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    Articles by Katie Metzger
    Mercer Island City Council looks to bridge budget gaps by closing criminal justice fund
    Mercer Island City Council looks to bridge budget...
    By Katie Metzger • March 27, 2017 12:00 pm

    Through what one council member called “extracurricular legal research,” Mercer Island found a way to reduce its projected budget deficits…

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    Mercer Island seniors get savvy about scams
    Mercer Island seniors get savvy about scams
    By Katie Metzger • March 23, 2017 12:00 pm

    When Covenant Shores resident Ann-Mari got a distressing call from her granddaughter, who said she was stuck in a foreign…

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    Mercer Island ends suspension of Sound Transit shoreline permit
    Mercer Island ends suspension of Sound Transit shoreline...
    By Katie Metzger • March 17, 2017 1:15 pm

    On March 17, the city of Mercer Island withdrew the suspension of the shoreline substantial development permit issued to Sound…

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    Mercer Island explores relationship between arts and parks
    Mercer Island explores relationship between arts and parks
    By Katie Metzger • March 16, 2017 10:15 am

    Update: The Mercer Island City Council voted 4-3 to keep the Parks and Recreation Department name as is at its…

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    Mercer Island Chamber celebrates changing of the guard
    Mercer Island Chamber celebrates changing of the guard
    By Katie Metzger • March 15, 2017 12:15 pm

    More than 70 members of the Mercer Island business community attended a reception Thursday to send off retiring Chamber of…

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    Sound Transit’s challenge to Mercer Island lawsuit gets second hearing
    Sound Transit’s challenge to Mercer Island lawsuit gets...
    By Katie Metzger • March 13, 2017 10:30 am

    Update: The city ended the suspension of the shoreline permit on March 17.

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    Local author to share inspirational story at Island Books
    Local author to share inspirational story at Island...
    By Katie Metzger • March 10, 2017 11:45 am

    Nine years ago, after being rendered quadriplegic from a bicycling accident, Islander James Osborne couldn’t touch his fingertips together. Now,…

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    Chamber changes | Mercer Island community is invited to Thursday reception
    Chamber changes | Mercer Island community is invited...
    By Katie Metzger • March 8, 2017 3:00 pm

    At the March 2 Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce meeting, board members Emmett Maloof and Ralph Swanson announced that the…

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    Jewish community on high alert after bomb threats
    Jewish community on high alert after bomb threats
    By Katie Metzger • March 8, 2017 10:30 am

    Mercer Island’s JCC was one of 23 targeted last Monday.

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    Mercer Island firefighters to climb up Columbia Center for cancer research
    Mercer Island firefighters to climb up Columbia Center...
    By Katie Metzger • March 7, 2017 11:15 am

    Ten Mercer Island firefighters are participating in the 26th annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb on March 12, ascending 69 flights of…

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    City identifies alternative funding opportunities in Island Crest Park
    City identifies alternative funding opportunities in Island Crest...
    By Katie Metzger • March 2, 2017 10:00 am

    At its Feb. 21 meeting, the Mercer Island City Council heard about options for enhanced funding opportunities to make improvements…

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    Historic homes hit the Mercer Island market
    Historic homes hit the Mercer Island market
    By Katie Metzger • March 1, 2017 11:30 am

    A large waterfront property in Mercer Island formerly owned by Margaret Engstrom Quarles, who lived on the Island for more…

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    I-90 debate escalates in region, state as Sound Transit board votes to countersue Mercer Island
    I-90 debate escalates in region, state as Sound...
    By Katie Metzger • February 28, 2017 11:45 am

    News of Mercer Island’s legal action regarding access to Interstate 90 has reached local media outlets, the Sound Transit Board…

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