Editor: In response to a reader’s letter last week, we want to clarify that Quiet Skies Idyllwild’s prime goal is to redirect commercial air traffic away from the Hill, a quality-of-life issue quite separate from aircraft used in first-response efforts against the Cranston Fire. In the post-fire period, commercial jet overflights resumed their “normal” frequency,…
Editor: We are so grateful for all firefighter and first responder heroes who just saved our community. They were able to do this because they spent the past five years since the Mountain Fire with multiple organizations working together perfecting a plan. They were able to instantly put that plan in place due to years…
Editor: To the girl in the black SUV in front of Fairway at 1 p.m. the day of the fire: I appreciate you stopping and telling me to vacate immediately as this was an arsonist who lit multiple fires and you gave me information on directions, etc. We had an early lunch (11:30 a.m.) at…
Editor: (With a bow to Jeff Foxworthy.) When the rain on your windshield is pink, you might be a fire survivor. When you can be sure all of your neighbors have clean refrigerators, you might be a fire survivor. When your marshmallows get roasted on the way home from the market, you might be a…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats chatted about the new dogs and cats. Panther: Guess things are now back to normal after that scary fire. Freda: Right. We are back to waiting for our forever families to find us. Panther: Don’t know about you, but I’ve been charming the heck…
70 years ago – 1948 The district school board accepted a bid of $80,272 for a new Idyllwild School building. Work was to be completed in six months. 65 years ago – 1953 The first production of a Shakespearean play in the history of Idyllwild occurred when “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was presented at the…
Editor: We are incredibly grateful to the Town Crier for keeping the community informed about important events occurring on our mountain, and especially the coverage you’ve provided in the last several days about the Cranston Fire. We want to provide you with an update about Idyllwild Arts, to share with our community. As you undoubtedly…
Editor: I sincerely hope that all of you who have been complaining about the aircraft noise are able to appreciate the current aircraft noise that is saving our town. Mim Andrews Idyllwild
Editor: A couple months ago, my wife and I moved from the dirty dirty of Hollywood to the mile-high mountain town of Idyllwild. The difference has been night and day, both mentally and physically, and my daily dog walks are no longer of an anxiety-inducing nature because, duh, I was now in rural nature and…
I had forgotten to turn up the volume on the scanner in my office, when Jack called me on my cell phone Wednesday just before noon. He was in Mountain Center seeing smoke. JP was in Hemet on errands. Steven King also was off the Hill. Jenny Kirschner wasn’t responding to text messaging. Holly was…
