As you’ve seen in the last few Town Crier issues, changes are coming to the Town Crier with the issue of Sept. 7, 2017. First, the paper will be located in only in a few locations for $1 each. (See our column below.) Distribution, therefore, will drop from about 5,500 to 3,800, still much more…
70 years ago – 1947 Fifty people gathered at Dutch Flat to witness the christening of a well for the Idyllwild Water Company. At the first gush, cameras clicked and everyone clapped. • • • Eleanor Johnson had a project underway — to turn the circle in the center of town into a village park….
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” a new cat and three new dogs were introduced. Little Girl: I suppose you all are looking to me, the new office cat, to give you the latest news. Tinkerbell: We are. What is it? Little Girl: We have been over-run with kittens, six of ’em! George:…
Last week, the Town Crier reported an active tuberculosis case affecting a Tahquitz High School student in Hemet. On Thursday, Aug. 17, Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser determined that tuberculosis test results from the clinic held at Tahquitz High School from approximately 150 students were within expected levels that health officials expect…
At 8:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, Noah Jefferson, 20, of Hemet, was driving a white 2017 Ford 250 pickup truck belonging to Mt. San Jacinto State Park when, in a parking lot, he backed into a parked white Saturn Ion registered to Thomas Unwin of Idyllwild. The incident caused minor damage to the Ion.
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 13-19. Idyllwild • Aug. 13 — Alarm call, 1:40 a.m., 54000 block of Marian View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 13 — Public assist, 3:02 p.m., 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Report taken. • Aug. 13…
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ revisited By Jack and Becky Clark Co-publishers Town Crier readers began stepping to the plate the very day after we printed the article “Does the Town Crier have a future?” in last week’s newspaper. This very much reminds us of the final scene from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the classic 1946…
Editor: For you to know why, I have to take you back to my school years in Germany. I spent every summer vacation from school in a little village with my aunt, uncle and two cousins. There was no war, just good times, times I will never forget — such as picking mushrooms in the…
Editor: Just received the July 27 issue that includes your column “Out Loud.” I am a voracious reader of print media, including the peerless Town Crier. There are no equals that I’ve seen in my travels or libraries. While financial difficulties for the printed media are well known, it is shocking when it comes close…
