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By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel We’ve seen a welcome increase in advertising lately, very much appreciated. Remember that since our entire circulation goes to readers who know and love Idyllwild, when you advertise in the Town Crier you are not paying for thousands upon thousands of wasted newspaper ads. They all go to…
The Town Crier is now up to 20 business members, eight nonprofit members and four public agency members: Business Members are: Baily Winery (Carol & Phil Baily); Baldy Mountain Ranch (Alma Peters); Ying Chen & Andrew Lichtman, attorneys at law; David Cutter Certified Financial Planner™ (Barbara & David Cutter); Everitt’s Minerals & Gallery (Janet &…
Last week, the San Jacinto City Council decided to extend its fire services contract with Riverside County Fire Department for another year. At a special council meeting Wednesday, June 15, San Jacinto decided that an adequate dispatch service would not be available by July 1, when its current contract with Cal Fire expires. Therefore, activating…
The statistics cited at the recent Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce meeting showed a decline in business members, in number of serving directors and cash on hand from previous highs in 2011. Cash, now at $800, is a quarter of the October 2011 amount of $3,200. The number of directors will fall from a high of…
Wednesday morning, Idyllwild School teachers stood in front of the building with signs supporting the Hemet Teachers’ Association’s effort for a new contract, including pay raises for teachers. Hemet Unified School District and HTA are still trying to negotiate a contract for last school year, 2013-14. A fact-finding process began Monday, Dr. LaFaye Platter, HUSD’s…
Southern California Edison reported power was out for two hours to more than 2,300 customers in Idyllwild, Saturday afternoon April 7. Then it was out for about three hours again Sunday morning. The afternoon outage, according to Sally Jeun, in the SCE media relations office, was caused when a local customer cut a tree that…