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  • Snow creates some havoc on Highway 74
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    Snow creates some havoc on Highway 74

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier reported three traffic collisions last week, two involving snow.At 5:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, Miriam Andrews, 65, of Idyllwild, was driving a silver 1998 Mercedes E320 eastbound from a private driveway and parking lot at an unknown speed when, for unknown reasons, she accelerated across Village Center…

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  • Town Crier Membership plusses
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    Town Crier Membership plusses

    ByJack Clark December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Please remember: Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with some nice extras. A fine one is discounts on up to two meals per day for six entire months at The Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild, supplied through the generosity of Red Kettle owners Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross. (Note to other businesses:…

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  • Advice for snow-play visitors
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    Advice for snow-play visitors

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    The U.S. Forest Service closed the Humber Park Trailhead parking lot last week to vehicles due to last week’s winter storm. “Once the parking lot road becomes iced over, many cars slide or get stuck in its steeper sections. Staff will monitor and reopen when/if conditions become safe again,” according to the San Bernardino National…

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  • Voter changes coming to Riverside County
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    Voter changes coming to Riverside County

    ByJP Crumrine December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Beginning with the June 2022 primary elections, hundreds of local polling sites within Riverside County may be gone. While there may be fewer sites on the Hill, the county confirms there will still be a voting center in Idyllwild.The decision to modify the county election process began a year ago with a review of the…

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  • COVID-19 Local Update: California-wide mask mandate; Omicron variant is taking over
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    COVID-19 Local Update: California-wide mask mandate; Omicron variant is taking over

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    On Monday, Dec. 13, a new, statewide California mask mandate for indoor public places was announced in effect from Wednesday, Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. As of press time last week, it was not clear how these mandatory measures apply to restaurants. Are restaurants exceptions? Or does the mandate apply to restaurants only until customers…

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  • New waste laws not likely to affect Idyllwild
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    New waste laws not likely to affect Idyllwild

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    By David JeromeCorrespondent A new state law, SB1383, mandating separation of compostable (“organic”) waste by homes and businesses, takes effect Jan. 1, but it is unlikely to affect Idyllwild. The law includes a number of exemptions jurisdictions (counties and cities) can apply for, including one for areas above 4,500-foot altitude. County officials are expected to…

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    Cloud seeding project presented at IWD meeting

    ByJP Crumrine December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    As a follow-up to the Town Crier’s story about the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority’s (SAWPA) plan to explore the use of a weather modification program to augment rainfall in Southern California, Idyllwild Water District (IWD) invited Mark Norton, SAWPA water resources and planning manager, to discuss the concept and pilot project at IWD’s Dec….

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    Board meetings mum on IFPD traffic collisions

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners’ last meeting of the year Tuesday, Dec. 14, was short with very little discussion except under Resolution 524, approving signatures for IFPD’s new PNC bank account. The traffic collisions in which IFPD vehicles were involved on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 finally appeared in the Fire…

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  • Holiday Closings
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    Holiday Closings

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

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  • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
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    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

    ByJP Crumrine December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    This year marks the 124th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We try to reprint it each year for the enjoyment…

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