News reports 2025

[mike_dublin]

Un vecino de Pollença poda los árboles de la calle sin permiso y enciende las alarmas del Ajuntament

Lo ha hecho sin seguir las directrices estipuladas. El Ajuntament de Pollença ha encendido las alarmas tras detectar que algunos vecinos han podado árboles del Port de Pollença por iniciativa propia, sin seguir las directrices técnicas necesarias para el mantenimiento adecuado del arbolado...

www.ultimahora.es

A resident of Pollença prunes the trees on the street without permission and sets off the alarms of the Town Hall

He did so without following the stipulated guidelines.

Pollença Town Hall has sounded the alarm after detecting that some residents have pruned trees in Port de Pollença on their own initiative, without following the technical guidelines required for the proper maintenance of urban trees. According to the statement issued by the council, these unauthorised actions may compromise the health of the trees and generate a negative impact on the natural and landscape environment of the area.

In the notice, the City Council has reminded that the maintenance of publicly owned trees is the exclusive responsibility of the local administration and must be carried out by qualified personnel. ...

via Google Translate

see full article on the Ultima Hora website

 

[bobley]

Naughty! I bet they couldn't get out of their front door (photo from 2019)

 

[icampbell15]

Naughty! I bet they couldn't get out of their front door (photo from 2019)
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Oh dear....it does look a bit too much vegetation!

 

[mike_dublin]

1.5 million euros town hall annual revenue from new Alcudia beach bars

Work on the new balnearios has been marked by controversy. The annual charges to the concession holders are lower than what the town hall had originally wanted.

www.majorcadailybulletin.com

Alcudia Town Hall has awarded the concessions for five of the new balneario beach bars. The tender specified that no company could operate more than one of the bars. This was in order to encourage competition and avoid monopoly.


The annual charge for the bars ranges from 280,000 to 333,333 euros. The total annual revenue for the town hall from the five bars will be 1.53 million euros. Among the operators is the Alcudiamar company that manages the marina. These charges are considerably lower than what the town hall had originally wanted - around 450,000 euros each.
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The concessions are for ten years.
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(see full article on the MDB website)


That's a lot of money for an annual charge for a beach bar!

 

[mike_dublin]

Un gran clot al carrer Oronella deixa sense accés rodat una seixantena de famílies a Gotmar • Som Pollença

Gran clot al carrer Oronella de Gotmar deixa sense accés rodat unes 60 famílies. Els veïns denuncien la situació i reclamen una solució.

sompollenca.com

via Google Translate

A large pothole on Oronella Street leaves around sixty families in Gotmar without vehicle access

A large pothole that appeared on Oronella de Gotmar street, in Port de Pollença, has left about sixty families in this urbanization without access by car. Neighbors report that cracks were detected at this point on March 1st and that the owner of the adjacent plot, which had been emptied a year ago, was urged to build a retaining wall to avoid greater harm. As a preventive measure, one of the two lanes of the street was closed to traffic, but in the end, the situation has worsened...

[see full story and pictures on the link above - rather large 'pothole']

 

[mike_dublin]

Èxit en la I Jornada de neteja comunitària de la badia de Pollença • Som Pollença

Avui s’ha celebrat amb gran èxit la I Jornada de neteja comunitària de la badia de Pollença, una iniciativa impulsada per l’Ajuntament de Pollença i Ports de les Illes Balears del Govern, en el marc d’un projecte de conscienciació i recuperació ambiental. La jornada, que havia estat ajornada el...

sompollenca.com

via Google Translate:

Today was a great success for the 1st Community Cleanup Day in the Bay of Pollença, an initiative promoted by the City Council of Pollença and Ports of the Balearic Islands of the Government, as part of an environmental awareness and recovery project. The day, which had been postponed on March 14 due to weather conditions, had outstanding citizen participation and the support of several local entities.

Throughout the morning, nearly 350 students, specialized technicians and volunteers worked together to remove waste from the seabed, especially in Albercuix Beach and other critical points in the bay. Approximately 30 cubic meters of waste were removed, including abandoned anchorages, boats in poor condition, chains and other waste that affected marine biodiversity and navigation safety.
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see full article and picture on the link above

 

[mike_dublin]

Les ‘barquetes de Sant Pere’ arriben al Port de Pollença • Som Pollença

Les ‘barquetes de Sant Pere’ arriben en massa al Port de Pollença, tenyint la platja de blau en un fenomen natural habitual que, si no es gestiona a temps, pot causar males olors i presència d’insectes.

sompollenca.com

via Google Translate

The Port of Pollença woke up this Friday with the beach dyed blue by the presence of thousands of 'Barquetes de Sant Pere'. ...

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Although they have stinging filaments like jellyfish, they are not dangerous to humans, as they cannot penetrate the skin. ...

see full article and picture on the link above

 

[mike_dublin]

Water is getting warmer -

Balearic Sea temperature above average for the whole of 2025 so far

On April 15, the temperature was 2.13 degrees above normal. On Wednesday, the average temperature was 1.68 degrees above normal.

www.majorcadailybulletin.com

On April 15, the temperature was 2.13 degrees above normal

Data from the Balearic Islands Coastal Observation System (SOCIB) indicate that the temperature of the Balearic Sea has been above average for the whole of 2025 so far, the reference period for this comparison being from 1982 to 2015.
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see full article on the MDB website