The board of supervisors will consider major changes to Riverside County’s procedures for regulating temporary events (Ordinance 348, section XIX) at an upcoming meeting. A draft ordinance has been prepared and Planning Department staff intend to present it to the board at its Oct. 19 meeting. Since the section for temporary events is three pages…
Hemet Unified School District’s online Dashboard is posted daily. It shows key COVID statistics for each of the district’s schools on a rolling, two-current-week basis. On Thursday, Sept. 30, HUSD’s daily Dashboard showed Idyllwild School had by far the highest COVID infection percentage in its combined student/staff population of any school in HUSD. Specifically, 6.84%…
On Sept. 2, they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, having married in 1961 in Lake Arrowhead Community Church. But it was this Hill where they spent most of their married life working, volunteering, living and raising their four children Steven, Bonnie, Brian and Martha. Michael Alan Pearson, 83, and Emily Martha Pearson, 78, succumbed to…
At its Sept. 21 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the first phase for the Idyllwild and San Jacinto Mountains Emergency Outdoor Warning System and Travelers’ Information Stations. “They have taken a first step for what will be an absolute beneficial product for those living and visiting the Hill,” said Idyllwild Fire Chief…
“Last Saturday’s Pine Cove Clean Up was a successful first step to help property owners in Pine Cove rid their property of unsightly trash,” said Pine Cove Property Owners Association President Richard Schwartz.PCPOA and Pine Cove Water District co-sponsored the one-day event.PCPOA members even picked up trash from the curbs of property owners who were…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Several local groups distributing free and low-cost food on the Hill received a set-back this week with news that they would not be receiving their usual distribution from the Western Eagle Foundation. Directors of these groups heard that Western Eagle Foundation has “lost a donor.”This has affected Mountain Communities Mutual Aid in…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Saturday to Friday, Sept. 18 to 24. • Sept. 18 — Public service assist, 12:05 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• Sept. 18 — No incident found on arrival at dispatch address, 4 p.m. Hwy. 74.• Sept. 19 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 4:23 a.m….
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier gave more information on a collision that occurred Tuesday, Sept. 14, whose report was incomplete last week.At 8:30 a.m. that day, Daniel Maya, 26, of Idyllwild, was driving a silver 2006 Ford E350 van northbound on Cedar Street when at 100 feet south of North Circle Drive,…
The Town Crier continues to serve our community because of supporting advertising and our Membership model. Both are essential to our newspaper’s existence. More than 2,000 U.S. newspapers have disappeared during the past 15 years, and we don’t want the Town Crier to join them.The Town Crier is distributed to 10 locations around our Hill,…
The regularly scheduled Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors meeting, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 16, was canceled. The next regular board meeting is planned for 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the district office, 26385 Fairview Ave., Hemet.
