PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s Tree Lighting ceremony
![The Children’s Choir enthusiastically belts out a carol at the Idyllwild Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday night. Photo by Peter Szabadi](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tl1.jpg)
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![The moment the crowd is waiting for ... the tree is lit. Photo by Cheryl Bayse](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/untitled-6014.jpg)
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![The Caroling Company Director Diane Burt leads the crowd in song. Photo by Cheryl Bayse](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/untitled-1678-2.jpg)
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![Many visitors flooded the 48th-annual Harvest Festival sponsored by the Idyllwild Rotary at Town Hall Friday and Saturday. Photo by Jenny Kirchner](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/harvest.jpg)
Idyllwild Vacation Rentals held an Open House on Saturday, Oct. 29 in its new location at Village Centre. Co-owner Dick Rennick, left, and wife Lorrie, at right, talk with homeowners Connie and David Speltz from Los Angeles. Co-owner Maxey Sparks was not available for the photo.
Mountain Pottery will be hosting an event to create clay beads to represent each of the 7,209 deaths that have occurred in the last 20 years among migrants crossing the southwestern border of the United States. The beads will be incorporated into a work of art made by Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Mesa Contemporary…
Band performs Aug. 31 at Butterfield Amphitheater “This is our passion,” said John King of the band Change Required as he opened his interview with the Town Crier. The local band formed in Idyllwild 18 years ago and is renting out the Butterfield Amphitheater for a two-hour, non-stop performance from 6-8 p.m. on Aug. 31….
David JeromeCorrespondent Over the last year-and-a-half the Hill has seen unprecedented circumstances and needs in these communities. Many people have experienced food insecurity, some for the first time. Fortunately, the Hill is home to many dedicated volunteer groups working to make sure no one here goes hungry. Most of these groups distribute free grocery boxes….
Foodie alert: Not only is there a new butcher at Village Market, Frank Dorame, he has also cooked for a president. “I cooked lamb chops for President Clinton and Chelsea at the Vintage Club in Indian Wells,” said Dorame. Dorame also served as meat and seafood director at upscale Jensen’s Finest Foods in Palm Desert…