On Feb. 29th at City Hall, as part of Citizens’ Wednesday activities, Mayor Alejandro Zepeda, accompanied by his wife Marcela Albelaiz, Gilberto Castillo from the City Office of Cultural Affairs, and Rosie Glover from the Organizing Committee of the recent Taste of Peñasco / Iron Chef event, presented both the local Fire Department and 2 […]
In our countdown to 2012 Spring Break in Rocky Point, we from RockyPoint360.com were pleased to join Javier Muñoz from the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) in Tucson at the University of Arizona’s Safety Fair on Feb. 29th. Our table also displayed banners and information from ProAlliance Insurance provided by Rosie Glover, who has […]
There’s still time to get your pictures in for the “Why I Love Rocky Point” Contest!! Today – Feb 29 – is the deadline!! Voting will go on through March 7th. It is free to enter and to vote. You can visit www.whyiloverockypoint.com to learn all you need to know about the contest. The contest is […]
(Inglés/Español) Preceded by a dust storm, and among a flurry of emails and text messages regarding location changes, the ceremony marking the laying of the first stone by Governor Guillermo Padres on the new Convention Center finally took place where originally planned, at the construction site located along the old road to La Cholla in […]
There is much anticipation surrounding Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías’ presence for the laying of the first stone on the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center located in the Sandy Beach area. It had been thought Governor Padrés would lay the first stone on the Convention Center as part of activities during the busy Mexico-Arizona Commission meeting in early […]
Lace up your sneakers and plan to meet at 9 a.m. at Plaza la Madre (next to the baseball stadium as you come into town) on Saturday, Feb. 25th, to heed the invitation of the City and the Municipal Sports Institute in the launch of their program “Active Municipality Puerto Peñasco 2012 – to Live Better.” […]
“Arizona and Sonora…our futures are tied to each other” ~ Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona Following two days of committee meetings on a variety of topics from both sides of the Arizona/Sonora border, the recent Arizona-Mexico Commission came to a close on the evening of Feb. 10th in Puerto Peñasco. Both Arizona Governor Jan […]
(Inglés/Español) In helping to showcase the variety of dining options available in Puerto Peñasco, a number of terrific restaurants presented samples of their dishes during the 2012 Taste of Peñasco with 6 additional teams of talented chefs participating in the challenging yet “amistoso” (friendly-match) Iron Chef Competition, all in the name of helping to raise […]
From City Press Release 2/9/12- On Thursday, Feb. 9th, Puerto Peñasco Mayor Alejandro Zepeda Munro welcomed members of the Arizona-Sonora Committee gathered in town for the organization’s plenary session, which had been postponed from the Fall. The Mayor was on hand for some of the first committee meetings of the event, which will run through […]
You may have noticed fresh paint on many of the main roads across Puerto Peñasco, or perhaps convoys of state police roaming around the city. These are clear signs the highly anticipated Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary meeting is here, with meetings and roundtables to take part in different venues across Puerto Peñasco on Thursday, Feb. 9th and […]
After being rescheduled from its Fall 2011 date, the Arizona –Mexico Commission will hold its Plenary Session Feb. 9th and 10th here in Rocky Point. The two day conference includes a host of activities from committee meetings, plenary session, press conference, plus a welcome reception and closing gala dinner. The Arizona-Mexico Commission (also known as […]
Keep in mind that Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 is the observed bank holiday honoring Mexico’s Constitution Day. Constitution Day, which is actually Feb. 5th, honors the approval of the Constitution by the Mexican Constitutional Congress on February 5, 1917, with Venustiano Carranza serving as the first president.
Early February and the two prominent local English papers, JoinUs in Rocky Point and the Rocky Point Times, have hit the stands. Links to both of these papers may be found under the “News” tab. Among the many exciting articles, José Antonio Perez with JoinUs presents an optimistic article about how the growing positive situation of […]
In preparation for the Vive la Fiesta 2012 Puerto Peñasco Carnaval, to be held Feb. 17 – 21, candidates for the Royal Court were recently presented by Mayor Alejandro Zepeda Munro as part of renewed Citizen Wednesday activities at City Hall. Among the candidates were those in the running for Carnaval Queen, Children’s Royalty, and “Ugly King.” Outgoing […]
In the countdown to this year’s Taste of Peñasco and Iron Chef Competition set for Feb. 11 in Plaza del Camarón, the culinary arts department of the local UTPP (Technological University of Puerto Peñasco) recently sharpened up their knives and took over the kitchen of Emiliano’s at the Sonoran Sun with their own “mini Iron Chef” to […]
Puerto Peñasco is getting ready for this year’s Carnaval “Vive La Fiesta”, to be held Feb. 17 – 21, and the floats are taking shape! A good part of this year’s floats are being put together with recycled materials, as well as bits and pieces from last year’s floats that remain in good condition. The […]