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Two town locals and two Idyllwild Arts Academy music students landed spots in the semifinals of the Voice of the Valley singing competition, VOV Artistic Director Alexander Yepremian said. Isabella Magonna and Rhonda Legate, of Idyllwild, and Idyllwild Arts students Nicholas “Nicky” Martin and Alex Keller are semifinalists. VOV, renamed from “Hemet’s Got Talent,” is…
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By David JeromeCorrespondent Often these pages carry portraits of locals old and new. This week we present a conversation with a pair of “part-timers,” at least for the present. Michael Steele and his wife Cynthia, normally residents of Florida, have spent the last few weeks in Idyllwild recovering from this summer’s Baja 500, and preparing…
Mary RiderContributor A tale of loss, followed by hope, disappointment and eventually renewed effort was published by the Town Crier in 2018. The article, written by JP Crumrine, described attempts to save an endangered local species in the San Jacinto Mountains range. An update to the story is available this Saturday in Idyllwild. The Mountain…
Michael Fredric Rose and Siba Rose’s three young children have a tradition each Christmas. For eight years, Aubrey, 13, Zen Lazarus, 12, and Emma 10, have delivered Christmas presents to needy families – first in San Jacinto where Michael was pastor of the Light of Love Chapel and now in Idyllwild. “We wanted the children…