During last Saturday’s Corks & Hops event, members of the Crestline Lions Club gave out free cold water. This coming Saturday, July 20, they will be giving out free hot dogs in the Goodwin’s Market parking lot as their way of thanking the community for their...
Remembering Sonja Miller-Kaplan
Sonja Miller-Kaplan was born on January 1, 1934, in Manhattan, NY. She passed away on May 2, 2024, in Running Springs, where she had lived since 1980. Sonja was preceded in death by her husband, Rudy C. Kaplan. She is survived by three siblings: her sister, Vera G....
‘Art Festival Among the Forest’ debuts
By Julianne Homokay Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Our mountain community keeps getting richer. On Sunday, July 7 at the Community Center in Cedarpines Park, “Art Festival Among the Forest” made its inaugural run. It included music, food stations and artisan...
The hunt is on for the biggest pine cone!
Have you started your hunt for the biggest pine cone yet? There is still time to find the longest or the heaviest and enter it in this year’s Pine Cone Festival contest. The annual Pine Cone Festival is just around the corner. Vendors and performers are getting ready...
Serrano to lead County Fire’s Mountain Divisio
San Bernardino County Fire Chief Dan Munsey has appointed Jason Serrano to the position of assistant chief of the Mountain Division. Chief Serrano will oversee fire, rescue and emergency medical response for the division, which includes the communities of Crestline,...
RIM OF THE WORLD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT – Trustees move forward with new cell phone policy
By Mary-Justine Lanyon After Amanda Markovich, president of the Rim Teachers Association, reported to the board of trustees at the June 27 meeting that many teachers were working at summer jobs “to help make ends meet,” Trustee Scott Craft expressed his opinion. “The...
Remembering loved ones with a special rose
Each summer, Mountains Community Hospital hosts a special observance to honor loved ones who have passed away. This heartfelt event, organized by the Mountains Community Hospital Auxiliary, takes place in the serene setting of the hospital’s Rose Garden, overlooking...
Fostering the talent of mountain musicians
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Several years ago, open mic nights were a weekly event at the Lake Arrowhead Village Pizza Deli on the upper level of Lake Arrowhead Village. A number of up-and-coming mountain musicians got their start by playing there for fellow musicians and...











