It is with sadness, but also a sense of pride at what the Heron team has achieved over
the many years, that we share with you our decision to bring The Heron to an end. This
is the final regular edition with a special Celebration Edition in October.

At our recent Executive Committee meeting, we made the difficult but unanimous
decision to stop publishing. This is not because of financial issues. Our small team
feels we have given a lot of time to The Heron and have done our part. We believe it is
now time to finish.

The Heron began about 45 years ago because local newspapers like the Fenland
Advertiser, The Cambridgeshire Times, and Wisbech Standard gave very little
coverage to our village. The Heron became an important way to share local news with
our Parish, long before social media and mobile phones. Now, as printed newspapers
have declined, we feel it is the right time to finish. We will hold our final Annual General
Meeting on 3rd September at 7pm at Christchurch Community Centre.

After we finish the October edition and settle all invoices, we will reimburse any money
owed to our advertisers. Any remaining funds, after all commitments are met, will go to
our Parish Council as our constitution states. The Parish Council will hold these funds
for a time to support any future Parish magazine that may be created.

We want to sincerely thank everyone, past and present, who has been part of The
Heron. We are grateful to all who have supported us over the years. Special thanks to
Lewis for ICT support, Steve for printing services, and our dedicated team of deliverers
and proofreaders.

To all our readers, we thank you.