Dear editor:During an election the editor chose to write a very long letter in the paper last week while it lacked statements from school board candidates as they have done in the past.When I read what appears to be generalizations, I felt it is best to rise above and investigate. Yes, ironic that a newspaper…
Dear editor:I’m not an Idyllwild resident. I live in L.A. My boyfriend works at Idyllwild Arts and we’ve been sheltering in place back and forth during the pandemic over the past few months.I started reading your paper every week that I’m here and always look forward to spending a few quiet moments with it, reading…
Winter is just around the corner, and COVID-19 is still around, too. Both tourists and Hill folk will need to know what changes Hill businesses are planning for their days and hours of operation. The Town Crier will be spreading that message.Remember that, in addition to the newspapers being read on the Hill, the TC…
It’s October. The air is a bit cooler and the breezes are fresh. We trying to stay COVID-free, are either taking or avoiding taking our flu shots, and perhaps, deciding about the pneumonia vaccine. Maybe we are even thinking about the health awareness topics for October.October is that month annually when our health awareness topics…
Currently, the county remains in the red tier of the state’s tier system after moving from the purple to the red tier three weeks ago on Sept. 22.“State officials on Tuesday announced that Riverside County would stay in the red tier during the ‘adjudication process’ and see whether the county can reduce its case rate…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats visited with Wyatt, a recent ARF adoptee.Hurley: (entering the office) Hello? Is anyone here?Whiskers: (entering the office) Wow! First, we saw Wyatt last week and now we have Hurley!Sadie: Son of a gun! How are you Hurley? You were adopted not too long ago, right?Hurley:…
70 years ago – 1950A Town Crer story, “We’re News in New York,” informed readers that a recent New York Herald editorial urged Secretary of the Interior Chapman to defend the San Jacinto wild area from “the encroachment of those who would threaten a great wilderness now successfully preserved.” 65 years ago – 1955A record…
By Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines GolfAssociation handicap chairmanContributed The Palms to Pines Golf Association played its regular monthly tourney and second round of playoffs for Club Champion at Menifee Lakes Country Club on the Lakes Course on Friday, Sept. 18.In the A Flight, 4-man, single-elimination playoffs, Norm Kyriss (6 handicap) beat Gary Brown (14…
After a three-week layoff, Brendan Steele missed the cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open by a single stroke.That “stroke” came in the form of a one-stroke penalty in a bunker on the 10th fairway on Friday — possibly his clubhead touched the sand as he set up.The Idyllwild native drove well and he…
We all should be receiving official election ballots in the mail now. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office has designated the Idyllwild Library as an official ballot drop-off location for completed ballots. From now through Election Day, Nov. 3, two registrar of voters employees will be accepting completed ballots from voters in the Library’s…
