The Metropolitan King County Council gave its unanimous support on Monday, April 8 for the expansion of the County’s successful Mental Health Recovery Model to include substance abuse services.
Daffodils bloom at Mercerdale Park in early April.
Through the deliberate and innovative schooling he received, Jim Holt was able to learn. He became a cherished student and friend.
The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors will have its regular April meeting on Thursday, April 11. The meeting will begin with a special joint session with the City Council.
Your elementary-aged daughter likes playing by herself at school. She talks most when she is with her family. She doesn’t have many friends. Her teachers say she’s shy and avoids the other kids during recess.
An unknown person entered a 21-year-old man’s first-floor bedroom in the 9400 block of S.E. 47th Street at 2 a.m. The resident inquired who was there and the trespasser left the room.
Zachariah Rosenberg, 3, plays on the fire truck at Luther Burbank Park in the early spring sunshine.
King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a new King County Parks Foundation in partnership with Laird Norton Wealth Management based on an initial gift of $75,000 and a goal of raising $7.5 million for legacy projects over the next decade. King County Parks is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
The U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday, April 10, that it will be withdrawing its plan to end Saturday mail service.
In its effort to fight tolls on Interstate 90, the City of Mercer Island has spend about $125,000 to date out of a budget approved for the work of $150,000.
The Mercer Island Sister City Association’s annual Soirée to celebrate the Island’s jumelage (sister city relationship) with Thonon-les-Bains, France, and raise funds for scholarship and other programs will be held on May 17 at Kaspar’s Restaurant.
The Washington state Department of Health is warning people that several types of frozen food products from Farm Rich, Market Day, and Schwan’s brands have been recalled due to possible contamination with E. coli. The products were distributed widely throughout Washington.
The Washington State Senate passed its $33.2 billion budget late Friday, featuring no new taxes but roughly $1 billion to fund education.