General News

A large work crew laid down the new street surface at the end of the Ajijic’s Calle Morelos this week. It consists of two sections of stone and concrete tire tracks set between parallel lines of uncemented adoquín pavers, with space left on either extreme to expand the width of adjacent sidewalks.

The crumbling ruins of the ancient San Gaspar temple located on the outskirts of Atotonilquillo suffered a new structural blow Friday, April 21 when a 25-meter tall eucalyptus tree growing behind the building fell down causing a section of the side wall next to the altar to collapse.

If many Ajijic townspeople don’t already hold a grudge against the Quilmes Steakhouse for standing as a structural invasion ofthe local pier, their ire has only increased with the recent detection of a leak in the restaurant’s sewage line that spilled a stinky stream of black water onto the beach.

Día Internacional de la Danza will be celebrated Saturday, April 29 with more than 100 performers representing seven lakeside area dance troupes of different genres putting on a free show at the outdoor forum on the eastern leg of the Chapala Malecón.

As the month of May dawns, temperatures will soar through the hottest weeks of the year at lakeside, provoking feelings of lethargy among the populace that are amplified by the constant droning of cicadas, the “rain bird” insects that herald the start of the rainy season in mid-June.

In a quirky historical twist, Dia del Trabajo (May 1) has its origins in the United States, but is today more widely observed in Mexico.

The southbound lane of Avenida Madero from the intersection of Hidalgo to the waterfront was temporarily closed to through traffic this week as work crews were occupied with installing underground utility tubing and adding finishing touches to the adjacent sidewalk outside City Hall.

The cat is out of the bag.