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    Huey is a cat about town
    By Rebecca Mar • May 22, 2013 1:47 pm

    At first glance, the tabby cat with distinctive markings and sea-green eyes wandering the streets around the edge of the North end business district looks like a stray. Upon closer contact, however, the cat is not feral — he is unafraid and curious.

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    A team from Northwest Yeshiva High School competed in the Team America Rocketry Challenge
    Northwest Yeshiva rocket team competes in Virginia
    By Rebecca Mar • May 14, 2013 6:22 pm

    Only two Washington state schools competed in the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Virginia last weekend, and Mercer Island’s Northwest Yeshiva High School was one of them.

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    Bob Lewis poses with a North Korean soldier at the southern border
    Intrepid traveler, Bob Lewis tours North Korea
    By Rebecca Mar • May 13, 2013 4:32 pm

    One month after North Korea’s third nuclear test, Bob Lewis boarded a plane to Pyongyang. Lewis, 81, a retired dentist, has visited many places — Vietnam, Mexico, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean, and even Iran and Cuba.

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    Charon Gooding and her late husband
    Burglary victims hire private investigators
    By Rebecca Mar • May 9, 2013 1:20 pm

    Charon Gooding’s wedding ring is the only piece of jewelry she has left after her home was burglarized while she was out of town last month. The 73-year-old Mercer Island resident was widowed 20 years ago, but still wears her diamond wedding ring.

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    Halle Friedland
    Northwest Yeshiva’s Walk For Israel marks 65th anniversary...
    By Rebecca Mar • April 17, 2013 5:46 pm

    Once a year in April, the flag of Israel can be seen along Island Crest Way and in downtown Mercer Island as it is carried from Northwest Yeshiva High School to the Island Crust Cafe during the Walk For Israel.

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    Redmond Police Officer Sam Hovenden and his dog
    Redmond police dog nabs suspect after vodka theft
    By Rebecca Mar • April 15, 2013 8:09 pm

    A police dog helped to catch a suspect on the run after midnight on Tuesday, April 9. After stealing three bottles of vodka and a protein shake from the Mercer Island Albertsons, a 20-year-old Kent man eluded police officers for several blocks until a veteran police dog named Vader and his handler, Officer Sam Hovenden, arrived.

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    Israeli soldiers Shai Bernstein and Hen Mazzig visit the Mercer Island Community and Event Center during the StandWithUs Israeli Soldiers’ Stories tour on Sunday
    Israeli soldiers visit Mercer Island during West Coast...
    By Rebecca Mar • March 4, 2013 4:52 pm

    Israel wants peace, and that is the message Shai Bernstein and Hen Mazzig brought to Mercer Island last week. The two Israeli soldiers, now reservists, spoke at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center and Northwest Yeshiva High School as part of the fifth annual StandWithUs “Israeli Soldiers’ Stories” tour.

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    A Metropolitan Town Car limousine rolled over in the 7700 block of West Mercer Way on Sunday
    Limo careens down steep driveway, rolls over near...
    By Rebecca Mar • February 14, 2013 7:54 pm

    George Lewis had a flight to catch, and he was waiting outside when his ride arrived early Sunday morning.

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    The Mercer Island Marine Patrol was part of an effort to save a man in the water off of Calkins Landing. A neighbor
    Paddle boarder, neighbors rescue boater
    By Rebecca Mar • February 12, 2013 12:37 pm

    Mark Eskridge was looking out of his window at the lake checking wind conditions when he noticed something out of the ordinary early Saturday morning, Feb. 2.

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    ‘Parlor Elan’ salon opens on South end
    ‘Parlor Elan’ salon opens on South end
    By Rebecca Mar • February 11, 2013 5:51 pm

    Parlor Elan’s name comes from the Italian for “moving forward.” The new beauty salon is located in the Rite Aid building on the South end. Two friends, Dina Good and Anne Messmore, opened the salon in mid-January.

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    David and Stacey Lang
    Sound & Vision Wireless opens in Mercer Island’s...
    By Rebecca Mar • February 4, 2013 1:00 pm

    Does your iPhone have a cracked screen or has your iPod suddenly quit playing? Sound & Vision Wireless can fix it.

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    Children's shoe store Hennie McPennie
    New children’s shoe store is open on North...
    By Rebecca Mar • January 30, 2013 3:31 pm

    Hennie McPennie is exclusively for kids. The new shoe store, owned by Mercer Island couple John and Theresa Keith, is open for its first full week of business.

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    This chart of thefts and burglaries on Mercer Island over the past 12 years shows that crime peaked in 2004.
    Thefts, burglaries most common crimes on Mercer Island
    By Rebecca Mar • January 10, 2013 5:33 pm

    Mercer Island police officers discussed crime prevention at the Rotary Club luncheon.

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