David Gotfredson, of News 8, interviewed Clinton Abrams, 31-year-old son of Lydia “Dia” Abrams, a few weeks ago. “She woke up early, made cinnamon rolls and delivered them to her good neighbor,” Clinton says of his mother the day she went missing. He drove up Sunday night (the day after Abrams went missing) and met…
By Riverside CountyContributed Following the excessive and hazardous display of illegal fireworks in 2020, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors launched a multi-agency fireworks education and enforcement campaign to curb the dangerous and illegal activity.This effort to combat the sale, transportation and use of illegal fireworks will include public service announcements, billboards, road signs, vehicle…
By Martha Bebinger, WBURKaiser Health News One evening in late March, a mom called 911. Her daughter, she said, was threatening to kill herself. EMTs arrived at the home north of Boston, helped calm the 13-year-old, and took her to an emergency room.Melinda, like a growing number of children (https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/mental-health-and-substance-use-considerations-among-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/:~:text=Young%20children,-During%20the%20pandemic&text=During%20the%20pandemic,%20parents%20with,22%)%20(Figure%203).). during the covid-19 pandemic, had…
Margaret Wellman Jaenke passed away on Wednesday, June 2 at her home in Mountain Center, California. Margaret lived a very full life up until her passing at the age of 96.Margaret was born on July 31, 1924, in Wineville, California, to parents James F. Wellman and Elma Grace Hall Wellman. Margaret was the sixth generation…
Lulu: Hey, everyone! I have news!Stevie: Adoptions? New ARF family members?Lulu: Sadly, no adoptions this last week, but we do have someone for you to meet.Rosemary: (Enters the room) Hello! I am Rosemary and I am so excited to find my new forever family.Pepper: I have heard that you are very, very friendly.Rosemary: You’ve got…
Event charges may apply. See ads throughout the issue. Email melissa@towncrier.com. Wednesday, June 30• “@ Creation:” Native American Arts Festival Invitational Exhibition virtual artist and curator talk, 7 p.m. Idyllwild Arts Academy, idyllwildartsgallery.org. Thursday, July 1• “@ Creation:” Native American Arts Festival Invitational Exhibition, Idyllwild Arts Academy, idyllwildartsgallery.org. Friday, July 2• “@ Creation:” Native American…
70 years ago – 1951A county road crew installed sidewalks and curbs downtown. 65 years ago – 1956Actress Marjorie Main, best known for her role as “Ma Kettle,” bought a lot on Dickenson Road. 60 years ago – 1961A touch of the Old West livened the 4th of July weekend as ropers competed at the…
By Ann SmithReporter There is literally a new game in town! Longtime resident Jenny Kirchner and partner Nicole Smith-Merry will be opening Gidget’s Game Room Friday, July 2. In the past, the space housed a video store. As it happens, Kirchner is a former journalist and photographer for the Idyllwild Town Crier. She learned much…
“She was the center of our little family” was the way granddaughter Danielle (Dani) Appleby described her Grandma Pat Wilson.Paddy was born an Irish girl with red hair and blue eyes in coal country Pike County, Kentucky to Willard Charles and Julia Finnegan. She came to California with her mom and siblings at a young…
Community not tribalism Dear editor:In the last five years, we have become a Nation belittled by tribalism caused by politics from both the left and right with thousands of intended misstatements — overt misrepresentation by all sides. We have entered the unparalleled crisis of our lifetime with the Covid-19. I read the basic economic indicators:…
