Two Idyllwild Arts Academy students give Senior Recitals
By Art Connor
On the last Thursday of January, and on the clearest and coldest of evenings experienced here on the Hill, Lowman Concert Hall presented two Idyllwild Arts Academy students’ senior recitals traversing the piano repertory of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These works and their presentations were advertised as being “in partial fulfillment” of the…
The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday, May 18 in Idyllwild at the County Road Yard, starting at 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. The Yard is located at 25780 Johnson Road. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents. The Riverside County Waste Management…
There is some good news after a bit of uncertainty as to whether or not the county would issue a permit for this year’s Idyllwild Rotary Independence Day Parade. Idyllwild will have an Independence Day Parade this year. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 3. It will begin at Fern Valley Four…
At approximately 6:20 a.m., Friday, Oct. 9, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Hemet Station, responded to a domestic disturbance call within the 54000 block of Wildwood Drive in Idyllwild. The 911 caller advised that an adult female was in possession of a firearm and was threatening people at the residence. Deputies responded to…
The Idyllwild Town Crier garnered a second place win in the 2018 National Newspaper Association’s Better Editorial Contest in the category “Editions — Best Local News Coverage” among daily and non-daily newspapers with a circulation of less than 3,000. Judge notes for the entry were, “Excellent news coverage of diverse topics to showcase the local…
Last week’s Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors vote for new rates in a special meeting occurred in apparent violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The vote was taken under the title “Discussion Items,” whereas in order to vote, the item should fall under IWD’s “Action Items.” Following…
Last month, the California Department of Education released the spring 2018 test results for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in English Language arts and mathematics. Idyllwild School students exceeded both the statewide and Hemet Unified School District results in both English and mathematics. Statewide, in all tested grades, 49.9 percent of students…
