Mary Pimentel receives Excellence Award   The Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees held its annual meeting at Idyllwild School last week. While no major agenda items were debated during the meeting, Dr. Alex Ballard, director of assessment and accountability, did provide a report to the board on the HUSD results of the spring…

Editor’s Note: California will hold its 2024 Presidential Election onTuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President, the U.S. Senateand Congress, voters will have a choice between incumbent Greg Wallis(Republican) and Democrat Christy Holstege for California’s District 47Assembly seat. Although the election is still two and a half months in the future, theTown Crier wanted…

Vector control was the topic at last week’s Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting. With the expectation of above-normal precipitation this winter, Kathleen Henderson, the Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, thought a discussion of how to deal with mosquitoes and other disease carriers would be helpful for local residents. Doug Osborn, the supervising…