Nancy Nunez, proprietor of Nancy’s Boutique, returns to Idyllwild after a nine-month absence, this time in a new location next to INK Book Gathering on North Circle. Nunez said she retains her other store on State Street in Carlsbad Village and is happy to be back on the Hill. “I like the new location,” Nunez…
Santa’s Mail Box is now at the Idyllwild Post Office ready to receive letters from local children. Santa’s postal elves Kelsi Lehman, Christina Edwards, Postmaster Kelly Gates and Sherry Kaufman, present the box all ready for the first letters to Santa. Children may mail their letters to Santa up until noon Monday, Dec. 17, in order to reach the North Pole in time for Christmas. And every year, Santa gives the Town Crier permission to print some of the letters he receives from Idyllwild boys and girls in the newspaper.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit responded on Sunday, Nov. 25, to reports of a hiker lost near the Cactus to Clouds trail near the mountaintop station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Relatives alerted authorities around 10:40 p.m. when the hiker, identified as Louis E. Perez of Corona, failed to…
“These are tough times, but people came through for us last year and I hope they can do better this year,” said Firefighter Mark Spehar …
Tonight’s “This is This” conversation will be about local poverty. Mark Yardas, one of the discussion group’s founders, has arranged for several speakers to come and address the presence of poverty within the Idyllwild community. The evening is called “Local Poverty Summit.” Karen Patterson, executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center, will likely be the…
Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild presents five more speakers on issues of interest to pet owners, in their free educational series …
Since discovery of the invasive and dangerous Goldspotted oak borer in Idyllwild two weeks ago, scientists and professional responders from CAL FIRE and the Forest Service have been meeting to devise steps to contain the spread of the destructive beetle. Kevin Turner, Goldspotted oak borer coordinator at the University of California, Riverside, said the next…
Idyllwild’s traditional Tree Lighting Ceremony also benefited the Lemon Lily Festival, one of the town’s newest events …
The Garden Club’s 2013 board includes Toni Berthelotte, president; Erin O’Neill, 1st vice president; Antje Banks, Lilac Tea and parade chair;Wendy Read, Jr. Garden; David Pekrol, co-hospitality chair; Harold Voorheis, co-beautification; Ginny Millard, co-secretary; Edith Brix, membership; Eliz. Miller, 2nd vice president; Neill Bell, co-beautification; Patti Morgan, co-hospitality,; and presenter Mary Loeser. (Not shown are Dianne Johnson, co-secretary, Michael Feyder, co-beautification, Chic Fojtik and Ann Castillo, co-publicity chairs, and Patricia Schnetzer, treasurer.)
“It’s a wonderful community here — the administrators, staff, teachers, students alumni and governors and trustees,” began Faith Raiguel, chair of the Board of Governors for the Idyllwild Arts Academy. “Some live in the community and some off the Hill.” The board is meeting more frequently in the absence of a school head. They are…
