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Winter is just around the corner, and COVID-19 is still around, too. Both tourists and Hill folk will need to know what changes Hill businesses are planning for their days and hours of operation. The Town Crier will be spreading that message.Remember that, in addition to the newspapers being read on the Hill, the TC…
The Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD) Board of Directors restated its declaration of a water shortage emergency, Ordinance No. 176, last Thursday, an ordinance that was adopted Aug. 20, 2015.The restated Ordinance 176 was passed, 4-1, with Director David Jorgensen voting against.The ordinance “restricts new or additional service connections.” It acknowledges that California continues…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center The nonprofit San Jacinto Mountain Community Center Inc. (SJMCC), doing business as the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC), broke ground at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12 at a public ceremony at the construction site, located immediately to the left of the Idyllwild Community Playground and above the Butterfield Amphitheater. ICC operates…
About 100 people came out to Town Hall Thursday night to hear Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins and U.S. Forest Service Fire Chief Dan Felix talk about preparing for fire season and then answer questions from the audience. Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council sponsored the informative meeting that lasted…