Former Fire Chief Dave Driscoll made a presentation about the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy to the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce last week. When the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act of 2009, a provision in the law mandated the development of a national, cohesive, wildland fire management…

The Hill’s three water districts — Fern Valley (FVWD), Idyllwild (IWD)and Pine Cove (PCWD) — and some Idyllwild Fire Department (IFD)firefighters combined forces last week to perform some fire hydrantrepair. All who participated thought it went well and bodes well forfuture cooperation among the four local districts. “It was great training and good to get…

Esther Kennedy, director of Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat Center, is returning to Adrian, Mich., the motherhouse of her Dominican order of Catholic sisters. A new director, Jill Breslau, arrives in June. “It’s been an extraordinary 11 years of my life and I have loved every minute of it,” Kennedy said. “I feel welcomed and loved…

Lawrence Allen Edwards, 45, of Idyllwild was charged with embezzlement in a felony complaint filed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s office on Sept. 15, 2014. The complaint alleges that from about January 2013 through March 2014, while in the employ of Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild, he willfully and unlawfully appropriated money to his own…

Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with nice extras. A huge one is supplied through the generosity of Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross, owners of The Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild: Discounts on up to two meals per day for six months!(Other businesses, please note: We’re open to your generosity in providing…