Max Macias Arceo resigned as the Ajijic delegado on January 17, revealing the news the following evening through a brief post on his Facebook page, citing personal motives for relinquishing his duties as town administrator.

Residents and visitors in the Lake Chapala region can expect plenty of activity to keep themselves entertained throughout the coming month with a wide variety of religious celebrations, secular festivities, national holidays and special events listed on February’s calendar.

The monument honoring famed Mexican composer, poet and musician Pepe Guizar was dismantled this week as part of the Chapala’s Avenida Madero reconstruction project.

Graeme C. Clark, Canada’s Ambassador to Mexico (left), shares a friendly handshake with Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre during his visit at City Hall on Wednesday, January 24 where they discussed the altruistic activities of Canadians residing at lakeside, exchange opportunities for students, artists and professionals and other matters of mutual interest.

The San Sebastián fiesta in upper Ajijic was interrupted on Saturday, January 20 when an electric shock injured the man in charge of igniting the evening’s fireworks display.

Residents of Ajijic’s Las Salvias neighborhood report being targeted in a recent rash of telephone shakedowns.