News from Nerja and Axarquia
The Costa Granadina (as it was known) was spared the brick deluge that swamped the Province of Málaga in the 60s and 70s, eating its way along the coast, but even today, brick-fo-brick’s sake continues over the border in the Axarquía.
Calle Cantarero in Maro, (Nerja) is going to get a facelift after Nerja Town Hall put out to public tender a complete overhaul of the said street.
You’re still in time to see the Torre del Mar Air Show, which began yesterday but will have its big day today!
Torrox Policía Local moved against nearly 50 different properties with squatters and makeshift encampments over the summer to tackle fire, flooding, and hygiene hazards.
Nerja has a problem, the business sector says; they cannot find workers and the reason is that there is no affordable housing for them
The regional forest firefighting service, Infoca, declared the hill fire behind Maro (Nerja) as extinguished at 17.00h on the Wednesday the 26th.
An 86-year-old woman claims that she was approached by two adults and a young teen who allegedly drugged her, leading her to withdraw 3,000 euros from her account and hand the money over to them.
Whilst the life an elderly man was saved on a beach in Torrenueva Costa yesterday, a woman in her 60 drowned off a beach in Rincón de la Victoria.
A Polish tourist in his late 50s died in a swimming pool belonging to a cortijo ear Camino de Corca in Cómpeta, (inland Axarquía).
Towns are starting to come round to thinking that having firework displays during their summer fiestas might not be such a good idea, following all the wild fires in Spain, France and Canada.