Complete list of distribution points for the April edition of the Seaside Gazette, ranging from Nerja to Castell de Ferro and up to Orgiva.
Concerns You?
by Martin Myall •
Now, you could be asking how this might affect you – you don’t follow politics in your home country so you are certainly not interested here but… but imagine if you were living in Greece instead of Spain.
Jobs for the Boys?
by Martin Myall •
The party spokesman for the local branch of the Izquierda Unida for Salobreña, Angel Coello, has denounced that the socialist administration under Mayor Gonzalo Pullido intends to increase the number of advisory posts within the town-council administration.
Rural Lane Improvements
by Martin Myall •
The Town Council has approved the project for rural-lane improvements: El Gambullón and La Melcochera with the Plan Encamina2 grant from the Junta de Andalucía. A total of 3,000 metres of the lane surface will be tarmacked, using a budget of 235,000 euros and with an estimated timescale of two and four months, respectively. First…
El Chucho Topped Up
by Martin Myall •
On the 22nd of March the Nerja Town Hall approved a motion in a Plenary Meeting of the Town Council to send of a request to Demarcación de Costas de Andalucía Mediterráneo to have the town’s beaches sorted out, which had been badly damaged by winter gales, namely El Chucho.
Sewage Treatment Plant for Nerja
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo (PP), announced that things could be moving, regarding the EDAR (Estación Depuradora de Aguas Residuales, or sewage treatment plant), which is about time as Nerja is just about the only town on the Costa del Sol that doesn’t have one. The budget amounts to 40.5m euros.
Peace at Last!
by Martin Myall •
The squabble between Torrenueva and its ertswhile masters, Motril has finally come to a peaceful conclusion, terminating in a document signed by the leaders of both towns. This was a dispute that even had the Torrenueva Mayor, Manuel Carrascosa, staging a sit-in within the Motril Town Hall, refusing to budge until “Torrenueva got what Torrenueva deserved.”
€250,000 Wasted?
by Martin Myall •
The good intentions of the last Benavides administration appears to have resulted in 248,319 euros being spent for nothing. The outlay was to provide access to Almuñécar’s beaches for people with mobility problems; i.e. in wheelchairs. Everything was installed, but the snag is that reportedly nothing is in line with standing regulations, which means, it all has to be changed.
Cultural Agenda for April
by Martin Myall •
The cultural agenda for La Herradura and Almuñécar for the month of April
Baby Falls from Town Hall 1st Floor
by Martin Myall •
A 17-month child plunged 4.5 metres from the 1st-floor of the Motril Town Hall on Monday the 19th. The baby girl, who survived the fall, is in the Intensive Care Unit.
School Violence
by Martin Myall •
Teachers and parents turned out in the Plaza de la Constitución (town hall) to express their indignation following an attack on a school teacher at the new P-4 school (IES Puerta del Mar) by one of her girl pupils.
Paellazo
by Martin Myall •
The title is a wonderful Spanish term, probably just coined by a word wizard, to describe what happened in the Avenida de Salobreña during the early hours of yesterday, when a car landed in one of the large, plate-like fountains. The fountain is round and large, like a paella dish, so it wasn’t long before it acquired the local nickname of ‘la paellera.’
El Caso E.R.E.
by Martin Myall •
If there is one thing that is liable to lose the regional elections for the socialists (PSOE) it is the scandal of the ERE. Now this is staggeringly scandalous, even in a country where corruption appears to be an Olympic sport. Read on…
Bent Coppers?
by Martin Myall •
Five policemen are in the process of being tried in Mijas, charged with drug trafficking. These members of the Policia Local intercepted 170 kilos of hashish, but instead of turning the confiscated drugs over, they allegedly loaded them into patrol cars, took them to a private address and set about selling them.
Hendersonville Hangs Out
by Martin Myall •
We had a mild invasion of American tourists from the twinned US town of Hendersonville, North Carolina, fulfilling the US Mayor’s promise to ship ’em over to meet European Mexicans in their original habitat.