Beaches
Can Picafort could be without beach services this summer
The health crisis has just added to what was already a problematic situation.
Emergencies
Driver killed in Can Picafort accident
The accident occurred at the Playa de Muro-Can Picafort border.
Environment
Environmentalists denounce Can Picafort dredging
In May 2019, there was an order to cease the dredging.
Environment
Deficiencies with Albufera treatment plant highlighted again
The Son Bosc treatment plant is said to obsolete and can't cope with demand.
What's On
Fiestas and events on Sunday
Demons' fire-runs in Can Picafort, Cas Català and Sineu; fireworks in Colonia Sant Jordi; Moscow Ballet in Alcudia.
Letters to the Editor
Two readers write about cats in Can Picafort and Palma airport.
Beaches
Can Picafort gets 'black flag' for water quality
Ecologists in Action attribute issues in Can Picafort to the treatment plant in Albufera.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 13-19 August
A mega week of fiestas. Fireworks musical spectaculars in Can Picafort on Wednesday and Cala Ratjada on Thursday among other displays. The duck swim in Can Pic also on Wednesday. Demons correfocs in Campos (Wednesday), Alaro and Porreres (Thursday), Capdepera (Friday). Sineu's weird and hugely popular "Mucada" on Monday. UB40 (part of the group) in Port Adriano on Tuesday. DJs Carl Cox and David Guetta in Palma and Magalluf, respectively, on Sunday.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 6-12 August
Fiestas in abundance - Alaro, Arta, Cala d'Or, Cala Ratjada, Can Picafort (demons correfoc on Sunday), Llucmajor and more. The Jacksons at Port Adriano on Thursday. Sa Pobla Jazz Festival, Pollensa Festival, Chopin Festival (Valldemossa) ... .
Art
Can Picafort hotel mural is painted over
The Mar y Paz Hotel says that it had to repaint the wall because of damp proofing work.
Planning
More hotels under Can Picafort land reclassification
The Santa Margalida plan envisages hotels and a retail centre.
Urban planning
Can Picafort old people's home will not become a hotel
Although the Residencia has been earmarked for tourism use, the mayor says that the plan won't be carried out.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 7-13 August
Fiestas in the likes of Cala d'Or, Cala Ratjada and Can Picafort. In Llucmajor, the "cavallets cotoners" dance for Santa Candida on Sunday. The Pollensa Music Festival and Sa Pobla Jazz Festival continue. Michael Bolton plays Palma on Saturday.Please note that fireworks displays are subject to possible cancellation because of the weather conditions. Notifications are being made on a daily basis.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 31 July-6 August
The Moors and Christians in Pollensa on Wednesday evening (and in Sant Elm on Friday night). The Sa Pobla Jazz Festival starts with the Ernie Watts Quartet this Monday; there are concerts every evening. The Pollensa Music Festival kicks off on Saturday. It's the Tramuntana Rocks Festival all-nighter in Esporles on Saturday, and another all-nighter is on Friday in Can Picafort - the Nit de l'Auba is perhaps the most legendary of Majorca's summer fiesta night parties. In Port Adriano on Friday, they're loving the '90s with Ace of Base, Snap! and others.
Crime
Eleven arrests in new Alcudia drugs operation
The raids included one on a bar in the Alcudiamar marina in Puerto Alcudia.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 22-28 May
Can Picafort's nautical fair and seafood gastronomy this weekend. Cossier folk dancers in Alaro and Manacor, a prehistory fair in Arta, ecological fair in Puigpunyent, the orange fair in Soller, the Posidonia Festival in Deya on Saturday, and the Palma book fair in the Passeig Born starts on Friday. Cala d'Or jazz over the weekend.
Tourism
Hotel with velodrome proposed for Can Picafort
The project for the hotel and velodrome involve the use of 275,000 square metres of land in Son Baulo.
Environment
Albufera sewage spill "unprecedented"
Some four hectares of land "of great value" in Albufera and on the neighbouring Son Bosc finca were affected by a burst in the sewage piping.
Culture
Joan Bennàssar’s ports of seaweed
The sculpture, "Ports of Seaweed", created expressly for the Can Picafort seafront, has allegorical characters from our history.
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