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By Idyllwild Town Crier


Mary RiderContributor A tale of loss, followed by hope, disappointment and eventually renewed effort was published by the Town Crier in 2018. The article, written by JP Crumrine, described attempts to save an endangered local species in the San Jacinto Mountains range. An update to the story is available this Saturday in Idyllwild. The Mountain…
The Occidental College Glee Club will appear in Idyllwild in a free concert at Lowman Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Photo courtesy Desiree La Vertu[/caption] The 40-member Occidental College Glee Club, founded in 1906, will be appearing in Idyllwild in a free concert. Oxy, as the 131-year-old liberal arts college is known, has always been…
Local author and United Kingdom native Sabrina Verney found paradise in 1966 on a beach in the Yucatan at the age of 19 with a dedicated group of truth seekers called The Process. The Process sought, according to Verney, to “peel away all your social training up to that point and replace it with what…
This year marks the 126th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We try to reprint it each year for the enjoyment…
By Associates of the Idyllwild Arts FoundationContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation presents “Musicale” Sunday, Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. The Marion View Ensemble, featuring the Speltz and Levy families and their guests, will perform outdoors amongst the tall pines of Idyllwild at a private home. After a long absence caused by the…
“I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it than live a thousand years.” — Jack London On a very dark night on Friday the 13th, two white wolves visited the Idyllwild Nature Center as part of an “Ambassador Wolves” program presented by Project Wildsong, a nonprofit located in Murrieta. Called “The…