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    Articles by Celina Kareiva
    A new home for Country Village Preschool
    A new home for Country Village Preschool
    By Celina Kareiva • April 22, 2014 7:59 pm

    After the bittersweet news that they and other daycare facilities would have to move after the school district seized back property at its North Mercer Campus, Country Village Day School may have a home in sight.

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    City to revisit Coval application
    City to revisit Coval application
    By Celina Kareiva • April 22, 2014 7:29 pm

    Staff recommends Planning Commission reopen public hearing process

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    Tho Tran
    Phobulous snags Seattle chef
    By Celina Kareiva • April 22, 2014 7:25 pm

    Tho Tran can remember cooking even as a teenager in a Thai refugee camp. Born in Vietnam, Tran would watch his mother, memorizing the careful cadence of her movements as she weighed out ingredients.

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    Like other communities, City may charge fee for costly false alarms
    Like other communities, City may charge fee for...
    By Celina Kareiva • April 15, 2014 5:49 pm

    City Council considers new policy for false alarms

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    Island police to test new patrol schedule
    Island police to test new patrol schedule
    By Celina Kareiva • April 15, 2014 5:46 pm

    The pilot program will be in effect through December of 2015 when the Police Guild revisits its bargaining agreement.

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    Eighteen single fee town homes are planned for north of Mercerdale Park.
    Developer says condos are not for everyone
    By Celina Kareiva • April 15, 2014 5:37 pm

    Townhomes planned for hillside will be 1,900 to 2,200 square feet

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    The new entrance to the VFW Hall.
    VFW hall starts work on Patriots Plaza
    By Celina Kareiva • April 15, 2014 5:20 pm

    The Island’s VFW Hall, the Keewaydin Clubhouse, is undergoing a facelift complete with a new open-air plaza and a freedom stone commemorating veterans passed.

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    What a renovated interior may look like at the Mercer Island Library
    Citizen advisory group meets with library planners
    By Celina Kareiva • March 18, 2014 8:38 pm

    KCLS staff and a ten-person citizen advisory committee met on March 10 to advance remodel plans for the Mercer Island library.

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    This rendering shows five new townhomes on the slope behind the old Islander Restaurant location on S.E. 27th Street.
    Five new town homes on S.E. 27th Street
    By Celina Kareiva • March 18, 2014 8:36 pm

    A five-unit hillside townhome project goes before design commission.

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    New performance hall at SJCC offers both art, opportunity
    New performance hall at SJCC offers both art,...
    By Celina Kareiva • March 11, 2014 6:37 pm

    Director hopes that new theater will be taken into account as YTN proposal moves ahead.

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    Ten to work with Library
    Ten to work with Library
    By Celina Kareiva • March 11, 2014 5:12 pm

    Deputy Mayor appoints Islanders to work with KCLS on library redesign.

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    Coalition for Open Government seeks to improve transparency
    Coalition for Open Government seeks to improve transparency
    By Celina Kareiva • March 11, 2014 4:40 pm

    Washington’s Coalition for Open Government hosted its annual conference at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center, drawing journalists, “citizen reporters” and a host of guest speakers to both reinforce the importance of access to public records and discuss the evolving policy around it.

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    Daycares given notice to vacate
    Daycares given notice to vacate
    By Celina Kareiva • March 4, 2014 5:50 pm

    Little Acorn and Country Village get 180-day notice last Friday to leave North Mercer campus.

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