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Giant ice menorah to be carved at Mercerdale Park to celebrate Hanukkah

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MIHS AP microeconomics classes support donation drive

Students collect nearly $2,000 worth of food items.

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Covenant Living at the Shores health center honored for high performance

U.S. News & World Report rates the center among the state’s best.

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Council votes to place Flock camera pilot program on hold

In a meeting that featured four Mercer Island residents voicing their concerns about Flock cameras, the Mercer Island…

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People flock to Holiday Makers Market

Eighty-plus vendors and tons of customers packed into the Mercer Island Community and Event Center gym for the…

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Dazzling Festival of (Laser) Lights

The Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) on Mercer Island presented a Festival of (Laser) Lights on Dec. 7…

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Stunning tree lighting

Mercer Islanders gather together for the city’s Annual Holiday Tree Lighting of the huge sequoia on Dec. 4…

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Electric bike stolen from school campus | Mercer Island police blotter

Selected reports Nov. 25-Dec. 2.

An AR-15 rifle and a loaded magazine that were recovered from a suspect in a shooting incident at the Kent Station parking garage in 2019. (Photo courtesy of King County Sheriff’s Office)

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WA’s ban on assault weapon sales survives another challenge

A judge last month once again upheld Washington’s 2023 law banning the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms classified…

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Nice and Hsieh in the spotlight at council meeting

In front of a packed room at the Dec. 2 Mercer Island City Council regular meeting, newly elected…

Kent Superintendent Israel Vela with Kiku Hughes and Eileen Yamada-Lamphere at Mill Creek Middle School. Photo courtesy of the Kent School District.

Northwest

Author discusses graphic novel on Japanese incarceration camps

Each year, Washington students learn about Japanese-American detainments without due process following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and…

Bruno Senior. Photo Courtesy of Timberline Lodge

Life

Shoulder season on Mount Hood, Oregon | Meanderings by Mindy Stern

Travel column by local writer Mindy Stern.

All permitted food businesses in King County, from restaurants to food trucks, should have a food safety rating sign from Public Health displayed for customers. Photo courtesy of Public Health - Seattle & King County

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King County sees rise in unpermitted food vendors

Food safety rating signage now includes mobile food vendors.