No problems with any of the school buildings or transportation fleet
Cellar 46 closes abruptly, are high rents to blame?
School leaders have just weeks to finalize project list for April bond issue vote.
Condos, tiny older homes pull down sale price average.
Lawrence Raymond Lunden was a true Mercer Island pioneer. Lunden, 90, died Dec. 23 after crossing Island Crest Way and being struck by a passing car.
Most Islanders received the Mercer Island School District’s annual report for the 2010-2011 academic year in the mail last week.
The decisions that must be made in order to place a bond for new schools on the April 17 ballot need to be made soon.
With no fanfare, Cellar 46 closed silently over the holiday weekend. The website for Cellar 46 simply states, “Thank you for the many great years. We are no longer open for business.”
In 19th and 20th century America, the circus reached its height as a popular art form, and was one of the greatest sources of entertainment before the age of television. Circus acts still exist, as do circus schools and performers; you just don’t hear that much about them anymore.
Band leaves Wednesday for their third appearance in the Tournament of Roses Parade
The Friendship Circle on Mercer Island just completed its second annual Wraps Toy Drive, donating over 700 toys to special needs and foster children throughout King County. The Friendship Circle Wraps is a time when “kids give to kids.”
The year started out with the Mercer Island High School’s Marching Band making the sojourn to London to participate in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. The honor was almost squelched by bad weather that caused flight delays, but the entire band made it by the skin of their teeth, and performed gloriously.
Most of us have a jar at home, filled with pocket change that we take for granted. Even kids have a piggy bank filled with change. So what if all those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters could go to use for a better cause?
