Effective this weekend, new parking restrictions will be applied on two streets in central Ajijic. All parking on the north side of Calle Parroquia, running from the San Andres church to Calle Colon, is now prohibited. Vehicles are allowed on the left-hand side of the one-way street.

Although newly installed meters are now functioning in downtown Chapala’s expanded pay-to-park zone, tickets for parking violations will not be issued to vehicles occupying spaces along Avenidas Madero and Hidalgo until after the Easter holidays.

The Lake Chapala Crime website ceased operation as of March 18.

In lakeside’s predominantly Roman Catholic communities, the Easter season is marked by the most transcendent of its many religious celebrations and the traditional public pageants that bring to life biblical accounts of the Passion of Christ.

Semana Santa gets underway on Palm Sunday – March 24 – with religious processions and church services commemorating Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Pilgrims carry herbal bouquets or symbolic figures fashioned from palm fronds purchased from street vendors, to be blessed with holy water by the clerics.

Ajijic town administrator (delegado) Hector España has made big strides during his first month in office, garnering solid backing from the expat community.