The Youth Sports Foundation (YSF) of Puerto Peñasco will hold its 3rd annual Major League Coaches Clinic, to include the 1st Annual YSF Golf Tournament and Dinner. The entire event will begin Jan. 12th, 2012 with the arrival of major league coaches and conclude on Jan. 14th. YSF Director Rick Busa remarks this is the foundation’s first time doing this type […]
The track is set. The Sand Drag pre-runs have been run. Can you hear it….it’s Thunder on the Beach getting ready to kick off the 2012 racing season in Rocky Point on Jan. 7 at the raceway near the Reef along Sandy Beach! Gates will open at 11 a.m and races are set to start at […]
The local group Recicladora EcoHope reminds us to make sure among our New Year’s resolutions we include: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. To kick off the year, one way to get these resolutions started is to stop by Plaza la Madre (by the baseball stadium at the intersection of Blvd. Juarez and No Reeleccion) on Saturday, Jan. 7 in order to help […]
Press release 12/5/2011 From the White Mountains in Northern Arizona, to the beaches of Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico. Bob Livingston of Thunder Raceway in Show Low, along with his partner Darren Dodd, bring over 30 years of racing experience to their new facility in Rocky Point. Aptly named “Thunder on the Beach Raceway”, the facility […]
On a chilly December morning (49 degrees at 8:00 a.m.) in Rocky Point, John Fowler of the Santa Claus Club and his group of Elves (helpers) were out early. They were delivering food, clothing, and toys to the needy in the barrios of Rocky Point. The following day the group was planning on delivery bicycles. […]
Local Rocky Point boxer Juan “Gallito” Estrada, who we reported on in mid-November, was triumphant in the Campeon Azteca 3rd Round reality show and on hand at the Municipal Auditorium in Puerto Peñasco for the airing of the bout on Friday, Dec. 16. The fight, which actually took place a couple weeks prior to being aired, put […]
The annual posadas leading up to Christmas day have begun all across Mexico, and of course here in Rocky Point. Traditionally, within the Catholic community the nightly posadas (from about Dec. 16 – 24) represent the journey of Mary and Joseph as they sought shelter on Christmas Eve, and were turned away from inns before […]
Grab an earth friendly bag, along with your holiday shopping list, and plan to head to Puerto Peñasco’s 1st Farmers’ Market & Art Show to be held this Sat., Dec. 17, just behind Don Julio’s off Blvd. Fremont, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This is just the beginning! In a brief interview earlier this […]
The Cultura Arte Group in Puerto Peñasco shares with us that on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 19th and 20th, people will be coming together to build the largest Christmas Tree they can with recycled products, particularly with use of plastic bottles. The Green tree building event is being put on by Community Centers of City’s Social Development […]
In 2010 the DIF Toy Drive collected 3140 toys, and received $50,750 pesos in donations to assist with neighborhood Christmas posadas in some of Rocky Point’s neediest areas. This year, DIF Director Imelda Zamudio Sanchez told us, the goal was to reach at least 3141 toys. On Sunday, Dec. 11, toys, blankets, and cash donations helped the DIF surpass this […]
One of the many colorful traditions of the holiday season in Mexico is wrapped up in the cones and flowing tissue paper of piñatas. In addition to adorning children’s parties throughout the year, piñatas are customarily used during posadas leading up to Christmas Day. In brief, the posadas are a way to reenact the travels of Joseph and […]
Searching for that perfect gift or holiday moment here in Rocky Point? This weekend, how about a walk through the holiday lights outside City Hall, or a drive by the elaborate Christmas display set up each year by those who own Electrica Veel located at the corner of Av. Sonora and Francisco y Madero. Latitude 31 also […]
It’s that time of year again! Decorations are going up in front of City Hall and the fountain base at Shrimp Plaza is ready to be filled with toys during the 3rd Annual DIF Toy Drive, set for this Sunday, Dec. 11th. The local DIF, office on Integral Family Development, is asking people to once again […]
Many local artisans, who at other times of the year may be found strolling up and down the city’s beaches with their wares, or in shops along Calle 32 “Rodeo Drive” on the former road to Cholla Bay, have set up an Art Expo on the fringe of Shrimp Plaza near City Hall. The small […]
With the temperatures dipping lower each day, and the holidays right around the corner, here is some info we have on local food/toy/blanket drives around town (If you know of others, please let us know so we can get the word out): Ya con las temperaturas bajas y los días festivos aquí a la vuelta, compartimos información que nos ha llegado sobre diferentes actividades para juntar dispensas/juguetes/cobijas aquí en […]
Printmaker, painter, artist, friend. Patti Springer was a well-known artist and long-term Las Conchas resident whose friends sought a way to show off her art in Puerto Peñasco, and so began the tradition of “Art in the Park” just three years ago. Patti was able to be in the first show, and after her passing her […]