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Mercer Island virtual candidate forum set for Oct. 12

League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County and Mercer Island PTA Council 2.9 will present a Mercer Island…

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Halloween event to benefit ‘Care for the Cottage’ restoration project

The Pioneer Park Youth Club will present a Toddlers-to-Tweens Trick-or-Treat Party from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 30 at Sunnybeam…

Lambert’s flyer depicting her opponent, Sarah Perry, as a “socialist puppet” (tweeted by KC Councilmember Girmay Zahilay)

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County councilmember sends out flyers depicting her opponent as a “socialist puppet”

Some say the imagery and rhetoric used are racist and divisive.

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Subjects remove campaign signs on East Mercer Way | Mercer Island police blotter

Selected reports Sept. 27-Oct. 3.

West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle. Photo courtesy of King County

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Report identifies over 17 million gallons of untreated wastewater has been spilled into Puget Sound, Lake Washington in recent years

The document recommends roughly $70 million in facility improvements.

Troop 647 at Philmont. Courtesy photo

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Boys from Troop 647 get back out on trail and learn life lessons

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Tractor-trailer veers off Island Crest Way and collides with trees

No injuries were reported.

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City temporarily closes Bike Skills Area for assessment

‘The site is repeatedly damaged,’ according to city manager.

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Bender and her fellow students thrive at Northwest Yeshiva High School

Senior receives National Merit Scholarship program honor.

NW Carpenters Union members strike in downtown Bellevue on Sept. 16 (photo by Cameron Sheppard)

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Carpenters back to work after tentative agreement reached with AGC

Union VP said agreement includes 15% wage increase as well as expanded job site parking.

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Islanders make a trainload of donations to Mercerdale Park playground renovation project

Mercer Island Preschool Association leads the way.

Photo courtesy of Pexels

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Washington state’s minimum wage increasing to $14.49 next year

Increase attributed to more expensive gas, housing, household furnishings and food, state’s Department of Labor & Industries says.

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City council passes three interim housing ordinances / City briefs

At its Sept. 21 regular meeting, the Mercer Island City Council passed three ordinances on an interim emergency…