By Holly ParsonsCorrespondent Idyllwild’s Fourth of July celebrations begin with the 57th-annual parade the Idyllwild Rotary Club has sponsored for over 20 years. This classic small-town parade is long on substance, and short on boredom. The parade is one of a variety of traditions heralding freedom, liberty and neighborly love on this tectonic day. Yet…

Four more weeks until the one-year anniversary of our announcement of the Town Crier Membership Model, and six more weeks until the anniversary of when it went into effect. So, on Sept. 1, we will finalize the list of the Town Crier’s Charter Members, i.e., those who became Members during the first year of our…

About 4:15 a.m. Monday, May 20, Frank Ferro’s alarm system at his Ferro restaurant activated, and he tumbled out of bed to go to the Cedar Street location. When he arrived, the light in the office was on and the office window was broken, he said. Not knowing whether someone was still in the building,…