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Online poll of the week: Cast your vote now

Cast your vote now in the online poll of the week. Full body scanners will be installed and…

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Police respond to unexplained death on Sunday at a home on West Mercer Way

A 20-year-old man died last weekend at a home in the 4200 block of West Mercer Way. He…

Damp with fresh ink

Life

A look at the Everett press

On Tuesday, Aug. 24, the Mercer Island Reporter staff, including the editor, reporters, advertising executive, office coordinator, graphic…

Sports

Friends of Hoop tryouts in September | Sports briefs

Friends of Hoop, a top level AAU basketball program, is adding a girls program to its successful boys…

Business

Island Sun tanning salon is closed for business

The Island Sun tanning salon, which was in business for over four years, closed during the first week…

The swimming pool at a $23.8 million mansion for sale near Faben Point on Mercer Island is listed by the real estate company Zillow among the top 10 swimming pools at homes presently offered for sale across the nation.

Life

$23.8 million Mercer Island mansion has one of Zillow’s top 10 pools

The swimming pool at a $23.8 million mansion for sale near Faben Point on Mercer Island has been…

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Mercer Island chosen as a ‘Playful City’ for third consecutive year

For the past three years, national nonprofit KaBOOM! has named Mercer Island as a 2010 "Playful City" for…

This artwork is part of the photography display in the Bassi-Jones building for the upcoming Third Thursday Art Walk on Aug. 19. The view is of Lincoln Park

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Live music, art, food at Art Walk on Aug. 19

The Third Thursday Art Walk in the Town Center is Aug. 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., celebrating…

Five former Eastside mayors honored by the Museum of History and Industry

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Mercer Islander Betty Bland Winn honored

2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Washington state women gaining the right to vote, a decade before an…

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Contractors name Clibborn Legislator of the Year

Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Washington has named state representative Judy Clibborn (D-41, Mercer Island) as Legislator of…

Strictlyfest 2010 showcased talented local musicians and raised money for the Mercer Island High School band program.

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Music and fun(draising) at Strictlyfest 2010

Strictlyfest 2010, a Mercer Island High School band program fundraiser organized by MIHS alumni Colin Ramsay, was a…

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Bicycle drive is Aug. 22

St. Monica Parish is holding a bicycle drive for Bicycles for Humanity Seattle (B4H Seattle) this weekend from…

The James sisters

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Kindering fosters hope and potential for the very youngest special needs children

Kindering, a birth-to-3 therapy center for special needs children, held a graduation ceremony for 360 children on Thursday,…