Marcia Banes, TheCostaRicaNews.com Nosara- Despite the fact she was about to lose her leg, the small black dog looked at peace as she lay on the table. As one of many bystanders, I stand waiting to see what will happen next. Just then, I hear a man’s voice come from behind me say, “That’s my [...]
TCRN Regional Correspondent: Katrina Palmer Manuel Antonio’s cocktail party for the Mono Titis! Celebrating local sustainability, the Titi Conservation Alliance and members of the Quepos/Manuel Antonio community recently came together to ‘toast the Titis’ and enjoy a special evening of sumptuous appetizers, sensational wine and plenty of laughter held at the gorgeous Gaia Hotel & [...]
by Arianna McKinney In 2009, locals worried about droughts and water shortages because of the low amount of rainfall in the “winter” months. 2010 is proving to be just the opposite. The rainy season came fast and early this year, with above average rains starting in April. According to Evelyn Quiros Dadilla, a National Meteorology [...]
by Oliver Pérez It seems that the 12 bridges along the road that connects Nicoya with Samara Beach will continue to be ignored by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT). MOPT doesn’t have its eyes on either replacing or fixing them in the near or foreseeable future, as confirmed by the Minister of [...]
by Beverly Kitson The 22nd of June saw the arrival of six recent high school grads representing the Youth Program of the Elkhart, Indiana Rotary Club. Along with their three chaperones, the young people worked for three days in the library, organizing and cleaning books and shelves and putting new books in the library inventory. [...]
“My dream is to begin an art movement” says artist Fernando Matamoros By Deborah Brackman Nosara- During the month of August Fernando Matamoros, a well-known professional artist, will teach a course in Tradicinal Costa Rican painting. The course will be held at the Fucan and will entail eight classes of two hour each of them. [...]
By Ashley Steyaert Nosara- The children of all eight public schools in the Nosara area now have the means to expand their education through one of the oldest and most enriching creative outlets – Art. The Surfing Nosara Foundation (SNF) and local art curator Nina Arias worked together to raise $4,000 at Nosara’s first annual [...]
The small school of Carbon 1 and its students and parents have partnered with generous group of women from North America called “Women Like Us” and with ATEC (the Talamancan Association of Ecotourism and Conservation) to renovate their school. Work is getting done. With financail donations from Women Like Us, support of parents in the [...]
By Ashley Steyaert On Tuesday, June 8th, ICE installed a new telecommunications tower providing coverage across a circumference of 3 kilometers from its base on Mount Las Huacas, expanding 3G service from as far as Barco Quebrado to Downtown Nosara. Although the installation of the new tower increases the service coverage of 3G clients, some [...]
Nothing is Impossible reads the new hand painted sign as you enter the grounds of the Puerto Viejo Grade School. Looking around one begins to believe this phrase. More than 120 students and 15 teachers from three high schools from the USA came together to work with the fourth, fifth and sixth graders and their [...]
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