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Pickleballers team up with local schools

This summer, pickleball players have chipped in to repair and repaint the playground at the primary school (primaria) located in Ajijic’s Tepalo neighborhood, as well as purchase 40 new sports balls of various sizes, and remove a tree stump from the site.  


Creative genius takes flight at Ajijic globo fest

Among all the colorful festivities tied into this month’s celebration of Mexican Independence, none quite equal Ajijic’s Regatta de Globos, the dazzling exhibition of hot-air balloons hand-crafted from rainbow-hued tissue paper that will take place Saturday, September 10, at the Cruz Azul soccer field.

Farmers get funding for organic fertilizers

Farmers in Chapala, Jocotepec and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos have been tagged as beneficiaries of a government financing program aimed at encouraging them to switch from harmful chemical products to biological fertilizers for treating their crops.

Back to school!

With the official start of the 2022-2023 academic year Monday, August 29, thousands of lakeside area students are back in classrooms to follow a 195-day calendar set to run until July 18 of next year.