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Two Islanders are National Merit Scholarship winners

Benjamin T. Boyle and Alyssa N. Suhm, both of Mercer Island, have been awarded National Mercer Scholarships.

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Stopsky’s ranked best bagels by Seattle Metro | Business brief

Seattle Metropolitan Magazine’s online Web site feature, the “Nosh Pit,” recently conducted a blind tasting of bagels at…

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Beechers on Broadway | Business brief

Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, which has been making and selling cheeses in the Pike Place Market for the last…

Children with the Mercer Island Learning Lab take part in the annual Summer Celebration parade on Saturday

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Celebrating summer | Slideshow

The medieval-themed Summer Celebration on Mercer Island brought jousting tournaments to Mercerdale Park, boat rides on the historic…

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MIVAL announces Junior Art Show winners

Last weekend, during the annual Summer Celebration event, the Mercer Island Visual Arts league hosted the 37th annual…

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What do you think of the proposed $20 car tab fee that would help protect Metro service?

What do you think of the proposed $20 car tab fee that would help protect Metro service? In…

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Mercer Island ‘National Night Out’ is Aug. 2

The City of Mercer Island will be hosting its fourth annual “National Night Out” on Aug. 2. Both…

This map shows option #2 of the four options being considered to modify the county voting districts. The changes proposed would even out the population in each to 214

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Mercer Island could move to 2nd District in redistricting plan

The King County Districting Committee has released four different plans for redrawing County Council districts. Three would leave…

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Mercer Island man arrested in West Seattle arson case

A Mercer Island attorney was arrested this week in connection to a house fire in West Seattle on…

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Swapped tags lead to shoplifting charges | Mercer Island Police Blotter

A surveillance video in the Mercer Island Thrift Store caught two suspects in the act of switching the…

A fire in the 7200 block of North Mercer Way

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Fireworks cause two fires on Mercer Island

A fire burned a large fir tree and 75 feet of hedge at a residence in the 7200…

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Bicycles for Humanity booth at Summer Celebration

Your unused bicycle can help South African children travel miles to school, health care workers reach distant villages…

The Carbon Challenge Tree in Emmanuel Episcopal Church holds commitment cards from church members participating in the Carbon Challenge and keeping track of their steps taken on the 22Ways checklist.

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Emmanuel Church takes on Carbon Challenge

Over the past three months, members of Emmanuel Episcopal Church have readily accepted and met the “Carbon Challenge,”…