The Stratford Players of Idyllwild announces it has been granted rights to perform the 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Last month, the Los Angeles production finished its extended run at the Mark Taper Forum. “I am thrilled!” said Marsha Kennedy, Stratford Players’ artistic director. “‘Vanya and…
The dreaded six-hour power outage affecting the town business area and many residential neighborhoods scheduled for Wednesday, April 16 was over before noon — two hours earlier than estimated. As reported earlier, Southern California Edison is upgrading its equipment at the Idyllwild substation, which will take its capacity from 4,000 to 12,000 volts. According to…
Have you ever asked yourself … Why do pines have both big and teeny, tiny cones? The answer lies in the basic biology of pine tree reproduction. Every conifer tree species produces male and female cones (usually both on the same tree). The male cones start out small and stay small, usually going pretty much…
Two stranded climbers were rescued from Tahquitz Rock last week. The young Orange County men wanted to climb the rock. “They did their research on how to get up,” said Les Walker of the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit, “but they didn’t do research on how to get down.” After getting to the top on Tuesday,…
The Idyllwild Water District is preparing to issue its last “will serve” letter until the current Stage 2 water emergency is over. During the April 16 meeting, General Manager Tom Lynch told the Board of Directors that Idyllwild Arts Academy has requested a “will serve” letter for construction of the proposed William M. Lowman Concert…
Editor: Well, here we go again with the Town Crier’s favorite subject, the Brown Act. Not only did we get a long article by Mr. Crumrine, but a passionate “Out Loud” column by Mrs. Clark. In her column, Clark includes a partial quote from a letter I submitted 16 weeks ago concerning the latest grand…
Mark Dean of Pine Cove finished the 118th Boston Marathon in less than four hours. His actual time of 3:55:31 resulted in finishing 328 for his age group (60-64 years) for which there were more than 1,600 racers. The total number of entrants exceeded 35,000 and Dean finished in 16,832th place. His overall pace was…
California State Senate District 28 is currently vacant and Idyllwild voters will see five names on the June 3 primary ballot. Democratic candidates are Philip Drucker of La Quinta and Anna Nevenic of Palm Springs. On the other side are three Republicans — Bonnie Garcia of Cathedral City, Glenn Miller of Indio and Jeff Stone…
This is the first in a series of editorial articles explaining the major provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, California’s local-government open-meeting laws. This week’s article addresses some of the more basic questions and answers. The “Ralph M. Brown Act” is the official statutory name for California Government Code sections 54950 through 54963. These…
