Let’s start off with some good news this month – God knows that there isn’t much news for the town this month, other than political pledges for the local elections on the 25th of this month.
Tag Archive for Salobreña
Beach Area Expropriation
by Editor •
The Town Hall has given the head to expropriate 350,000 sq/m of land near the beach because after a decade the landowners could not come to any accord amongst them.
Cake Intake Mistake
by Editor •
Seven youngsters ended up in hospital after eating a cannabis-laced cake. The girl who cooked it, who also needed medical attention, was not held in custody but released pending trial, although the judge decided soon after to drop the charges.
New Castle Times
by Editor •
The new timetable for visiting hours to the Salobrena Castle. Click on Image to enlarge
Go Ahead Given
by Duncan Inglis •
Salobrena has formally approved the Old Folks Home plan in Lobres. Isabel Correa, councilwoman for the area, remarked that the plan was first touted a year ago, and has had to pass through various difficulties before it could be approved, but now finally it can go ahead which she is very happy about.
Cracking Castle
by Duncan Inglis •
The old castle up the hill continues to deteriorate much to everyone’s chagrin, which is why new joy in the form of one million euros to prop up the ancient place is sweeping through the town. Who’s putting up the loot? The Initiative for Sustainable Tourism chose the castle as one of its projects, which…
Hot Squat
by Duncan Inglis •
A squatter, who for the past eight years has been living in a home by the Mill in Salobreña, has finally been ousted, thanks to his playing with fire.
He has been charged with arson after allegedly setting a-light his own squat.
Chiringuito Challenge
by Duncan Inglis •
Hotel Salobrena was the scene of some serious Chiringuito bonding, as the Chiringuito Association of the Costa Tropical held its annual meeting there.
Gurtel Gnashing
by Duncan Inglis •
As mentioned last month, the connection between the national corruption scandal of Caso Gürtel and the Urbanisacion Las Alminares has been taken up by the Salobreña opposition parties as an electoral WMD against the Mayor.
Money Laundering Touches Salobreña
by Editor •
It’s not a good time for the governing party in Salobreña to hear that the judge who is investigating the biggest political corruption scandal in over a decade (Gürtel) confirmed that the case touches Salobreña.