Please remember: Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with some nice extras. A fine one is discounts on up to two meals per day for six entire months at The Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild, supplied through the generosity of Red Kettle owners Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross. (Note to other businesses:…
Brendan Steele notched his seventh top-25 finish on the PGA Tour this season, posting an eight-under-par 68-66-69-69 — 272 at the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Connecticut last week. Fifteen birdies against seven bogeys earned his third top-25 finish in a row and his eighth consecutive tournament without being cut.The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 302 yards…
I’ve previously mentioned Ryan Craig, the publisher-editor of the Todd County Standard in Elkton, Kentucky. He once advised local farmers to attend an important county zoning meeting that he knew would affect them seriously. When very few turned out for the meeting, he confronted them as to why they didn’t show. They answered that they…
On Wednesday, June 15, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board of Commissioners held a special meeting with two duly-noticed action items for the board’s review, discussion and approval: an amendment to its Purchasing Policy followed by the purchase of a fire truck — both items proposed by IFPD Fire Chief Mark LaMont. At the time…
You’ve probably noticed that with the warmer weather visitors have been swarming our Hill each weekend — and Hill businesses are advertising again. Our inns get free Town Criers and other TC publications for each room, and our off-the-Hill Members often bring their Town Criers with them when they come visit. And if they left…
Brendan Steele notched his fourth top-10 finish on the PGA Tour this season, posting a four-under-par 69-76-68-71 — 284 at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio last week. Seventeen birdies against 13 bogeys earned his second top-10 finish in as many tournaments. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 303 yards into 69% of the fairways and…
As pointed out last week, if you are a Town Crier Member you’re not limited to the print-on-paper version, you also have access to the TC’s online versions, which are real, complete newspapers you can read on computer monitor, laptop, tablet or cellphone. But we must know your email address so you can be included…
Brendan Steele scored his best finish in one of the PGA Tour’s four major golf championships last week, turning in rounds of 70-72-69-68 to post a 1-under-par 279, which tied for ninth place. He notched an eagle and 13 birdies against 12 bogeys and a double over the four tournament rounds. The Idyllwild native’s drives…
Brendan Steele posted an 8-over-par 68-70-78-72 — 288 at the Wells Fargo Championship in Maryland last week to tie for 51st place. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 281 yards. He hit 57% of the fairways and 58% of the greens in regulation, but he lost about 2.3 strokes to the field with the putter. Brendan…
Many of our readers — particularly older readers — tell us they want to read a “real” ink-on-paper newspaper they can hold in their hands rather than an online version. Well, we have to tell you, the luxury of a continued ink-on-paper issue is costing the Town Crier an estimated more than $60,000 a year…
