Mental health Dear editor:May is Mental Health Month. By urging my public officials to prioritize suicide prevention, mental health and crisis care, I am hoping to influence collective change to support #MentalHealth4All.Right now, individuals in crisis are able to call 1-800-273-8255 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential…
Q. I have a favorite shirt. My wife nags me because it’s a bit tattered. How long should a man be allowed to wear his favorite shirt? -Leonard, Sun City A. There’s nothing as comfortable as a favorite shirt. You shouldn’t stop wearing it just because it has tatters. I have favorites that I’ve worn…
Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with a big extra: Thanks to the generosity of Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross, each TC new or renewed Membership receives discounts at the Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild on up to two meals per day for six months!So, become a Member, if you’re not already,…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats learned about Shorty’s adoption.Pepper: I keep hearing laughter and squealing. What is it?Whiskers: I hear it, too.Ellie: Relax! It’s just some humans visiting the three kittens. They are so entertaining.Miss Kitty: They make everyone laugh.Ellie: Have they been spoken for? I mean, do they…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The PGA is one of four “major” tournaments on the PGA Tour. The Idyllwild native has played the PGA seven times, posting three top-25s including two top-20s — his best being a tie for 12th…
70 years ago – 1951Opening of trout season was marred by severe weather and tragedy. Ten camping parties had to be rescued from Dark Canyon Campground and a boy froze to death when he attempted to hike out seeking help for his father who had suffered a heart attack. 65 years ago – 1956In a…
Stephanie YostICC board president The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) is reopening the Saturday Mountain Market in the parking lot of the Idyllwild Community Playground this coming Saturday, May 22. Market hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ICC has confirmed that our regular local and off-the-Hill vendors will be there, in addition to several new…
Ann SmithReporter What started as a normal Southern California spring day, Friday May 14, became an opportunity to educate a licensed attorney about the law as it pertains to the freedom of a journalist to attend a meeting on public property. Specifically, individuals in California must have access to public meetings and public records. The…
David Gotfredson, investigative producer with CBS News 8, published a story April 5 regarding a petition filed by Keith Harper, Lydia “Dia” Abrams’ self-proclaimed live-in boyfriend/fiancé, with the Riverside County court March 22 “asking a judge to appoint him successor trustee to the Abrams estate, as spelled out in the trust agreement. “The Dia Kenshalo…
Principal Matt Kraemer will be retiring at the end of June and handing over the job to current Idyllwild School sixth grade teacher Nicole Picchiottino. The newspaper ran a front-page story on her last week. Kraemer was with the Hemet Unified School District for 24 years. He was a teacher in Yuma, Arizona for 15…
