The Seattle Humane Society and Safeway are working together to help make sure pets don’t go without food this holiday season. The food will fill the shelves of the Humane Society’s Pet Food Bank.
King County Executive Dow Constantine today applauded proposed new federal rules that would require all wireless carriers, as well as telephone text messaging applications, to deliver emergency 9-1-1 text messages in areas where emergency call centers are capable of receiving them
A bicycle is displayed in a window of Veloce Velo, all lit up for Christmas, on 77th Avenue S.E.
A newborn King County child died from pertussis, which is commonly known as whooping cough, on Dec. 13. In 2012 to date there were 752 confirmed cases of pertussis reported among King County residents, the highest number in over a decade.
I want to thank you for your store circular inserted in the Mercer Island Reporter this past week.
Mercer Island’s Islander Middle School is participating with the City of Bellevue’s Youth Link Kids Care Coat drive through the middle of January.
A 27-year-old man pretending to be a potential buyer of a residence in the 6400 block of East Mercer Way, adjacent to Pioneer Park, stole the homeowner’s cell phone.
Police and school officials will look again at safety, emergency measures here.
The cause of the fire appears to be accidental, according to the MIFD, but the incident is still being investigated. Damage is estimated to be around $100,000.
Each year members of the King County Libraries team choose the top books of 2012. This year the selection was made by the Materials Selection Team.
The National PTA and the Connecticut PTSA are working to help the community and Sandy Hook PTA, and are asking for help from local schools and PTA’s.
On Nov. 14, the Metropolitan King County Council adopted a 2013 King County Budget.
The adopted $7.6 billion budget includes a $685 million General Fund Budget, of which 73 percent is directed toward public safety and criminal justice programs.
The next meeting is set for Jan. 8, 2013, and will feature a talk about crime and crime prevention on Mercer Island. Mercer Island police officers Griffin and Jira will speak.