The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos is one of the numerous Mexican towns that embrace Santo Santiago (St. James the Greater) as patron saint.
Little Chapel by the Lake
George Bernard Shaw once said, “I have never had any feeling for the working-classes except a desire to abolish them and replace them with sensible people.”
Resurfacing on the Chapala-Guadalajara highway restarted earlier this week on the section leading from the top of the pass between Ixtlahuacan and Chapala, heading toward the Libramiento Chapala-Ajijic.
In a belt-tightening measure aiming to meet its financial obligations prior to the October 1 change of administration, the Chapala government has begun cutting back on employees and payroll expenses.
Two young brothers afflicted by nearly identical birth defects are now on the road to recovery thanks to support from the Lake Chapala Shrine Club and the Little Chapel by the Lake.
Jewish Congregation
Shabbat Torah services are held the first and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m., and Shabbat evening services and potluck every second and fourth Friday, 6 p.m., at the Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation.
Abbeyfield, the Ajijic housing compound for senior residents, will close operations by the end of this year after a 12-year history.
