Aliança Catalana held its first municipal convention this Saturday in Ripoll to prepare for the upcoming local elections. Around two hundred members gathered, including representatives from all the regional executive committees that have been formed in recent months. However, two of the former regional presidents were absent. The president of the Maresme committee, Marta Balcells, and the president of the Tarragonès committee, Jordi Borràs, were absent from the convention because they have resigned from their positions, according to ARA. Both have been involved with the project since its inception, joining the party shortly after its founding. Balcells reportedly decided to leave Aliança Catalana due to disagreements with the regional vice president, Josep Maria Prat, who is currently serving as acting president, according to party sources in Maresme. Prat, who has the support of the leadership, has also had disagreements with other board members, but so far only Balcells has stepped down. In a conversation with ARA, the former president of the Maresme region declined to comment, despite confirming her resignation. Jordi Borràs Albesa has also left the presidency of a regional branch, but in this case not of his own volition. He was accused of misconduct by local members and received an expulsion order on Thursday. The leadership has decided to dissolve the executive committee while awaiting the selection of a new one, although Borràs has filed an appeal, claiming the accusations are false, according to party members in Tarragona. These same sources suggest that Gerard Balcells, owner of a tourist apartment company in the Vall d'Aran, could be the new regional president on this new board.

"It made no sense to build another access to the C-32 in Canet, if there was already one a little further on," says Mercè Girona, spokesperson for the Canet de Mar Environmental Emergency Coordinator (CEAC). This week, the environmentalist residents of CEAC, Preservem el Maresme, and Unió de Pagesos received the news they had long awaited: the new access to the C-32 in Canet de Mar will not go ahead after all. After years of neighborhood mobilizations and a substantial list of objections, the Balearic Government has decided to back down and has removed this infrastructure project from the package of works that will soon be put out to tender, which includes plans for five other new access points to the highway in the Maresme region. "We had a meeting in September where they already told us, but we waited for them to make it official with the town councils as well," explains Girona. Now, the final step remains: for the decision to be put in writing. "This will be around Christmas, when the resolutions regarding the appeals we've filed are published," the neighborhood spokesperson explained. "They assured us that access "The Canet project has declined and will not be awarded or budgeted," he confirms. For its part, the Government says it is not completely ruling out the project, but rather that it will be "re-examined," and assures that it could be resumed in the future if the local councils act. "All the municipalities would have to agree, which we believe will not happen, and we would have to start from scratch to find new funding," explains Girona, who considers this option practically ruled out.

Yael Brusca (Sant Pol de Mar, 1993) is in a moment of impasse. After passing through RAC1 and RAC105, she awaits the start of a new television project on the 2Cat channel and is working on the production of a podcast for NationA chemistry graduate, she came to the media almost by chance, but has stayed out of curiosity and instinct.

Fran Garagarza had long considered the idea of creating a second Espanyol reserve team, introducing an Espanyol C into the blue and white structure. After exploring various possibilities, in early 2025 he contacted Vilassar de Mar, a historic club from Maresme with over a century of history that competed in the Third Division RFEF. The threat of relegation from the Elite League cooled negotiations, but despite the confirmation of the relegation, talks resumed in June, concluding with an agreement whereby Vilassar would become Espanyol's second reserve team.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested the owner of a cleaning and waste management services company in Malgrat de Mar for labor exploitation, document falsification, and irregular hiring. The arrested man, a 47-year-old resident of Blanes, employed several workers without contracts and also employed some with other people's documentation. He imposed average working hours of 90 hours per week for only €850 per month. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have also filed charges against three of his employees for the same offenses. The company provided services in several municipalities in the Barcelona and Girona regions, including Malgrat de Mar, Tordera, Santa Susanna, Vidreres, Maçanet de la Selva, and Fogars.

There are places that are a town's landmarks. And that means if you spend enough time, you'll see a good portion of the locals passing by. Today we're talking about a café that meets this requirement. It's in Vilassar de Mar and is called Oh! RibbonsIt's run by Gloria and Paco, a local family who, in addition to serving good coffee (from well-known roasters like Hidden Coffee, Panoramic, Animal Coffee Roasters, etc.), also operate a grocery store. So you can buy cans of Portuguese preserves, craft beers, wines, or smoked products from the Rooftop Smokehouse.