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Rare eclipse had us all looking up (with protection)
By Idyllwild Town Crier



Photo by Tom Kluzak

The upstart school from the West has made it three in a row at the annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston …
Volunteers from many local groups gathered at the headquarters of AnimalRescue Friends of Idyllwild (ARF) Friday, May 3, to help out with theorganization’s new Wind Chime Garden. The garden will be a place whereanimal lovers can hang a wind chime as a memorial for departed pets, andplaques will honor donors. ARF staff were joined by,…
The Idyllwild Town Crier has been serving the San Jacinto Mountains (“the Hill”) continuously for 75 years — since its first issue was published on Nov. 1, 1946. Ernie and Betty Maxwell founded the paper in the attic of their home, using a typewriter and a table-top mimeograph machine. The first issue, pictured here, was…
Amy and Richard Hawley are the proprietors of Idyllwild’s only foodtruck, the cheerful and cheeky Dick’s Dogs. Amy sat down with the Crierto fill us in. “Both of us worked in the restaurant business up here,until with COVID, like many people, we were sent home for months. Wewanted to think, ‘What would sustain us through…
Share your Christmas card mailing moment on Twitter By the U.S. Postal ServiceContributed Greeting cards are one of the most anticipated gifts of the holiday season — a tradition dating back more than 200 years. They are colorful, personal and last all season long. From photo cards, yearly round-up letters and cards expressing religious beliefs,…
Dr. William “Pete” Lee’s resume, rather than being a dry recital of credits and plaudits, reads like an adventure story — so many universities attended, so many languages and native dialects spoken, so many research projects in fascinating parts of the world while working as an anthropologist and documentary film and television producer. Lee seems…