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.
Due to federal budget cuts, the Federal Aviation Administration is forced to make cuts to many air traffic control towers. One tower affected is at the Renton airport, leaving it unstaffed.
Washington has the sixth highest teen unemployment rate in the nation at around 28 percent. The national average is 17 percent.
$14,550 in jewelry and $90 in cash were stolen from a 90-year-old woman’s South end residence on Monday, March 18.
Island Books is hosting Islander Patty Lazarus at a book signing on Sunday, March 24. “March Into My Heart” is a poignant and inspiring story of family, adoption and the irreplaceable bond between a mother and daughter.
The Washington State Liquor Control board is considering new rules that could allow for small liquor retailers to apply for licenses even if they don’t meet the state’s 10,000-square-foot size threshold, a limit that was mandated by Initiative 1183.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issued its 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure today, which reaffirms the need to invest the nation’s roads and public transportation.
The Seattle office of the Washington State Department of Revenue is hosting a free workshop for new and small business owners on Wednesday, April 3.
Summer school for Mercer Island High School students is set to begin on June 18.
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