The Guadalajara Reporter
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Jocotepec’s annual fiestas patronales honoring El Señor del Monte mark the beginning of a series of traditional religious celebrations that will take place at Lakeside through 2025.
The Chapala municipal government has begun accepting payments for 2025 property taxes and SIMAPA fees for water and sewage services as of Thursday, January 2.
In making good on his campaign promise to complete the rehabilitation of all state highways within the first 18 months of his administration, Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro includes a proposal to build a flyover bridge to relieve the traffic bottleneck through the center of Ajijic.
Ajijic’s New Year’s Day parade was distinguished by its usual high spirits and mirth, featuring groups such as a colorful marching piñata platoon and a cross-dressing Snow White accompanied by seven oversized dwarfs.
While many lakeside residents will welcome the start of 2025 at private parties or various local restaurants, there will also be public festivities on December 31 and January 1 for holiday entertainment in Chapala and Ajijic.
Signs installed last week on the new building in the Centro Laguna parking lot signal the upcoming opening of a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen branch.
Open Circle
Daniel Medeles and the Pedro Rey Mariachi School of Ajijic will perform at the next meeting of Open Circle at the Lake Chapala Society, on Sunday, December 22, 10:30 a.m.
SIMAPA, Chapala’s municipal water and sewage system, has temporarily suspended regular water service to parts of Ajijic throughout December.
Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre Curiel highlighted some of the municipality’s priorities during an official visit to Chapala by Michelle Fridman, the newly appointed head of Jalisco’s Tourism Department (Secturjal), on December 17.
