1. The ordeal of the dog Sally: This is a new illustration of a sad trend: the Colmar SPA took in an extremely thin dog from her owner at the beginning of March.
2. Apocalyptic return to Camille-Sée: At the start of the 2024 school year, the situation was close to chaos at the Camille-Sée high school in Colmar, where the management team is currently being replaced by temporary staff. Malfunctioning timetables, classes without rooms, undefined language groups, missing hours, permanent changes: more than forty teachers were on strike on September 10.
3. The AVF goes off the rails: Crazy evening, Sunday July 28 at the Colmar Wine Fair with the first edition of La FAV déraille, a crazy evening bringing together Chantal Goya, O-zone, the L5, Albert from the Munster valley and many others. In seven minutes, immerse yourself again or discover this moment which was unanimously appreciated by all the participants.
4. Demolition of administrative tower: Launched in the summer of 2021, the in-depth renovation project of the administrative city in Colmar ends with the demolition of the emblematic 13-storey tower, which began on Thursday August 22. The 31.4 million euros invested must be profitable within twenty years thanks to the energy savings made.
5. Violent fire rue des Carlovingiens in Colmar: A major fire affected a 2000 m² hangar and mobilized around fifty firefighters throughout the night from Thursday 7 to Friday 8 November, rue des Carlovingiens in Colmar, fortunately without causing any injuries.
6. Tasty anecdotes from Marc Haeberlin: As part of a section entitled “Crazy Portraits”, the series that cooks starred chefs, Marc Haeberlin, the chef of the Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern and “boss” of the starred chefs of Alsace, reveals himself in front of the camera.
7. Défilé record at Dessenheim carnival: Thousands of spectators, many coming with their families and some themselves in disguise, attended the Dessenheim carnival cavalcade on Sunday February 4. Nearly 70 years after the creation of the event, the capital of Hardt experienced the largest parade in its history with 38 floats, walking groups and music.
8. A giant pumpkin in Herrlisheim: Nicolas Akatsuka, a 31-year-old resident of Herrlisheim-près-Colmar, is passionate about extraordinary vegetables. This Sunday, September 29, he will participate in the national competition for giant fruits and vegetables in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée) with a pumpkin whose weight he estimates at more than 600 kilos.
9. Day of transhumance at the Wehrey farm: Thursday, May 16, was transhumance day for the 40 dairy cows on the Wehrey farm in Breitenbach. The herd, accompanied by more than a hundred followers, took a little over three hours to cover the 9 km separating the farm from the Buchwald farm inn, some 600 m higher, after a stopover watered in all directions from the term to the Ried farm inn.
10. 10,000 spectators for the Colmar carnival: The 63rd great cavalcade of Colmar brought together at least 10,000 people in the streets of the town of Bartholdi, this Sunday March 3. Nearly 70 troops and floats, including the twelve floats of the organizing association (Colmar Carnival), celebrated the Olympics, this year's theme, as well as cinema and travel.
