Too late to be included in the January edition, the funeral of the parish priest of Lanjarón, Father José Delgado Álvarez was held on the 29th of December.
Alpujarra
News from La Alpujarra
Crumbling School
by Editor •
The 36 pupils of the Busquístar junior school cannot exactly be considered spoilt, as they have had to put up with the wintery temperatures of the Alpujarra without heating in their classroom.
3-Metre-Tall Buddha
by Editor •
Soportújar wants a 3-metre-tall Buddha statue… well, better said the Buddhist community does, which is just a 3-day camel trek and a packed lunch from the village.
Distant Hams
by Editor •
The Alpujarra cured hams are pretty damned famous and their popularity goes back quite a while, but were you aware just how long?
Publication Update February
by Editor •
We hope to be at the printer by Friday morning, meaning that the hard copy will be distributed on the 2nd or 3rd (the printer doesn’t work weekends.
Mid-Month Top Up
by Editor •
As promised, we’ll begin posting the medical, legal and other specialised columns, as well as the regional news, which will be posted as a continuous thread, rather than individual articles
Tampering with Penary Meetings?
by Editor •
Back in July of 2007, everybody agreed that plenary meetings would be held at a civilised time, which wasn’t the case for the plenary meeting held at the beginning of December, according to the spokesman for the PP, Antonio Trujillo.
Cheap Jamón Serrano!
by Editor •
Jamón Serrano is probably one of the most famous products of La Alpujarra, even more so since the Rey de los Jamones, disappeared, owing thousands of euros, but that’s a different story.
Expo Alpujarra
by Editor •
The XII Edición of the Expo Alpujarra hit it off with 42 stands scattered around the 1,500 sq/m of exhibition space.
Tragic Car Accident
by Editor •
On a more tragic note, a mother and her young daughter perished when the woman was taking the child to school. Their car plunged down a steep hillside just outside Pampaneira, plummeting some 400 metres to the bottom.