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Garden Club grooms Town Hall grounds
Members of the Idyllwild Garden Club, (from left) Antje Banks, Club President Antoinette (Toni) Berthelotte and Wendy Read groom the Town Hall grounds. Monday, May 14, is the club’s next work day (volunteers needed), also at Town Hall.
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VIDEO: Solo crash on Hwy. 74 near Cranston Station
UPDATED Monday, 12 p.m. May 7, 2012. The California Highway Patrol reported a solo non-injury collision of an SUV and a boulder on Highway 74 east of Wilson Way near the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Station. CHP Officer Jeffrey Osteen said the incident occurred at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. The CHP press release…
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Hemet High teacher Janel Ramirez pleads guilty to sex with a minor student
Janel Ramirez, 31, former Idyllwild School student and Hemet High School teacher, waived her right to a jury trial and pled guilty in Riverside County Superior Court to sex with a minor student on May 3, 2012. The court imposed immediate sentencing. The charges against Ramirez, unlawful intercourse with a minor more than three years…
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Final community meeting set for Idyllwild historic district
County officials plan to present design guidelines and recruit board members for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District at an Idyllwild community meeting. County Preservation Officer Keith Herron will lead the meeting planned for 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 16 at the Nature Center on Highway 243. The county board of supervisors authorized the district in July…
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Past Tense: May 3, 2012
60 years ago – 1952 Work began on a new bridge across Strawberry Creek at Fern Valley Corners, replacing a 25-year-old wooden structure. 55 years ago – 1957 It was the wettest May anyone could remember. The season’s total rain and snowfall was 5 inches under normal, but the late rains and snows were extremely…
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Long Valley plan approved
After several years of preparation, the California Department of State Parks and Recreation has approved the management plan for Long Valley, in the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness. This plan is the result of the overall Mount San Jacinto State Park General Plan adopted in 2002. At that time, State Parks felt a…
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County releases latest reports on leaking fuel tanks
The Annual Reports regarding activity at the underground fuel tanks in Idyllwild and Pine Cove were submitted to the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health last month. Monitoring at both sites indicates gradual improvement of contaminant concentrations. Idyllwild — Shell Station Since March 2002, Sandlin and Sons, has been conducting quarterly groundwater monitoring on behalf…
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Before Our Time: Betty Maxwell …
The attention Idyllwild lavished on Ernie Maxwell during his centennial last year was well deserved. But it left his wife, Betty, the other half of the Town Crier’s founding editorial duo, in the shadows. Born in Missouri in 1906, Elizabeth Beeman grew up in luxury in New York City. By her own account a born…
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Sara Karloff speaks to Sci-Fi Horror class
ara Karloff speaks about her father, actor Boris Karloff, to the students of the Sci-Fi Horror class at Idyllwild Arts Academy and local residents last Thursday evening.
