A colossal statue of Santo Santiago is being installed at the main entrance to Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos in conjunction with the town’s annual fiestas patronales, taking place July 16 through 25.

After 35 years of contented living in free union, Edith Gisela González Rodríguez, 65, and Socorro García Aguilar, 62, legally tied the knot at a civil marriage ceremony held Monday, July 10 at Chapala City Hall.

Would you like to see pedestrian and bicycle friendly improvements for the narrowest stretch of highway running through Ajijic? Would you approve reducing parking spaces to make that possible?

While pilgrims gather to raise hopeful prayers at the edge of Lake Chapala, weather watchers are keeping their fingers crossed for a turnaround to the sluggish start of this year’s rainy season.

A throng of 15,000 pilgrims is expected to take Chapala by storm Sunday, July 9 to accompany the revered Virgen de Zapopan on her annual summer trek to Mexico’s largest lake.

In an effort to improve the efficiency of garbage collection in Ajijic, town administrator Chuni Medeles has announced the revamping of the local green waste pickup schedule as an emergency stopgap measure.