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Benidorm summer
BENIDORM Council is organising this year’s Summer School for children from July 3 to September 1.
Inscriptions are open until Friday June 16 and once again the town hall is offering grants of up to 50 per cent of the cost for families registered on the local padrón town census.
In addition, the Social Welfare department will pay for assistance and the canteen service for children from families with economic difficulties.
All activities will take place at the CEIP Puig Campana school in Els Tolls neighbourhood and are aimed at children aged three to 14 years old, and will include handcrafts, games, musical activities and day trips.
Happy anniversary!
The regular school hours will be from 9am to 2pm from Monday to Friday, although the council is also offering the possibility of extending these hours to facilitate the conciliation of family and work for families who need it.
The price per student for one month is €150 for members of local parents’ associations and €180 for nonmembers, with different prices for weekly and fortnightly participation.
For further information and inscriptions visit www.trokolo.com/inscrip cionveranobenidorm.
THE British Sierra Bernia School in Alfaz del Pi celebrated its 50th anniversary last week. To mark the occasion, the centre is preparing a gathering of former students before the end of the year and will also host a Britishthemed summer camp from July. Sierra Bernia School was founded in 1973 by a group of parents in a chalet in La Estrada with an initial 15 students until it was taken over by director Duncan Allan in 1977 and moved to its current location outside the town.
Sierra Bernia currently has 240 students aged three to 18 from many different nationalities including British, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, German and French. Alfaz mayor Vicente Arques, together with Education councillor Loli Albero and the councillor for Residents of Other Nationalities, Martina Mertens, met with Duncan Allan to congratulate him on the anniversary and to wish the school many more years of success.
Free service
CALPE Town Hall has relaunched its free mediation service for residents aimed at facilitating conflict resolution without having to go to court. It will be run by Dam Abogados at the local Juzgado de Paz via appointments made at cmorato@ajcalp. es or by calling 661 981 646
US students
ALICANTE provincial government has signed an agreement with California University to encourage North American students to visit Costa Blanca. The provincial Tourism department has organised two autumn trips for students from the prestigious university.
Double mayor
FOLLOWING the local elections in Denia on May 28 two political parties will share the mayor’s office for the first time. Incumbent Mayor Vicent Grimalt (PSPV) will govern for the first three years and then pass on the post to Rafa Carrió (Compromis) in 2026 for the last year.
Get swimming
INSCRIPTIONS are now open for the municipal swimming course in Finestrat. Classes take place from July 3 to 21 from Monday to Fridayfrom 12.15pm to 1pm and from 1pm to 1.45pm. The course costs €20 and is open to babies from six months old to teenagers aged 15.
Sewage sorted
BENITACHELL Council has begun work on the sewage system in the old town. The initial goal is to draw up a plan outlining the improvements needed to prevent leaks and to connect all the houses up to the network over the next few years.
Too noisy
DENIA Council has had to lower the volume of the machines used to scare away seagulls from the castle following complaints by residents.
