Not only does the Mercer Island Rotary Run brings thousands of runners and walkers to Mercer Island each March, it also draws out many to cheer for those racing.
The Office of Secretary of State invites students in grades 4 and 5 to enter the 2013 Kids’ Art Contest. The winning art will be featured in the 2013 Washington State General Election Voters’ Pamphlet.
Legislation to honor the 15 members of the King County Sheriff’s Office who have been killed in the line of duty unanimously passed the King County Council’s Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee.
Mercer Island High School band director Parker Bixby has earned the Pathfinder Award from the Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa.
Twelve Mercer Island High School teams and organizations have earned honors from the Washington State Interscholastic Activities Association for outstanding or distinguished academic achievement this year.
Police arrest 15-year-old boy for making threats at school.
The Seattle/Bellevue area is one of the first regions in the nation to have a mobile electric vehicle (EV) fast charging service to help EV owners with range anxiety.
Tess Mousny-Jones has joined the staff at Bark Avenue, a grooming salon and dog day care, to provide low-stress grooming, massages and other special care to clients.
Registration for students to take part in Mercer Island’s annual VOICE and SVP programs begins on Wednesday, March 27.
Mercer Island Parent Edge presents a new event on April 10 with speaker Susan Cain, a New York Times bestselling author.
Ten students from Mercer Island graduated from Washington State University in the fall of 2012.
Many Islanders remember and have learned from Jesse Jaramillo, a teacher at Island Park Elementary who died last summer. In honor of his life working to bring dance and the arts to children on the Island and around the state, an endowment fund has been set up in his name through the Mercer Island Fine Arts Advisory Committee.
Spring has (apparently) arrived. As temperatures rise across the region, the Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers to remove their studded tires by midnight Sunday, March 31.