Alerted to growing citizen complaints about the excessive volume of music emanating from various local bars, restaurants and party venues, Chapala’s Dirección de Padrón y Licencias (license office) has begun issuing written warnings to establishments identified as the principal offenders.

In a world driven by the need for the newest technology, it’s comforting to meet a young man who finds his contentment in cardboard.

A sweet deal to acquire a piano for the Centro Cultural de Ajijic (CCA) is the motor propelling three events on the calendar for successive Saturdays this month.

It seems to me that negativity must be a normal human response. It must be easier and more natural for people to express their negative feelings and ideas instead of the positive.

The only thing that depressed Glenda Lacy after she moved into her home on the upper Ajijic street of San Juan de las Colinas was the sight of acres of weeds choking the empty lots that studded her new neighborhood.

In times that seem to keep the population trotting in order to barely keep up with changes, it’s a refreshing treat to visit a restaurant that has maintained the same menu and high levels of excellent service, presentation, and flavor for decades.

Travel writer and community activist Neill James created a study and art program for local children in 1954 that evolved and has flourished as the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Children’s Art Program.

This newspaper received a warning this week from a reliable Chapala area resident who prefers to remain anonymous. It’s important information that may help residents and visitors from finding themselves in the same unpleasant situation.

Gilberto Abrego Barragán, 26, and Luis Daniel Romero Ríos, 21, are behind bars facing charges of armed robbery and intentional homicide after confessing to their involvement in a violent home invasion that led to the death of elderly Chapala resident Raymond Margolis.

Local non-profit organizations are being urged to participate in the 4th Annual CAN-AM Day hosted by the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2. The selected theme for the day is “People Helping People, 60 years with LCS.”

Ignacio Meza, director of the Alberta Education Centre in Guadalajara, visited the campus of Chapala’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior last week to introduce a wide range of study abroad opportunities that are open to Mexican students.

Running teams representing Canada and the United States will arrive in Ajijic next week to vie for honors in the 2014 North American Central American Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Championship.

Members of the Rotary Club of Ajijic gathered at Yves’ Restaurant in Ajijic for an unusual ceremony during the last meeting of the season.

The Chapala branch of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is taking a stab at improving customer services with the opening of a new office located at the corner of Calle Zaragoza and Privada Zaragoza, about a half block away from the former location.

The Chapala municipal government and the local branch of Jalisco’s Health Ministry are collaborating on a week-long public health campaign geared for sexually active women ages 25 to 60.

Chapala’s municipal government is being shouldered with the responsibility of collecting a mountain of unpaid fines for parking violations in the downtown area pay-to-park zone.

In response to two separate complaints of animal cruelty registered last week, Chapala’s ecology office took swift action to rescue three adult dogs and four newborn puppies found to be living in squalid conditions without adequate food or medical care.

The renovation of a small plaza set in the median strip that separates the waterfront Malecón from the San Francisco Church has added a stunning bright spot in the heart of downtown Chapala.

Chapala police chief Ramon del Arco scratched Unit 026 off his inventory of functioning patrol vehicles after a freak fire reduced the pickup truck to a useless heap of charred metal.

While Mother Nature has been going gangbusters to replenish Lake Chapala, expect common folk to thank Mother Mary for the rainy season bounty.