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By Idyllwild Town Crier

The Crier sat down with Julia Graham at her new teaching studio, HilltopMusic Lab, in the Collective. Graham moved into the space just a fewweeks ago, but tells us that already, 45 students are taking lessons andlearning about music at Hilltop. Graham spent about a year giving lessons out of her home in Idyllwild,and taught…
The sign went up last week; Alpaca’s is once again the Mile High Café. Monday, Feb. 5 was the first day open under the new (old) name. After a well-earned, two-year break, Mile High founder Nam Park is “happy to come back.” Nam managed the restaurant for 14 years before “retiring” and leaving her son…
In an effort to grow their market share in the vacation and retirement home arenas, Town Real Estate of Palm Springs has opened a new office in Idyllwild. To lead the staff in its new Idyllwild location, Rick Martinez has been named managing broker. With two offices and eight agents serving Riverside County, their portfolio…
Chris and Melody Johnston’s Middle Ridge Winery, headquartered in Idyllwild, is in the process of a “soft opening” of its first Idyllwild tasting room. Winemaker Chris develops wines in his Idyllwild laboratory but sets up wine production in Temecula. Although there is a Middle Ridge tasting room in Old Town Temecula at Crush and Brew…
Amelia’s Donuts & More is proof that dreams really can come true. Amy and Jim McMahon, owners of Amelia’s Donuts and More, opened their storefront. While Amy was in a completely different career field since she graduated from high school, she learned how to make donuts at a young age. “When I was 14, I…
Helen Hixon is the proprietor of Mountain Pottery. Locals may have noticed that the shop and studio moved from upper North Circle to the newly refurbished building next to Forest Lumber and Idyllwild Laundry Service in May of last year. Hixon seems happy in her new surroundings: “I loved the old space with its forest…