Editor:
This cute town could be even nicer if everyone who walked around town picked up one piece of trash. What happened to the sign that said “America’s Cleanest Forest?” Could we please tidy up this town?
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
Readers Write: Help clean up the town
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor:
This cute town could be even nicer if everyone who walked around town picked up one piece of trash. What happened to the sign that said “America’s Cleanest Forest?” Could we please tidy up this town?
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
As of July 1, my title will change from Editor/Co-publisher to just Co-publisher. We have hired Melissa Diaz Hernandez to take over the editor’s desk. Jack and I will continue managing the business but not necessarily showing our faces every day at the office. We hope to do some traveling and home projects we haven’t…
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