General News

Just as Chapala’s own traffic department got started on enforcing rules of the road, Jalisco’s Secretaría de Transporte (STJ) initiated its own crackdown at different points of the community, apparently focused on catching motorcycles operated in violation of state law.

Citizens of Chapala’s five satellite towns will choose their respective town administrators through public referendums to be held Sunday, April 14.

Progressives from across Mexico gathered at Hotel Posada de la Aldea in San Miguel de Allende to attend Democrats Abroad Annual General Meeting (AGM) from March 30 to April 1.

After Mexican Army patrols were sighted in downtown Chapala on Monday, March 25, the local government confirmed that troops have been dispatched to boost security in the north shore region through the Easter holiday period.

In the coming days, Jalisco authorities are expected to announce the launch of a new project that will see the construction of a BRT (rapid transit) bus line to the Guadalajara International Airport, that will eventually extend to El Salto and Chapala.

Tom Thompson, head of the Ajijic Citizen Recycling Committee, has issued a call to action for Saturday, April 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., to sort and store accumulated materials at the group’s collection center located on the western outskirts of Ajijic.

April 8 will mark the 99th anniversary of the grand opening of Chapala’s former railway station, an architectural gem that has survived a checkered history to stand out as the city’s most imposing landmark in its reincarnation at the Centro Cultural González Gallo (CCGG).

Lakeside’s colossal 41st annual Mexican National Chili Cookoff is now history and with all the accounting finished, the board of directors has split up proceeds for disbursement among the nine charities that benefit from the event.