

Idyllwild continues to wait for ice rink to freeze
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Ice begins to form on the base layer of what will become Idyllwild’s first ice rink located on the same grounds where the summer concerts were held. The builders of the ice rink plan to open the weekend of Dec. 10 and 11. Photo by Cid Castillo

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There are now three businesses in Idyllwild that in some form dispense medical marijuana or cannabis products. According to proprietors, they have different operational models and different objectives. The latest, Higher Gardenz, according to spokesperson Mike Boris, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) cooperative run by a team of volunteers. Higher Gardenz shares a suite fronting Highway…
Author Dete Meserve asks in her novel “Good Sam” (Melrose Hill, 2014) whether acts of kindness would ever make the nightly news or front pages of print media. “We are constantly bombarded with stories about senseless murders, natural disasters, tragic accidents, massive fraud and the dark side of the American dream,” she notes on her…
Grupo Bohemio returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series serving up a variety of Latin musical beats and styles, including Spanish rock, Cumbia, Reggaeton and Tejano. Cumbia and Reggaeton have Caribbean and African roots, with Reggaeton taking a more contemporary form with hip-hop influences. Tejano was born fusing Mexican vocal traditions, and Czech and German…
The Marine Band San Diego’s 18-piece jazz ensemble included trumpeters Sgt. Jeremy Tandy and Lance Corp. Matthew Petrovich proudly performing at Saturday’s concert in town.
From the HHN website: Chris Rockwell, Helping the Homeless Now founder and executive director, owns a household appliance sales and repair business in Idyllwild. Late in 2009, Rockwell abruptly did something he’d been waiting for someone else to do for a long time: He bought a homeless man a meal. He asked the man where…