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Santa’s Mail Box is now at the Idyllwild Post Office ready to receive letters from local children. Santa’s postal elves Kelsi Lehman, Christina Edwards, Postmaster Kelly Gates and Sherry Kaufman, present the box all ready for the first letters to Santa. Children may mail their letters to Santa up until noon Monday, Dec. 17, in order to reach the North Pole in time for Christmas. And every year, Santa gives the Town Crier permission to print some of the letters he receives from Idyllwild boys and girls in the newspaper. Photo by James Larkin

Wyatt Priefer at Beat Night at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery Monday, Nov. 6. PHOTO BY PETER SZABADI
Good evening Alta [Kavanaugh, owner of a burned Deerfoot Lane residence], It was a great pleasure to talk to you this afternoon, however, I wish that our contact would have been under much different circumstances. We are working with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) who is in direct contact with the Federal…
You’ve probably noticed that with the warmer weather visitors have been swarming our Hill each weekend — and Hill businesses are advertising again. Our inns get free Town Criers and other TC publications for each room, and our off-the-Hill Members often bring their Town Criers with them when they come visit. And if they left…
Hemet Unified School District held its annual Spelling Bee on Jan. 9. Idyllwild School fifth grader Martina Navarrete was the fourth-place winner. In 2017, Idyllwild student Tim Mejia finished sixth. “Idyllwild students have placed in the top 10 frequently over the years and Martina should be congratulated along with the other Idyllwild students for…
Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news during the year …
Firefighters are fighting a small fire in the San Jacinto State Park Wilderness area. U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Helitack 535 is making water drops and the fire is only 20-feet-by-50-feet.