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By Idyllwild Community CenterContributed Ever wanted to join your neighbors and friends for some homemade soup, bread and great conversation? Well, now you can at Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St., from 12:30-2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 for the Mountain Community Lunch. The event is free and co-sponsored by friends who just want to get…
On the morning of July 3, Susie and Richard Hampson were recognized for their years of volunteering at the Idyllwild Nature Center. The recognition occurred during the unveiling of “The Birds of Idyllwild Nature Center” interpretive panel. This panel, sponsored by the Friends of Mt. San Jacinto County Parks and designed by Janet McAlpine, is…
First there was the July fire with five days of evacuation, and then a February weather apocalypse that closed two of three major roads into Idyllwild. Even though January through March is normally a slower time for Idyllwild businesses, the two unforeseen events have significantly impacted local tourist traffic. With spring weather, and little rain…
Temperatures in the morning are in the 20s. Snow whitens the ridgelines. Fireplaces send smoke swirling into the bracingly clear and star-studded night sky. The approaching winter, with an El Niño predicted to be one of the strongest ever, gently moves Idyllwild residents into the warmth of their homes and kitchens. Thanksgiving on the Hill…
I apologize to Brendan Steele and his family — including his parents, Kent and Jana Steele here in Idyllwild — and to our readers for my blunder in last week’s Town Crier. I was under the very mistaken impression that a player needed not only to score high enough on the FedExCup list to advance…
When longtime Hill residents gather around the campfire and tell tales of Idyllwild banking, they always mention, with awe and reverence, the name of Jeri Sue Haney, recently retired branch manager at PNC Bank. She first came to the Hill in the mid-1970s. She began her career when our local bank was called San Diego…