“Residents of the mountain community of Idyllwild have spoken, and ARF’s [Animal Rescue Friends] executive board has listened. By popular demand, Mayor Max’s term of office has been extended for another year,” Janice Murasko announced in an email Saturday.
Four more Goldspotted oak borer-infested trees have been identified in Idyllwild. When authorities identified the first infested tree here in November, they expressed hope that it was an isolated incident. Authorities no longer believe the outbreak is limited. Since tree one was on Highway 243, it appears to have been almost certainly infested from firewood…
A significant step toward realizing the Idyllwild Community Center and the Butterfield Family Center was taken Monday, Feb. 11. The Mount San Jacinto Community Center board has been reformulated, as David Butterfield said last month. The current members of the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council, the operational entity, under the legal umbrella of the MSJCC, appointed…
Plenty of snow and sun …
Idyllwild residents Charles and Stephanie Johnston welcomed Jacob T. Johnston into the world as Idyllwild’s first baby of 2013. Jacob made his debut at 4:35 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Desert Regional Hospital in Palm Springs. Jacob weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces and measured 19 inches in length. Jacob is Stephanie’s first…
None of the Hill’s weather sites seem to be recording the precipitation except for the James Reserve …
The Idyllwild Garden Club is joining with other forces on and off the Hill to take a proactive part in battling the Goldspotted oak borer infestation. Club President Toni Berthelotte says that many of the club members will be manning phones and placing call backs to answer questions and give valuable information to callers. The…
Welcome Kayanna Warren to the Hill. She is the new forester for the San Jacinto Ranger District. Warren is a 2013 graduate of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She has been an ecology and biology geek since grade school, she said proudly. “We [she and her parents] lived 25 miles from Portland…
After finishing my first article on the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 (see the Jan. 10 issue of the Town Crier) I realized that there were several important provisions that I still needed to discuss. Cancellation of indebtedness income is taxable unless an exclusion applies. The principal residence exclusion for up to $2 million…
And then there was one. Paws up to Noah, the male puppy for wiggling, wagging, and wishing your way right into a forever home. That leaves Olivia, four months old and ready to snuggle right into your arms. These puppies are in Mt. Pawley Tech U. here in Idyllwild, and are A+ students. Baby Girl…
