A work plan to address the proposed I-90 tolling has been released by the City of Mercer Island after its unanimous adoption at the City Council meeting on March 4.
Six people who operated a web of apartments in four states used as brothels were indicted last week for conspiracy to transport individuals for prostitution, conspiracy to use a communications facility to promote prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
On Sunday, March 10, Herzl-Ner Tamid is hosting its second annual day of service.
Each year the Mercer Island School District uses various methods to gather feedback from students, parents and staff about its effectiveness and areas of improvement.
Four Mercer Island firefighters will participate in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 22nd annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb on Sunday, March 10.
Kate Reinertson, of Mercer Island, has been elected to serve as the vice president of membership and education of BBYO’s leadership program and sorority, B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG). BBYO is a leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement.
Elisabeth Williams, a freshman at Mercer Island High School, will play Johanna in “Sweeney Todd,” a musical at Studio East in Kirkland, March 15-24.
Who have Puget Sound Blood Center donors helped recently? A 30-year-old man at UW Medical Center who underwent open heart surgery. A 60-year-old man at UW Medical Center who received an organ transplant.
A suitcase containing $500,000 in S. Kashi & Sons jewelry was stolen from a salesman’s vehicle outside of Island Crust Cafe.
Douglas David DiJulio II was awarded a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the Department of Physics at Lund University in Sweden on Feb. 15. The graduate is the son of Regina and Douglas DiJulio, of Mercer Island.
The annual spring recycling event on Mercer Island will take place on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mercer Island Boat Launch.
In the 2013 Legislature session, comments from the public can now be submitted on bills being considered by the House and Senate.
Leah Li, a 2010 graduate of Mercer Island High School and a junior at New York University, was crowned 2013 Miss Chinatown USA in San Francisco on Feb. 16.