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Teachers OK contract | 7 percent say no, early release days to change
The Mercer Island Education Association tallied their votes Aug. 30, and with a strong 93 percent of yes…
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Running Start students to pay
Initiated by the legislature in 1990, Running Start is a program intended to provide public high school students…
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Mercer Island mansion doesn’t sell at auction
The sun came out on Tuesday just as auctioneer Lanny Thomas with J.P. King Auction Company began the…
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Mercer Island Education Association ratifies contract with district
The Mercer Island Education Association tallied their votes August 30, and with a strong 93 percent of yes…
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Islander pride takes over Battle Ground
A new marching band in the Vancouver area needed uniforms. Their colors are maroon and white. The Mercer…
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Mercer Islanders ’go to the sun’ and beyond in epic Harley ride
Spectacular scenery, the wind in their faces and time to get lost in their own thoughts, were just…
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BLI Music becomes Mercer Island Music
No doubt you’ve seen the sculpture of a bicycle and a cello on Island Crest Way at 82nd…
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More than vegetables at Mercer Island farmers market
Jennifer Argraves and her husband, Louis Sukovaty, are both engineers by trade. When they started their small family…
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High school students get jump on careers with networking program
Mercer Island High School senior, Ian Munro, will be splitting his last year of high school between MIHS…
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Crowd of 200 chants ‘jobs for all’
Protestors gathered on Thursday morning on the corner of 78th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 28th Street.
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Alpenland’s unique recipe for success
The word is out that Alpenland Delicatessen and Restaurant, a venerable Mercer Island institution, is for sale.
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Mercer Islander goes ‘over the edge’ for Special Olympics
Julie Gardner and her husband, Joe Salvo, of Mercer Island have lived adventurous lives, working in the foreign…
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‘Learning Garden’ at Mercer Island Library is open
Volunteers started working last Wednesday on the new Early Learning Garden at the Mercer Island Library, to have…