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Summer Celebration!

is July 12-13 Summer Celebration! begins with the Grand Parade at 10 a.m. this Saturday on 78th Avenue…

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Islander gets two-year prison sentence

A Mercer Island resident arrested nearly four years ago for running a theft-ring out of his downtown Seattle…

Hard rain last week briefly caused this downtown street to flood.

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Get the ark

A horse-drawn stagecoach from Wells Fargo Bank makes an appearance along the streets of downtown Mercer Island last year during Summer Celebration! The annual event’s theme this year is the Wild

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Head west to Summer Celebration!

A house on East Mercer Way belonging to Beecher's Cheese and Bennett's Pure Food Bistro owner Kurt Dammeier smolders hours after the roof caught fire the morning of July 4.

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Waterfront home on Mercer Island destroyed by fire

Cause remains under investigation

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Therapist accused of misconduct with minor

Former Island resident charged in county court

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President’s Council on Fitness

Originally proposed over 50 years ago, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness was formed after concerns that our…

Republican candidate for governor

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Rossi says Gregoire ‘reckless’ with spending

Promising Islanders a rematch featuring a stronger and better challenger, GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi made a campaign…

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Scanned! The occasional traveler’s blues

If you have ever wondered where you may have misplaced say, oh, a Swiss Army knife, I’m here…

Island Kiwanis member Mike Tye

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Missiles, sparklers, and snakes…

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Puget Sound Blood Center Blood Drive: 1-7 p.m., July 2, Mercer Island Covenant Church, 3200 78th Ave. S.E.…

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Community briefs

Backyard pools and spas are the most common site for drowning of small children, but a recent Washington…

Mercer Island Country Club swimmer Caitlin Aylward takes the third leg of the girls 15-and-over 200-meter medley relay on Thursday at the Mercerwood Shore Club.

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Mercer Island Country Club swimmer Caitlin Aylward takes the third leg of the girls 15-and-over 200-meter medley relay on Thursday at the Mercerwood Shore Club.