By Idyllwild Community FundContributed The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) invites nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving Idyllwild and surrounding mountain communities to apply for 2021 grant funding by March 23. For the past 25 years, ICF has disbursed over $300,000 in funds to 30-plus nonprofits and their programs that directly engage, support and enhance our mountain community….
During Women’s History month we recognize women’s role in disease prevention through innovation and influencing practices that are more important than ever today.We often think a simple action like frequent handwashing is petty when it comes to preventing disease and staying healthy. We couldn’t be more wrong.Simple hand hygiene is the single most important factor…
Dear editor:“Kid Scoop” in the Feb. 25 issue of The Town Crier (pg. B2) shows a picture of Madame C.J. Walker, not Mary Ann Shadd, the 19th century Delaware-born free woman, abolitionist, lawyer and newspaper publisher.While Shadd and Walker are accomplished in their respective fields, they are not interchangeable, and they don’t particularly look alike…
Melissa Diaz Hernandez has helmed the Town Crier as editor for going on two years now. For the past year, she has championed the causes of missing persons connected with our Hill, each week publishing the information we had on each of the most recent cases and hoping that perhaps some new Town Crier reader…
By Mark KreidlerKaiser Health News [UPDATED on March 6]Brandon Dell’Orto listened to the comments and complaints as the school board meeting dragged on hour after hour. Many parents were angry. Their kids were sad, bored, borderline depressed, fed up with a school model that didn’t allow them to be on campus every day. The parents…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.Idyllwild• Feb. 28 — Medical aid, 4:12 p.m. Pine Crest Ave.• Feb. 28 — Medical aid, 4:59 p.m. N. Circle Dr.• Feb. 28 — Medical aid, 7:35 p.m. Lilac Ln.• Feb. 28 — Medical aid, 11:57 p.m. Saunders Meadow Rd.• March 1 — Medical…
Recently, the county announced that transitional kindergarten through sixth grade can resume in-person instruction with approved COVID-19 prevention plans because the county has less than 25 cases per 100,000 residents.The Hemet Unified School District Board voted on the “approval of the instructional model and timeline to return to hybrid in-person instruction” at its Tuesday night…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats learned that most all of them have been adopted.Whiskers: Finally! We have two new four-leggeds here at ARF.Pepper: And I must say, they are super cute.Whiskers: First, we have an adorable kitten who is probably between 3 and 4 months old.Pepper: Yes, that is Yami…
70 years ago – 1951The Forest Service announced that, beginning in summer, it would issue a special certificate to everyone who climbed to the Tahquitz Lookout. They would be issued a membership card in the “Ancient and Honorable Order of Squirrels.” 65 years ago – 1956All Hill residents were invited to a baby shower given…
Idyllwild Arts Academy student Shukhrat Turdikhodjaev is one of 112 southern California high school semifinalists in The Music Center’s 33rd annual Spotlight Program.Turdikhodjaev is a semifinalist in the jazz instrumental category.“Each semifinalist will audition virtually again before a new panel of judges, who will then select the top two finalist performers in each category for…
