By Suzie BennettContributed For the past 14 months our top priority in life shifted 360 degrees. We were called to focus on personal, family and community health due to COVID-19. Most other concerns were put on hold. As life is settling into a new normal where we can pick up on issues that were in…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • June 14 — Medical aid, 6:37 a.m. Pine Crest Ave.• June 14 — Medical aid, 11:45 a.m. Delano Rd.• June 14 — Unintentional smoke detector activation, 1:15 p.m. Macteckelwood Ln.• June 14 — Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire, 10 a.m. Highway 74.•…
Submit listings and changes to melissa@towncrier.com. All events are subject to last-minute changes. Note: Some events, meetings and office hours may be canceled or modified due to precautions being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday, June 23• Jazzercise, 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St.• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed the “spicy” litter of kittens.Lulu: With all the comings and goings of dogs and cats here at ARF, we maybe appear to be a larger rescue than we really are.Stevie: That could be. I hope the humans understand that ARF is a nonprofit…
70 years ago – 1951Rev. Donald Warner conducted the services at the official opening of the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church. 65 years ago – 1956Customers at Dutton’s Village Market and Corner Store in Fern Valley could make their own ice cream float for 19 cents. 60 years ago – 1961Pinecraft Furniture company offered 22 pieces…
Brendan Steele had up-and-down rounds in the U.S. Open last week, missing the cut by one stroke. He pulled it altogether for his last three holes scoring birdie-birdie-birdie — perhaps in preparation for this week’s tournament.The Idyllwild native will tee it up Thursday in the $7.4-million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in…
By Becky ClarkCo-publisher Invited community and county representatives descended on Cedar Street Saturday morning for the formal Town Hall rededication ceremony where speakers included Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and Riverside County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen. Washington said it was the first time he recalled a county executive officer appearing at an…
Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors met last week to select a replacement for the board vacancy left by Dave Hunt. General Manager Leo Havener discussed various items in his report and the board is reviewing its legal counsel. Vacancy filled Two Idyllwild Water District area residents, Rachel Teeguarden and Steve Olson, applied to…
The newspaper contacted Pamela Jordan, president of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, asking the status of the investigation that resulted from allegations made in a student demands letter. Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) students staged a protest regarding allegations of sexual assault, predatory behavior and racism before the end of the 2020/21 school year. The list of demands…
Five (David O’Sullivan, Roy Prifogle, Melissa Lane, Lydia “Dia” Abrams and Diana Perez Gonzalez) people to go missing in and around the Idyllwild area remain missing. O’Sullivan, who was last seen at the Idyllwild Inn April 7, 2017, was 25 years old when he went missing. The Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation (FOF) website writes of O’Sullivan, “David…
