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PHOTOS: Welcoming spring
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In the garden at Spirit Mountain Retreat and with locals in attendance, Executive Director Mary Morse lights a ceremonial candle to commemorate the spring solstice on Sunday




In a city where 20-somethings are botoxed and 30-somethings routinely get “a little work done,” and whose dominant industry is peddling our youth-obsessed, airbrushed culture to the rest of the world, what is a woman of a certain age to do? Seek out like-minded people and collaborate! The Old Broads are a group of Los…
Gary Parton presented his ideas for an Idyllwild Lilac Festival to the Garden Club at its May 6 meeting. Parton is devoted to establishing Idyllwild as the lilac center of Southern California and the festival would be a celebration of lilacs. Over the past four years, he has organized the planting of more than 1,000…
The annual Greenwood Award was presented Friday evening to Dr. Kate Kramer, botanist for the San Jacinto Ranger District. This award is given each year to a member of the community who has worked to protect our environment. The ceremony took place at a dessert reception and fundraiser at Town Hall the evening before the Earth Fair.
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Local teen author Kara Swanson spoke about her book “Pearl of Merlydia” (entrustsource publishers, 2014) at the Idyllwild Library and signed books for about 25 young fans last Thursday. Swanson spoke briefly about how the inspiration for the book, for her and her co-author/editor Charis Smith, was living as children of missionaries in Papua New…
Labor Day on the Hill has its own quintessentially small-town vibe. Although conceived as a federal holiday to acknowledge and honor the American labor movement, celebrated on the first Monday in September, the three-day weekend has morphed into an unofficial end-of-summer ritual — a last chance to vacation and party as a family before kids…