VFW Post 5760 has received the John Spellman Award for exemplary achievement in historic preservation and is being recognized in the stewardship category for “exceptional work to preserve and maintain Mercer Island’s historic Keewaydin Clubhouse.”
Mercer Island and other cities in Washington state are preparing annual updates to their six-year transportation improvement program, called the “TIP.”
A solar array being planned for the Mercer Island Community and Event Center will cost an estimated $70,000 to install.
Mercer Island resident Bill Bell is a recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the Whitman College Alumni Association for his outstanding work to improve the quality of life for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease in the Seattle area.
A woman’s purse was stolen out of an unlocked Mercedes at the French-American School while the woman was away from her vehicle for five minutes.
College Tutors is offering Mercer Island middle and high school students free homework tutoring at their Mercer Island Learning Center at 7605 S.E. 27th Street.
King County Metro Transit is facing a $75 million funding gap as its temporary funds from the state are set to expire. Due to that gap, Metro is looking at eliminating up to 65 routes, including several on Mercer Island.
Islander Maria ‘Marika’ Frank Abrams, an artist of the renowned ‘Northwest School’ style of art and whose inspiration for her abstract, hauntingly beautiful images was often debated, died peacefully on March 29 at her Mercer Island home. She was 88.
Like most of the major U.S. stock indexes, the going rate for lost baby teeth posted double-digit gains in 2012, according to Delta Dental’s The Original Tooth Fairy Poll®.
Sixty-five Metro Transit bus routes are at risk of being canceled, and service reduced on another 86 routes, if state lawmakers allow temporary two-year funding for the agency to expire without authorizing a permanent and sustainable source of revenue.
Paddle craft account for most of the fatal boating accidents in Washington state.
The annual egg hunts in Mercerdale Park were a solid success on a very sunny Saturday afternoon last weekend.
Eight prowls of unlocked vehicles took place in neighborhoods near Island Crest Park on Sunday night, March 24. A beige 1988 Toyota Camry was stolen out of a driveway after 8:30 p.m. in the 5600 block of 89th Avenue S.E.