When I was a kid we’d hop on a Greyhound bus and take a trip back to my mother’s home town, Winterset, Iowa, and spend the summer. Winterset is a quin...
State auditor criticizes park department’s budgeting
Last month, the California State Auditor reviewed the Department of Parks and Recreation’s budgeting and personnel practices and concluded, “… the pro...
Pine Cove council plans Oct. 16 meeting
J.P. Crumrine can be reached at jp@towncrier.com. Community Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Council has tentatively scheduled a meeting for 4 p.m...
Tree down at Village Hardware
At 7:00 a.m. this morning employees of Village Hardware discovered a downed oak tree on the roof of the store. The tree knocked power out and by 2:00...
IWD board, staff agree on new personnel manual
The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors and staff met last week to discuss the draft District Employee Personnel Manual. The Personnel Committ...
NEWS OF RECORD: September 19, 2013
A two-vehicle traffic collision with minor injuries just north of Saunders Meadow Road on Highway 243 created one-lane traffic Monday afternoon. Gabri...
HUSD superintendent talks — part 2
(Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Sept. 3, Hemet Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Barry Kayrell and Trustee Vic Scavarda of Idyllwild met with the...
Capparelli resigns from IFPD
Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Pete Capparelli resigned his position at the conclusion of the Sept. 10 commission meeting. “As of tomorrow [Sept. 11], I ...
No chunking of Garner Valley roads
Old Morris Ranch and Wagon Wheel roads are the subject of a petition by a group called “Residents, Neighbors and Friends of Garner Valley” that seeks ...
PAST TENSE: Sept. 19, 2013
65 years ago - 1948 The dump, the Town Crier learned, was a popular after-dark rendezvous during the summer. Residents were taking guests there to wat...