On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom released the 2020-21 Cal Fire Fire Prevention Grant awardees. The Hill’s Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council received $750,000 for removal of hazardous and diseased trees.In a separate press release, Chief Thomas Porter, Cal Fire director, said, “Our wildfire and forest strategy include funding these types of fire prevention…
You may think the Town Crier doesn’t need advertising since it has a Membership model. Not so. While the Membership plan has indeed kept our paper’s nose above water, advertising will always be the chief source of income when it comes to paying our bills: payroll, printing, rent, utilities, several types of insurance, Xerox and…
A public hearing for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ redistricting efforts is set for Tuesday, Sept. 28. Community members are invited to attend and provide feedback on the process.The 2020 U. S. Census data released last month revealed that Riverside County has grown by more than 10% — more than double the growth of…
Q. My boyfriend has the names of his old girlfriends tattooed on his arm. Now he says he wants to add mine. What do you think? -Lulu, Moreno Valley A. … Maybe he’s trying to tell you something? Q. My wife lost some weight and told me she wants to start wearing thongs. So, I…
As of Sept. 10, the CDC reports: The current seven-day moving average of daily new U.S. COVID cases has increased 6.1% compared with last week.The CDC reports the COVID-19 virus is constantly mutating, producing new variants. The Delta variant is the most prominent strain in the U.S., making up more than 99% of current cases….
As of Monday, Sept. 20, Idyllwild School had nine students with active COVID-19 cases and four staff members of a total school population of 307, for one of the highest percentages of coronavirus at 4% in the Hemet Unified School District.The other high percentage at 3.5% was Hamilton High School in Anza at 16 students…
With Idyllwild Water District General Manager Leo Havener absent from the board of directors meeting Wednesday, Sept. 15, the directors may have set a record for a meeting time of about 30 minutes compared to two or more hours. The board met again at the Idyllwild Library with Director Steve Kunkle also absent while the…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats talked about caring for pets in the summer heat.Stevie: I have been compiling fun and sensible ways to keep pets cool during the heat.Whiskers: I bet this group could come up with some good ideas.Stevie: One I read about was giving dogs frozen treats…
The Rev. Anne Cox Bailey will give a free Ponder Anew Seminar at 11:30 a.m. Sunday Sept. 26, at St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church, 25525 Tahquitz Drive (on the corner of Tahquitz and South Circle drives.)Bailey’s first career was as a ballet and concert modern dancer, teacher and director; she and husband Henry met…
65 years ago – 1956Nearly 400 county educators, administrators and groups concerned with education held an all-day meeting on the campus of the Arts Foundation (now Idyllwild Arts). 60 years ago – 1961Idyllwild’s reputation as a creative center got a boost from a new art factory. Idyllwild resident and artist Jon Gnagy, with the help…
