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Let’s Read! campaign encouraging families, children to read together every day
It may be summer break, but now is the time for children to continue reading and build their…
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Nominations open for businesses that give back to communities
People can now nominate their favorite community-centric corporations for Washington’s highest civics award.
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Primary election ballots to arrive this week in mailboxes
Ballots and voters’ pamphlets for the Aug. 6 primary election will arrive in mailboxes this week throughout King…
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City of Mercer Island announces 2013 Hometown Heroes
The City of Mercer Island has announced the 2013 Hometown Heroes.
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Plans for Mercer Island Thrift Shop expansion move ahead
At a planning session held Monday night, the City Council saw the next version of a design of…
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Museum of Flight to showcase parachuting, human flight
The Museum of Flight's first program about aviation's world of parachuting and "human body flight" brings together the…
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Mercer Island firefighters dig South end trench during rescue practice
During specialized training over the duration of two weeks, Mercer Island firefighters updated their skills for trench rescue…
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I-90 tolling: City makes progress with full EIS and lawmaker support
The City of Mercer Island says it has made significant progress on the Interstate 90 tolling issues by…
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City of Mercer Island urges residents to water wisely
From May through September, water use in this area almost doubles, mostly for lawns and gardens.
Opinion
Do you think it’s a good or bad thing that there will be no initiatives this election? | Online poll
For the first time since the late 1980s, there will be no initiatives on the general election ballot…
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$439 in alcohol stolen after QFC liquor cabinet pried open | Mercer Island Police Blotter
Approximately $439 worth of alcohol was shoplifted from the north QFC by an unidentified male around 11:03 p.m.…
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State Patrol says texting while driving causes collisions
The Washington State Patrol is beginning to suspect that many of the collisions which cause traffic backups and…
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It was magic | Mercer Island Summer Celebration! 2013
Mercer Islanders gathered last weekend to celebrate the 2013 Summer Celebration! festival, with the theme "It's Magic."