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Easter promises new life, with a message of optimism and hope. Passover, with its message that with God’s help no difficulty is insurmountable, celebrates resilience in times of darkness. For Idyllwild the past year has provided challenges that continue to affect daily life. First the Cranston Fire in July blackened much of the mountain, burning…
Ignatius Fischer, one of two Idyllwild CinemaFest 2012 honorees, had one of those off the charts serendipitous launches into the filmmaking business. Like Quentin Tarantino who worked as a clerk in a Manhattan Beach video rental prior to breaking into the business of movie making, Fischer also worked in a South Bay store when he…
After a one-year hiatus, the 20th annual Idyllwild Easter Egg Hunt is back in private hands …
In observance of the Independence Day holiday, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will open early on Thursday, July 4. The first tram car up on the holiday will be 8 a.m., the last tram car up will be 8 p.m. and the last tram car down will leave the Mountain Station at 9:45 p.m. Also,…
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…