General News

The new Chapala municipal government appears to be going great guns on its first major public works project, under construction along the median strip at the south end of Avenida Madero. 

The plight of Patricia is a gut-wrenching tale in search of a happy ending. It’s a true-life story wrapped around episodes of heartless neglect, noble deeds, legal actions and survival against all odds.

A group of local fishermen has developed an innovative aquaculture project in Lake Chapala’s waters that promises significant economic benefits for themselves and their families.

Chapala’s new municipal administration is getting on track to implement animal protection regulations and encourage responsible pet ownership. 

As Ajijic’s festivities get going this weekend (see story page 16), local motorists will have to find ways to bypass principal north-south thoroughfares and follow alternate routes to reach many destinations in the center of town until the end of the month. Calle Colon will be closed to through traffic between Zaragoza and Ocampo.

“I’ve come aboard to stir up the waters,” declared Jose Ignacio Sanchez Bañuelos, the energetic idealist who has just taken the helm at the regional tourism office in Chapala.

At long last, the Chapala government has dispatched workmen to move forward on the incomplete remodeling of the Ajijic plaza. The crew has been busy all week finishing the flooring inside and around the bandstand kiosk, slapping fresh paint on garden railings and refurbishing park benches dotting the square. Labors to wrap up the project will resume after the village quiets down from the San Andrés fiestas.  

While the official holiday calendar marks the third Monday of November as the date to commemorate the 1910 outbreak of La Revolución Mexicana, Chapala area activities tied to the occasion get under way this weekend, spreading out to next Friday.