Editor:
I sincerely hope that all of you who have been complaining about the aircraft noise are able to appreciate the current aircraft noise that is saving our town.
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
Readers Write: ‘Noisy’ skies saving our town
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor:
I sincerely hope that all of you who have been complaining about the aircraft noise are able to appreciate the current aircraft noise that is saving our town.
Mim Andrews
Idyllwild
The California Environmental Quality Act is needed now more than ever. When widespread fracking is on the horizon, global warming and its impacts are ever more real, water supplies are diminishing; huge and costly infrastructure projects are under consideration at the state and local level, this is not the time to weaken the California Environmental…
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