On Sunday the 20th of last month a man – name and age not known – was injured just above Otívar, near the old road (Carretera de la Cabra).
Peddle Progress
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Time for something positive! Almuñécar now has a public, bicycle-hiring service – which is the first on the Costa Tropical. The service can be activated by simply sending an SMS.
Pass The Water, Please
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We received a press release from the Comunidad General de Regantes de Bajo Guadalfeo (irrigation-water-users collective) in which they demand, on Almuñécar, Otívar y Jete’s behalf, that water from the Béznar Reservoir be piped to their valley (El Río Verde).
The problem is that the rainy winter period has drawn to an end very soon the farmers along the valley will have to use energy-consuming pumps to draw water from the wells along the valley. The real problem, of course, is the hike in the price of electricity, which is not being reflected in the price of their crops at the fruit-collection & distribution warehouses (lonjas).
What is being proposed is an 800m-long tunnel to link the reservoir to the Río Verde valley at the 400m-height level, using 8-km of pipe and costing 8,000,000 euros.
“The electricity consumption saving achieved – more than 2,000,000 euros per annum – would help Río Verde tropical fruit farming to survive,” pointed out a spokesman of the CGRBG.
Doing Up The Castle
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A project belonging to the Turismo Sostenible de la Costa contemplates improvement work on the town’s castle. The Town Hall considers the castle to be the flagship of tourist attractions in Almunecar and thus merits a 266,000-euro restoration programme.
Goodbye Luciano
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Luciano Rodríguez Quirós, owner of Venta Luciano, died on the 8th of March, at the age of 73. This gentle person began the business back in the fifties and during half a century built it up, receiving awards along the way, such as being selected as one of the Cien Andaluces del Turismo by the…
The Odds and Sods
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Well, it’s official; Benny is running for mayor in the May local elections – which is hardly a surprise, but when we asked him during a televised interview with him, he refused to confirm that he was.
Aerial Provokes Discord
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Locals from the village have been demanding that a mobile-telephone aerial be taken down in the Barrio de La Loma in Las Maravillas.
Toddlers and Doddlers
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As mentioned above, Las Maravillas saw the inauguration of the new kiddies’ park, which is situated next to the sports pavilion.
Youth Centre for Village
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Another new addition to the village has been the Oficina Joven in the Centro Cívico. The facility, which is open from 17.00h to 20.00h from Monday to Friday, has eighteen computers, all connected to Internet (ADSL), which should please the kids,
Rehearsing Tragedy
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Towards the end of last month, drivers found that the entrance to the A-7 was blocked by the Guardia Civil – the same was the case at the Taramay end.