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PHOTOS This Week in Idyllwild: November 17, 2016
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Approval of the final Riverside County fiscal 2016-17 budget barely passed last week. The board was divided over approving a lean budget, which still needed reserves to balance, versus more funds to maintain the current level of sheriff’s deputies in the unincorporated area. Since County Executive Office Jay Orr began preparing the budget last winter,…
The County Service Area Advisory Committee conducted business at its monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 27. Key agenda items included review of the public survey regarding the future of Town Hall and what agency would manage CSA 36 recreation starting in 2017. Mike Franklin, CSA project manager for the county’s Economic Development Agency, facilitated the…
By Stephanie YostPresident, Idyllwild Community Center After many months of fundraising, the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) on Thursday, Sept. 1, completed the installation of the new half pipe at the Idyllwild Skatepark, located on the grounds of Idyllwild Pines Camp on Highway 243.In addition to the new half pipe that Keen Ramps of Long Beach…
Lineups announced, planning complete In less than four months, the sounds of music — and clapping, dancing, singing — will fill Strawberry Valley. The 24th-annual Jazz in the Pines starts Aug. 11 and ends Aug. 13. Once again, the magic of jazz — America’s music — will excite the mountain and fill the town with…
The wishing fountain in Village Lane has been refurbished and is already bringing good fortune to local pets. Two years ago, Marc Peterman and Julia Meadows leased their first stores in Village Lane, Sub Rosa Apothecary, Gallery and Home. Despite lack of maintenance and a poor appearance, the fountain in the middle of the lane…