“I want to die on the hill. I’ve said it. I’m 81 years old. My friends have said it. We are Idy elders,” wrote Virginia Crowder in a letter to the editor in the May 2 edition of the Town Crier. That was the beginning of a new group serving another cohort of Idyllwild residents….

At the July 15 Board of Supervisor’s meeting, 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone requested his colleagues approval to designate several gifts to Hill groups. “Jeff is very encouraged by what Idyllwilders are accomplishing,” said Verne Lauritzen, Stone’s chief of staff. “He wants to help whenever he can.” The Idyllwild HELP Center will receive $3,000 for…

Brendan Collier (right), co-owner of the Hub Cyclery and Siren, sponsored a food drive in conjunction with the 4th Annual San Jacinto Enduro. The suggested donation was three food items from participants. Lou Bacher (left), President of the Board of the HELP Center came by on Thursday morning to thank Collier and pick up the donations.

Sarah Wales was born and raised and is still living in Temecula. But she is now Idyllwild School’s new Resource Specialist. With an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of California, San Diego, and teaching certification from Cal State University San Bernardino, Wales has always taught within the Hemet Unified School District system.  …