Lake Hemet Market closed Monday, Nov. 10, until sometime in January or February for renovations. Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, which owns the building, is making the renovations. Send your business updates to becky@towncrier.com.

Ariel Hackney celebrated the grand opening of Merkaba’s Green Thingnursery Thursday, May 2. The name is a nod to Hackney’s first localbusiness, Merkaba, which she bought in December 2022. “It was among thereasons I moved up here. I’ve always loved Idyllwild, and always wanteda reason to be here. I loved Merkaba before I bought it….

In Idyllwild, small village that it is, there are frequent local business changes — new businesses arriving, some closing, some changing locations because of rent considerations. One of the most significant changes is the sale of both the Pine Cove and Mountain Center markets and associated gas stations. Local Real Estate Broker Shane Stewart, who…

Brendan and Mary Collier are moving Hub Cyclery from its current location in Oakwood Village to the front of the building where Town Crier was located before moving earlier this year. In place of Hub, Frank Orlando’s music store and lessons are expanding into that next door location. Send your business updates to becky@towncrier.com.