NIBS EXTRA

Public services

CALPE Town Council has published an online survey on public transport to find out what its residents need and want. The information gathered will be used to improve the current transport options in the town, with the possibility of launching a tender for additional services.

Fine fare

LOVERS of good food will be flocking to La Vila from March 10 to 19 to eat special menus at the town’s top restaurants as part of its flagship culinary event. All menus will end with a dessert, chocolates and nougat produced by local companies.

Tram travesty

A 67-YEAR-OLD man was knocked over by the tram as he walked across a pedestrian crossing in Denia. He sustained serious injuries to his forehead and to the back of his head. The man, who did lose consciousness, was taken to Denia Hospital by ambulance. This is the first accident since the service resumed on 16 January.

Digital literacy

MORE than 600 people in Benidorm signed up for free computer courses in Benidorm. With more than 100 different courses, Benidorm runs one of the most ambitious digital literacy programmes in the region. The courses include how to use the internet, basic office programmes, digital skills of people with functional diversity and how to use smartphones.

Animal refuge

THE Animal Protection Association in La Nucia and the town council has renewed its agreement to care for abandoned animals. The facility will receive €50,000, 10,000 more than in 2022. The council provides the association with free premises and pays for electricity, telephone and water, as well as a van.

CHOCOLATE is part of the present and future of Villajoyosa, and a legacy worth preserving. That’s why the municipal archaeology department set about rescuing a vintage chocolate cooling chamber that once belonged to the Chocolates Uris factory for the local chocolate museum.

The piece was removed from its original position in what was once the headquarters of a small chocolate factory in the process of being demolished and dates to when electricity reached the town at the end of the 19th century, allowing the under­