The Mercer Island boys basketball played strong against a tough Lakeside team on Thursday in the SeaKing District semifinals, but fell 68-61 to the Lions.
Mercer Islanders need to redirect the argument against tolling I-90 away from themselves. There are many great reasons not to toll the I-90 bridge. So let’s not whine; let’s argue the real case against tolls and create allies in this fight.
President’s Day is Monday, Feb. 18, and because of the holiday several local offices will be closed.
Mercer Island student Victoria Gersch is featured in the new CORE Theatrics production of FAME Jr.
An unknown vehicle struck a City of Mercer Island power junction and irrigation box, tearing it from its base, in a center median in front of Jacksons gas station sometime Friday morning.
A tree at S.E. 44th Street and 90th Avenue S.E., near the library, is decorated for Valentine’s Day.
Look for tax forms and more at the library and post office.
We are strong advocates that the end of the new SR-520 bridge to Montlake should not be completed until full funding is available for extension to I-5.
The Mercer Island Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital will be hosting a work party on Feb. 15 to prepare the 2013 Mercer Island Directories.
Disney Education Productions announced on Tuesday, Feb. 12, that the studio will be giving away copies of the movie ‘Lincoln,’ starring Daniel Day Lewis, to all high school and middle school students across the United States.
In honor of Wednesday’s Giving from the Heart breakfast, which helps to support Mercer Island Youth and Family Services, 12 local Mercer Island businesses will be donating 20 percent of their proceeds today to MIYFS.
Unfortunately, what is lost and not considered in the tolling arguments are the impacts upon those people who are on tight budgets, and live or work on Mercer Island, or are required to traverse across Mercer Island.
We all need love. Mostly, we look for love in the form of another human being. What we forget about on Valentine’s Day is the unconditional love from our pets.