The playful bronze dog that accompanies a sculpted little girl in the west corner of the Park on the Lid was stolen sometime between July 14 and 15. The statue, called “Playful Pup,” was sculpted by renowned artist Gary Price. Former Island Residents Marj and Loyal Moore donated the sculpture to the city in 1997 in memory of Nancy Mottet. The bronze girl that accompanies the little dog, titled “Stepping Forward,” was left intact. The girl was crafted by a different artist, Dennis Smith, and installed in 1995. The playful pup joined her two years later.
The Adult Men’s 5.0 tennis team from Mercer Island Country Club on Mercer Island, Wash., will be competing in the…
Starting on Thursday, July 30, U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers, the USS Shoup (DDG 86) and USS Momsen (DDG 92) will offer free public tours at Terminal 30, along with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Canadian ships HMCS Nanaimo and Brandon. The public is welcome to tour the variety of ships and browse through displays on the pier.
District Nine champs Mercer Island silenced South Skagit bats on July 26 in their first 11/12-year-olds Little League All-Star state tournament game, winning 4-0.
Two Eastside legislators have received “very good” ratings from the Municipal League of King County in the closely fought battle for King County Executive.
The Mercer Island 11/12 All-Stars crushed two-time state champ Eastlake 17-1 in the Division Nine final on July 20 to advance to the state Little League tournament this weekend.
Mercer Island’s Northwest Yeshiva High School recently announced that it began construction on a new outdoor multi-sport court at its campus on 90th Avenue S.E..
The Mercer Island Momentum, a girls under-16 select team, defeated a team from Auburn on July 12 to win the Cornucopia Cup in Kent.
With 37 teams participating, organizers heralded the 11th Annual MI Summer Celebration! 3-on-3 Youth Challenge Basketball Tournament a great success.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will close all lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington several times from Thursday, July 30, through Sunday, Aug. 2, to accommodate air show practices and performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for this year’s Seafair festivities.
Traffic on the westbound Interstate 90 Floating Bridge was just getting back to normal Monday when a multi-vehicle traffic accident…
A Washington State Patrol Trooper saved a 16-year-old boy who was determined to end his life by jumping off the East Channel Bridge on July 13. The teenager, a resident of Bellevue, was standing on a railing of the I-90 bridge during the busy Monday morning commute.
According to press reports, the trooper had to physically pull the boy from the rail. The teenager fought with the trooper before he was taken into protective custody.
The national nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, dedicated to bringing play back into children’s lives, has named Mercer Island as a 2009 Playful City. Mercer Island was one of 93 cities across the nation to be selected. The Island was also a Playful City winner last year. According to KaBOOM!, the honor goes to cities that have “created and implemented programs to positively impact childhood wellness, public safety and the quality of life.”
“Each of the 2009 Playful City U.S.A. communities demonstrated creative commitments to the cause of play in the areas of quantity, quality and access,” according to a KaBOOM! press release.
A primary goal of Playful City U.S.A. is to encourage cities and towns to share creative ideas, concepts and programs in an effort to increase play opportunities for children. In order to be a contender for the award, cities must apply a year in advance.
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