The protest hearing on the proposed elimination of County Service Area 60 (Pinyon Pines and Pinyon Flats) attracted no speakers or objections. The Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission held the hearing on Tuesday, April 24. According to George Spiliotis, executive officer of the commission, no written objections were submitted either. “We will prepare the…
“Life always gives more than it takes away,” mused Gary Kuscher with a wistful glance. Born into a family of artists, his parents both Broadway actors, Kuscher majored in music, he even blew the sax with Ernie Watts — but piano was his first love. “While I can no longer caress my piano with that…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” Panther announced Little Girl’s adoption. Panther: We have a new dog! Everyone get in here to meet the new dog! Shay: Yippee! Another dog! Who is it? Panther: Meet Baby. Baby: (enters room) Hello, everyone! I’m Baby, and I’m very happy to be here. Mr. Gray: Nice…
The team of Brendan Steele and Jamie Lovemark scored a tie-for-10th place finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last week. The native Idyllwilder is in the midst of a fine season. In 12 official PGA Tour events entered thus far, he has scored seven top-20 finishes, which included three top-10s, two top-fives and…
Baseball Mike Holato of Town Hall gave this report on Youth Baseball: The schedule for Opening Day Saturday, May 5, is: 9 a.m. T Ball Dodgers vs. Giants 10:30 a.m. Minors As vs. Blue Jays noon Minors Braves vs. Red Sox 1:30 p.m. Majors …
June public hearing scheduled Another public hearing concerning increasing fees for Hill residents has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 19. The Riverside County Department of Environmental Health plans to increase the trash-service fees for Idyllwild, Anza and Pinyon. The last trash-service increase was July 2010, according to the county. The current annual fee of $116.88…
The Idyllwild Community Center has met a major milestone, one for which the community has waited several years. The official groundbreaking for work on the project will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at the ICC site. And immediately following this ceremony, the dedication of Idypark will take place in the center of town. Nearly…
Town Hall up for sale Recreation activities continue to be popular, Bob Lewis, director of the Idyllwild Community Center recreation program, reported to the Advisory Committee for County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild and Fern Valley) last Thursday night. For example, the Youth Baseball program has 106 players, from kindergarten to middle school, on 10 teams…
“Dear Elizabeth” by Sarah Ruhl is a theatrical adaptation from letters that passed between writers Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Touted as one of the greatest exposés between two American literary giants spanning a period of 30 years, the play is culled and scripted from more than 800 letters of intricate friendship and supportive critique,…
The Idyllwild Town Crier was a finalist in two categories of the 2017 California Journalism Awards, sponsored by the California News Publishers Association. J.P. Crumrine’s story “San Jacinto Fault very active” was a finalist in the Enterprise News Story or Series category. Staff members Halie Wilson, Lisa Streeter, Becky Clark and Mandy Johnson were finalists…
