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Trisha Clark (left), president, and Kathy Halkin (center), secretary, thank Ester Kennedy for her stewardship as director of Spirit Mountain Retreat at a retirement party honoring her Sunday, June 2.
Update: Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to put the Hill in District 4, just before the Town Crier was set to go to print. Story in next week’s paper. The Advisory Redistricting Commission (ARC) as well as the Riverside County Planning Commission met Wednesday, Dec. 1. The commission reviewed the three maps for which the board…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 10 to 16. Idyllwild • Sept. 10 — Alarm call, 11:03 a.m., N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 10 — Alarm call, 3:18 p.m., Estate Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 11 — Alarm call,…
Drumming for rain, by Hill evacuees, for the Hill at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Photo by Peter Szabadi
The Idyllwild Forest Health Project team organized an evening of speakers Wednesday night at Idyllwild Arts to discuss the recent Cranston Fire and wildfires on the Hill in general. Joining the featured speaker, noted fire ecologist Dr. Richard Minnich of the University of California, Riverside, were Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, U.S. Forest Service Forester…
Byron Mejia is the proprietor of Halcyon Beauty and Design, upstairs inthe Courtyard. Halcyon has several definitions that Byron found resonated with what he likes to create for himself and his clients. “It means calm, just chill, it also means nostalgia, the word came out inthe late 1800s.” Halcyon days are also prosperous and carefree.“Everyone…