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On Wednesday (i.e. tomorrow) the police in Mazarrón will try out an alternative to simply fining people who park their cars badly or inconsiderately - they will be affixing stickers to the driver's side of the car to reprimand them. The stickers will say: "Está usted mal estacionado. Por favor, la próxima vez hágalo bien. ¡Gracias por su colaboración!" ("Are you badly parked. Please next time do

The Emergency department at the new Puerto de Mazarrón health centre is to close with immediate effect and those requiring emergency treatment will now have to go to the recently-enlarged and re-opened Mazarrón health centre, about 6 Km away, as it has an emergency department, too. The decision has been taken by the regional authorities in Murcia, who deny it is for reasons of budgetary cuts, but

Last Wednesday the Contencioso-Administrativo número 7 de Murcia ('Court of Administrative Litigation Murcia number 7') ruled not to uphold the demand of many of the stall-holders to halt the closure of the existing covered market and the Town Council of Mazarrón has accordingly announced (see here and here) that it will close definitively today; the new market 'Mercado Cresta del Gallo de la

The imminent transfer of the existing covered market in Mazarrón to new and larger premises in the avenida de la Constitución ('Constitution Avenue') took a dramatic turn with the issuance of an injunction on Friday 24th September in the Contencioso-Administrativo número 7 de Murcia ('Court of Administrative Litigation Murcia number 7') halting the closure of the existing market; the news came at

The renovated and expanded medical centre in Mazarrón will be inaugurated next Thursday, 30th September 2010 at 12.30, according to this report. The facility has been expanded from about 1,500 to 2,700 sq m by the addition of another floor (health services are now spread over three floors). In addition to regular medical facilities (physiotherapy, accident and emergency, nursing and pediatrics,

The Guardia Civil have arrested seven people and accused four others of alleged 'crime against public health' in connection with the cultivation of marijuana plants in three locations in Murcia - El Raal, Mazarrón and Cieza. The locations where the plants were being grown have been dismantled and 72 plants seized. Amongst those involved were three minors.I wonder just how many more illicit

I read at the time of the exceptional waves that had occurred in Puerto de Mazarrón on 19th February 2010, but as I wasn't in Spain at the time didn't see them myself. However, I've just found this video-clip on YouTube of the phenomenon; it looks as if it would have been very impressive to see it on the day. I expect there were a few boat-owners who were a bit worried, too!

Tomorrow, Friday 30th July, an exhibition of artworks by two foreign residents of Mazarrón will open in two rooms of the exhibition space of Mazarrón Town Hall and will continue until Saturday 21st August.The two artists are:- Patrick Durrant, whose artworks for this exhibition have the theme of "The Essence", designed to illustrate how people interact with each other as well as some watercolours

The municipality of Mazarrón has organised a series of summer music and entertainment for residents and visitors alike this summer, mainly taking place at the Plaza de las Comunidades Autónomas en pleno Paseo del Puerto ('Plaza of the Autonomous Communities on the Paseo del Puerto').Supplementing this will be a Mercado Artesanal ('Craft Market') located in the business area of the playa de Bahía

The new Medical Centre in Puerto de Mazarrón is to open before the end of this month, according to an announcement from a spokesman for the Health Service of Murcia (Servicio Murciano de Salud); the very lengthy delay in its opening since its completion in the Spring of 2009 resulted from problems with water, sewage and electricity services which have apparently been resolved. I wrote about the

The new Camposol Medical Centre is currently being fitted out and furnished with funding of the Murcia Regional Government. The medical centre occupies two floors each of 540 sqM and will have three consulting room plus nursing stations, toilets, storage areas, parking and a garden and is located in calle Jerez de la Frontera. The basement area may be fitted out at a later date to cater for any

Around a dozen Portuguese "man o' war" jellyfish have been spotted off the coastline of Murcia, including off of La Isla near Mazarrón. The species Physalia physalis has an extremely painful sting.They usually migrate into the shallower waters of the Meditteranean during the cooler winter months, before returning to deeper waters and to the Atlantic when the temperature rises as summer approaches

The garden centre 'Alcayna' close by Mazarron Country Club is now permanently recorded in Google Streetview's mapping of the Mazarrón area. The Google Streetview vehicle also seems to have travelled on the back-road E19 from Mazarrón to La Pinilla. I've no idea when these images were taken - presumably sometime last summer or Autumn, or perhaps even a year or two ago. You can make the images

Earlier today in Mazarrón saw the the symbolic disemabarkation of the 'Magi' at the fishing port followed by a parade through the town - more information here. Although I am currently far away in the quasi-Arctic wastes of northern Scotland, one of my friends in Mazarrón, Mike Conway, kindly sent me these photographs this evening which he was able to take this afternoon - yes, truly one may say

A very Happy Near Year 2010 to all, but:The labour dispute at the Agrícola Méndez company in Cañada de Gallego continues. The basic cause of the dispute is the non-payment of wages for several months (five months is the number being mentioned). Picketing at the company's premises has escalated over recent weeks with company managers alleging that threats against their employees (i.e. those who

Residents of Puerto de Mazarrón who live close to the site of the proposed new crematorium designed to serve the needs of those in the Mazarrón area are objecting to its proximity to their homes and the diminishment to their amentities which it may cause, possibly smoke and obstructed views. Residents of the El Alcolar residential district contend the proposals contravene the terms of the zoning

The "Wellspring Victory Church Bolnuevo" opened the Christmas celebrations in Mazarrón municipality with a concert in the exhibition and cultural space of the "Casas Consistoriales" (the old Town Hall) on Monday evening. The linked article includes a nice photograph of the choir in action.The concerts continue for the rest of this week, with the second concert being held last night and with three

For anyone interested in learning more about the history of Mazarrón, a new book called ‘Recordando el tiempo’ ('Remembering the time') by Juan Francisco Belmar is going on sale in local bookshops. The book apparently contains about 400 photographs tracing the history of the city, plus 34 articles which faithfully record the development of the town. Read an article about this new reference source

The body of a 49-year old British woman was recovered from the water off the beach at Bolnuevo (Puerto de Mazarrón) in the vicinity of Isla Cueva de los Lobos late yesterday morning, its presence having been reported to '112' by a speed-boat passing nearby. Her family had reported her missing the previous day, so I presume this is how her details became known so quickly,

A slightly morbid topic, I suppose, but an important one nevertheless as every one of us is going to die one day and cremation is an option which many would wish to choose for themselves.The new crematorium facility, which is to be constructed by a Cartagena firm called 'Estavesa' on the instructions of the Mazarrón municipality, will be located in the 'urbanización El Alcolar' in the coastal