General News

Students at Chapala’s Escuela Primaria Ramón Corona are learning the principles and techniques of organic gardening through a pilot project initiated at the school campus under the guidance of volunteers from the Lake Chapala Farmer’s Market.

U.S. citizens who need to renew or add pages to their passports, do notarials or report a lost/stolen passport can meet with U.S. Consulate staff to submit applications or to notarize documents during the staff’s monthly visit to the Lake Chapala Society and the American Legion Post 7.

The Lake Chapala Shrine Club has announced the first annual Shriners Invitational Golf Tournament to be held Thursday, July 10 at the Chapala Country Club in San Nicolas de Ibarra.

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.

Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta and his staff have started exploring new options for investment in public works projects after the National Water Commission (Conagua) nixed plans for a major overhaul of the Malecón (boardwalk) commercial complex that had been envisioned as the municipal administration’s signature achievement.

Chapala area traffic police are keeping a close watch over the busy shopping district in San Antonio Tlayacapan where errant motorists are frequently spotted driving in the wrong direction.

President Enrique Peña Nieto this week opened the newly completed expansion of the Santa Rosa-Ocotlan highway, replacing a road Chapala area locals often referred to as the “Highway of Death” due to the frequency of horrendous head-on collisions.

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.