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Aubrey Davis Park on Mercer Island in fall. Natalie DeFord/staff photo

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Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan to gather community feedback.

Plan necessary for state grants.

Mercer Island City Hall. File photo

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Mercer Island city council procedural changes

New meeting time, edited rules.

In their Mercer Island home, Pat and Dan Braman pose with a flier asking friends and family to plant 80 trees for their 80th birthdays and to help the environment. Natalie DeFord/staff photo

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‘What could 80 years do for a tree?’

Mercer Island couple wants 80 trees planted for their 80th birthdays.

Courtesy photo Eldergrow program administrator Katy Dittmer works with Covenant Living at the Shores resident Althea Esterley at the community’s new indoor mobile sensory garden during at Jan. 17 kickoff event.

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Growing smiles

New indoor sensory garden at Covenant Living at the Shores on Mercer Island.

Mercer Island City Hall. File photo

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City’s financial crisis a major topic going into the new year

Mercer Island council planning session included budgeting, fiscal planning discussion.

MercerFest to celebrate 60 years of Mercer Island

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MercerFest to celebrate 60 years of Mercer Island

Help needed for citizen-run event.

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Philanthropy award recognized entire Mercer Island community

MIYFS annaul breakfast Feb. 12.

A screenshot of Mercer Island’s new Winter Storm Ready webpage on its Let’s Talk Mercer Island website.

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New Mercer Island city webpage houses storm info

Emergency alerts, updates, links.

Alan Roach and his dog, Roxie, reunited in their new apartment. Natalie DeFord/staff photo

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Al’s new apartment, a community effort

Mercer Islanders give housewares, furniture to formerly homeless man and his dog.

The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce presents the 2019 Business of the Year Award to Covenant Living at the Shores (CLS). From left: CLS’s Bob Bowen, Chamber of Commerce Board President Suzanne Skone, CLS Associate Executive Director Marykay Duran, CLS’s Leslie McGee, CLS Sales Director Nancy Woo, and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laurie Givan. Courtesy photo.

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Chamber names Mercer Island Business of the Year

2019 award goes to Covenant Living at the Shores.

The new Mercer Island City Council. Those recently elected were sworn in Jan. 7, 2020, and leadership was appointed. From left: Salim Nice, David Rosenbaum, Craig Reynolds, Deputy Mayor Wendy Weiker, Mayor Benson Wong, Lisa Anderl, Jake Jacobson. Photo courtesy of city communications manager Ross Freeman.

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Wong named Mayor, Weiker Deputy Mayor

New Mercer Island City Council swears in.

The Mercer Island light rail station under construction, set to open in 2023. Natalie DeFord/staff photo

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Sidewalk reopens along Mercer Island light rail construction

Pedestrian traffic resumes along 77th Avenue Southeast.

A rendering of the location and approximate footprint of the future Commuter Parking and Mixed-Use Project to be built on a combination of the former Tully’s Coffee House property, a section of WSDOT-owned parkland and a section of city-owned Sunset Highway. Courtesy of the City of Mercer Island.

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City buys Tully’s site for commuter parking project

Mixed-use development to move forward.