Town Hall up for sale Recreation activities continue to be popular, Bob Lewis, director of the Idyllwild Community Center recreation program, reported to the Advisory Committee for County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild and Fern Valley) last Thursday night. For example, the Youth Baseball program has 106 players, from kindergarten to middle school, on 10 teams…
The Idyllwild Town Crier was a finalist in two categories of the 2017 California Journalism Awards, sponsored by the California News Publishers Association. J.P. Crumrine’s story “San Jacinto Fault very active” was a finalist in the Enterprise News Story or Series category. Staff members Halie Wilson, Lisa Streeter, Becky Clark and Mandy Johnson were finalists…
About 5:30 a.m. Friday, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake occurred about 4 miles south of Idyllwild. The original estimate was a 3.4-magnitude quake. The quake rumbled for several seconds before ending in a boom. No major damage has been reported. The tremor was felt from Murrieta and Temecula in the west and east to Indio based on…
The main organizer of the Soroptimist’s Idyllwild Christmas Tree Lighting, Phyllis Mueller, announced her retirement last week in a letter to the whole community. “I don’t think I have ever done anything in my life that was so outwardly greatly appreciated by so many,” she wrote. “So thank you, I appreciate that so much.” As…
The whole purpose of the Membership model was to turn the Town Crier into a viable, ongoing newspaper that can be acquired and continued by younger publishers. You, our readers, have responded in droves, clearly voicing that you want a vibrant, genuine community newspaper continuing to serve our community. We are not far from…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 15 to 21. Idyllwild • April 15 — Suspicious person, 4:29 a.m., 54000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • April 15 — Petty theft, 9:33 a.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243. Report taken. •…
A solo-vehicle, non-injury collision occurred Saturday afternoon on Highway 74 just east of Apple Canyon Road, blocking the eastbound lane, according to the California Highway Patrol. At 3:26 p.m. Saturday, April 21, a white 2003 Nissan Frontier driven by Joel Hernandez, 53, of Rialto, was driving east when the vehicle rolled due to an unsafe…
Brian Standish, 50, of Idyllwild, was arrested in April 2017 for grand theft greater than $950. On March 6, nearly a year later, he pleaded guilty to the felony charge. However, he did not appear in court for sentencing as scheduled for April 6. He was present at an April 17 court date, but Riverside…
Budget surplus expected The Fern Valley Water District easily approved the location of a new disaster assistance station in the upper Fern Valley neighborhood last Friday. Mike Feyder, president of Idyllwild’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness group, and Thom Wallace, director, approached the FVWD board in July 2017 about their interest in adding another DAS in…
Reserves, pipelines, transparency all actions taken Besides recommending annual increases for water and sewer rates over the next five years and a proposed fiscal year 2018-19 budget, the board of the Idyllwild Water District addressed several other matters during its April 18 meeting. (For rates, see accompanying story on page A1.) Reserves In other budget…
