you have for future improvements.

The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision in Palmers Green on 1st September.

It may be one of the events in this year's Broomfield Summer Festival, but prepare to be chilled when the British Touring Shakespeare Company bring their new take on Jekyll and Hyde to Broomfield Park on Saturday 7th September at 4pm - the only London date on their countrywide tour.

Local residents have expressed their support for the proposed Palmers Green East controlled parking zone (CPZ). The council's preliminary consultation about the scheme runs until 13th September.