The Labor Day Weekend That Changed Idyllwild
By Sam Markus
In 1941, Max and Beatrice “Bee” Krone came to Idyllwild for Labor Day weekend. They were supposed to be visiting friends. They got here, felt something, and acted on it. Before they even made it back to Los Angeles, they bought a house. Some weekends you barbecue. Some weekends you accidentally change a town forever….
For the fourth consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54405 N. Circle Dr., or mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA, 92549 or send an email to Idyllwildtowncrier@towncrier.com by June 27. The honor is…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Noise complaint, 6:37 p.m., 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 1 — Suspicious circumstance, 8:25 a.m., 53000 block of Marian View Dr. Handled…
Early in 2016, Verizon landline customers on the Hill should expect Frontier Communications of Connecticut to take over their phone service. The two corporations announced the purchase in February 2015. For about $10.5 billion, Frontier will acquire Verizon’s wire-line operations in California, Florida and Texas, which serve about 3.7 million voice customers and 2.2 million…
Residents may have noticed a change on North Circle Drive at RiverDrive; the property previously known as Strawberry Creek Village has avery different look, and is now known as Freewyld. The Crier spoke withFreewyld founder Eric Moeller, a resident of Leucadia. Moeller cleared up an impression some neighbors had that the projectincluded two cabins across…
Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to recently. • Aug. 17 — Medical aid, 8:49 a.m. Pine Crest Ave. • Aug. 17 — Walk-in medical aid, 11 a.m. • Aug. 17 — Medical aid, 5:31 p.m. North Circle Dr. • Aug. 17 — Medical Aid, 9:19 p.m. Lake Hemet….
A grandmother visiting family in Garner Valley pleaded guilty and was convicted July 8 of willfully harming/injuring/endangering her 2-year-old granddaughter’s personal health after the grandmother left a cup of methamphetamine-laced tea unattended on a counter, and the child drank some of the contents on the night of June 29. Besides the felony, Cynthia Ann Watson,…
