The placing of a mobile-telephone mast right next to the Lobras sports centre will be earning Telefónica no Christmas cards this year – nobody in this small village likes it being there.
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New School for Tablones & Cáñar
by Editor •
Tablones, as well as Cáñar, now has new education centres, thanks to funds from the Education Board of the Junta de Andalucía… bless them.
Water Museum
by Editor •
Water is hardly a thing of the past in Lanjáron but the history of Lanjarón’s aquatic empire is, hence El Museo del Agua, which is located where the municipal slaughter yard was
80,000-Euro Scam
by Editor •
The Guardia Civil, hitherto known as the Green Meanies, arrested a couple from the Alpujarra region for allegedly scamming 80,000 euros from their victims… bless them.
Day Centre for the Elderly
by Editor •
The Archbishop of Granada has ceded its old persons’ home in Lanjarón to the Town Hall, which is in the middle of converting it to a day centre for the elderly.
Orange-Level Alert
by Editor •
Keeping to a meteorological flavour, there was an orange-level alert over an expected storm and downpours during the last weekend of September.
First Snow Fall
by Editor •
Even before summer had officially ended, we had our first snowfall up in the Sierra Nevada. On the 13th of September there was a light snowfall around the 3,000-metre mark.
New Alpujarra Section
by Vanessa Bosch •
Welcome to the new La Alpujarra section! Vanessa Bosch is now the Seaside Gazette representative, based in Lanjarón
Money for Clubs and Associations
by Editor •
On the first of September it was announced that the Town Hall would be granting subventions to social associations and clubs. This news was soured by a press release on the 3rd, when it was announced that Almuñécar social associations still hadn’t received their grants from 2008. The Town hall announced that it would share…
Majuelo Stage to be Demolished
by Editor •
The stage structure or auditorium in the Parque Majuelo is in a lamentable state of disrepair and badly in need funds, so when the town received a healthy amount of cash for infrastructure projects from the Central Government, hands were set to work to draw up an impressive project for the park, but…