The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Rumors concerning a teacher suspected of sexually abusing her pupils at a kindergarten in the town of San Nicolas de Ibarra have been stirring since last April.
A steady drizzle that began well before sun-up slackened as soon as the Virgin of Zapopan arrived in Chapala Sunday, July 9, for her annual summer visit, allowing a throng of around 7,000 pilgrims to stay dry while raising prayers for a bountiful 2017 rainy season and good fortunes for Mexico’s largest lake.
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?
Chapala’s public works department has dispatched a crew of laborers to Ajijic to fill in potholes and smooth out defects that hinder passage along the town’s cobblestone streets.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.