

Garden Club hosts ‘Discovering Mountain Gardening’
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In addition to live plants and seeds, the Idyllwild Garden Club also had on sale more than two-dozen bulb varieties that were packaged with full color photographs and planting instructions. All the packets, totaling 3,000 bulbs, were sold within the first hour.


A couple weeks ago, The Town Crier ran the first part of a roundtable discussion with public safety officials for a behind-the-scenes look at the Cranston Fire. Those who joined the roundtable conversation were Cal Fire Division 6 Chief Bill Weiser, Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information…
Starting this week, the first 25 people to purchase a 2012 calendar at the Town Crier office will receive a pair of tickets, worth $16, to the 66th Annual Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio running from Friday, Feb.17 through Sunday, Feb. 26. Featured entertainment includes American Music Awards Best New Artist,…
Mark Bacon has been searching for his missing nephew, Scott MichaelHerr, who was last seen near Mountain Center on July 20. Bacon lives inDunsmuir, near Mt. Shasta, and says that Herr lives with a cousin inSeattle. He was visiting his mother who lives in La Quinta and was doingsome side work to get money to…
Future releases planned Efforts to save the endangered Mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Jacinto Mountains have been limited in the five years since the 2013 Mountain Fire. Most of the efforts on the frogs’ behalf have focused on the San Gabriel Mountains. But Adam Backlin, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist, said that will be…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 7, through Monday, Oct. 13. Idyllwild • Oct. 7 — Walk-in medical aid. • Oct. 9 — False alarm or false call, Live Oak St. • Oct. 9 — Medical aid, North Circle Dr. • Oct. 10 — Walk-in medical aid. •…
After a nearly four hour budget workshop, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commission recognizes the perilous financial condition of the district. “The best case is November, but it could be August or as early as April,” former Crest Line Fire Chief Mike Sherman told the commission. He was referring to the possibility of the…