Modifications to departmental responsibilities

The mayor, José Alberto Armijo, has made a couple of minor departmental changes relating to the Local Police and New Technologies. Responsibility for the Local Police will pass from Inocencia Quintero to José Miguel García and responsibility for New Technologies will pass from Antonio Villasclaras to Gema García.

Daytime Feria photos

The daytime Feria celebrations have been taking place in Plaza Tutti Frutti, calle Antonio Millón and surrounding streets, although by far the most popular area has been Plaza Tutti Frutti itself.

Vecchia Osteria

Restaurante Aguamarina on calle Mérida didn’t last very long, neither did the New Inn at the bottom of avenida Castilla Perez. The latter is now the Vecchia Osteria, an Italian bar and restaurant run by the people who until very recently had the excellent Da Tino at the side of the church on the Balcón de Europa.

Mirian Cid García is the Junior Feria Queen

The Junior Nerja Feria Queen 2013 is Mirian Cid García, with Judit Delgado Álvarez as First Lady and Alexandra Urbano del Río as Second lady. The title of Caballero Infantil 2013 went to Enrique Herrero Delgado, with José Manuel Platero Marfil as Primer Caballero and Cristian Prados Torres as Segundo Caballero.

Training sessions for Nerja Caves employees

Employees at the Nerja Caves have been participating in various courses and training programmes as part of a project to constantly improve staff training.

Naila García is elected Feria Queen 2013

Naila García was crowned Feria Queen 2013 at the Grand Gala held on Wednesday night in the Caseta Municipal. She also won the title Miss Photogenic.

Youth Information Point at the Feria

As usual the will be a Youth Information Point set up at the Feria to provide information about the harmful effects caused by the consumption of drugs, how to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases and other topics. The information point will be located in the Civil Protection booth and will be open on Friday and Saturday from 23:00.

Out and About October 8th 2013…

A bit of a scorcher today and plenty of people on Torrecilla beach. Some nice waves developed for the surfers, but it also mean’t that the sea came quite far in, overrunning the sunbed area. Not that anyone was bothered.

Optimism over sewage plant project

The president of the Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja (AEN), Angela Díaz, has expressed her satisfaction with the latest published news relating to the existence of an allocation of funds for the proposed sewage plant in Nerja, specifically an item on page 142 of the State Budget for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment under the heading ‘National Water …

Council approves contract for Fire Park access road

The Council has approved the adjudication of the contract to construct an access road for the possible future Fire Park, the budget for this work currently being €122,000 and the completion period six weeks.