The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) finished fiscal year 2010-11 with a combined (water and sewer) net income of nearly $100,000. Auditor-Controller Jim Ludy reported the preliminary final figures to the board at its Tuesday, July 19 meeting. While the operating budgets for both the water and sewer programs saw expenses exceed revenue, the non-operational revenue…
Only four Junior Naturalist Programs remain at the Idyllwild Nature Center. All will be held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon and cost $3 per child, which includes crafts, hikes and snacks. This Saturday, July 30, the theme is “Envirothoning.” At four separate learning stations children ages 7 to 11 will identify animal skulls,…
Lanny and Lorraine Hardy are the new owners …
The Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) will be installing a new water main line on South Circle Drive from Fern Valley Road to Marian View Drive and is asking drivers to expect delays from August through mid-October. FVWD’s contractor will be working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The district also asks…
Two fires, one near and the other in San Diego County, affected Idyllwild last week. About noon Thursday, July 21, a wildland fire broke out in Anza. The Pony Fire burned nearly 35 acres, but was contained by 8:30 p.m. the same day, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire was located near…
Dear TWY, After vacationing in Idyllwild and reading the Town Crier, I saw your food column. When I was growing up, my mom made the best homemade taco meat mixture with ground beef, tomato sauce and spices. I wonder if you have a recipe (not using a package mix) that I could try and substitute…
State Sen. Bill Emmerson moderates a forum with the two incumbents and four challengers vying for two commission seats on the Idyllwild FIre Protection District Board …
Eduardo Santiago brought an impressive cadre of Los Angeles authors to Idyllwild to inaugurate his first Idyllwild Authors Series. Santiago’s success caused regulars at the series to ask Santiago, himself an author, to speak.
The Town Crier has interviewed each of the six candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission. The series began on July 14 with interviews with incumbent Commissioners Pete Capparelli and Paul Riggi and continued on July 21 with interviews with challengers Paul Miglin and Mark Spehar.
“It all started when my sophomore English teacher at Hemet High School gave the class an assignment to write an essay for the Olive Garden’s Pasta Tales Essay Contest. She told us to use emotion and detail in our writing,” recalls Megan Read. “It was then I decided to write about my horrific soccer accident…
