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Mercer Island High School drama presents RENT | School news

The Mercer Island High School drama program will be performing RENT.

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Time running out for pet license amnesty in King County

Time is running out to make dogs and cats legal. Cat and dog owners can bring expired tags…

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Fund started for documentary on Stanley Ann Dunham featuring Mercer Islanders

A Kickstarter fund has been started to back a feature-length documentary film about Stanley Ann Dunham.

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Mercer Island band members collect items for Food Pantry

Members of the Mercer Island High School band program spent the weekend of April 20 collecting food and…

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Benster invited to ‘eBootcamp’ at Stanford | School news

Tyler Benster (MIHS Class of ’09) was invited to participate in the 2013 Stanford E-Bootcamp, an all-expenses-paid trip…

Members of Team Armadillo pause at the Walk MS to benefit research and treatment for Multiple Sclerosis in Seattle on April 14. The team raised $16

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Mercer Islanders take part in Walk MS

Islanders rally for a friend and a cause, have raised $100,000.

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Mercer Island Rotary Islanders of April

Mercer Island High School seniors Cody Hall and Anna Unutzer have been named the Rotary Islanders of April.

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Island native plant sale, celebration set for May 11

Mercerdale Park will be the site of an outdoor Native Plant Sale and Celebration on Saturday, May 11.

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Should the police have Mirandized the Boston bombing suspect? | Online Poll

Last Friday, Boston’s nightmare week involving bombings at the Boston Marathon and a citywide manhunt came to an…

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State says phone books not needed

State regulators have ended a decades-old requirement that local telephone companies deliver printed White Pages directories each year…

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Police officer prevents man from jumping off I-90 overpass | Mercer Island Police Blotter

A police officer rescued a 42-year-old Federal Way man who was preparing to jump off of the 76th…

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Boeing to install battery improvements to get 787 flying again

The approval Tuesday of battery system improvements for the 787 Dreamliner by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…

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Microsoft wins top national awards for volunteering and community impact

Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. was honored last week with two Summit awards for community impact and volunteer engagement from…