The Hemet Unified School District board meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Idyllwild School, will include a public hearing. The subject will be whether each pupil in the district has been provided with a standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional material. These should be available to any student while in the classroom or to take home to complete their homework

Town Crier readers chose local building designer Robert Priefer as the 2013 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award recipient last month. Emcee Doug Austin made the announcement at last week’s Idyllwild Summer Concert at the Community Center site. Priefer has been instrumental in volunteering his time with plans for the new Community Center, and been involved…

A single-vehicle driving-under-the-influence with passengers on Highway 243, a motorcycle crash on Highway 74 at the bottom of the Hill, and a single-vehicle crash on Highway 74 near Lake Hemet were the Hill incidents reported by the California Highway Patrol for the week beginning Wednesday, April 20. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 22, Jolene White,…

“Last Saturday’s Pine Cove Clean Up was a successful first step to help property owners in Pine Cove rid their property of unsightly trash,” said Pine Cove Property Owners Association President Richard Schwartz.PCPOA and Pine Cove Water District co-sponsored the one-day event.PCPOA members even picked up trash from the curbs of property owners who were…

Editor’s note: This week begins the Town Crier’s two-part series examining the top 10 stories affecting Idyllwild in 2014. IFPD inundated with grand jury investigations In 2014, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District was again the subject of a Riverside County grand jury investigation. Two reports were issued about the local fire district and possibly a…