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Poison Center records increase in poison exposures during COVID-19
Poison exposures from the misuse of chemicals spiked 53 percent in the early days of the pandemic.
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Mercer Island teen, who went viral for his COVID-19 dashboard, launches new website
2020Protests.com compiles state-specific resources relevant to recent police-brutality protests.
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How a man from California caused a false Antifa scare in North Bend
A conspiracy theory website ran pictures of North Bend locals, accusing them of being agitators.
Business
Mercer Island Reporter offers matching advertising grants to businesses affected by COVID-19
Sound Publishing is launching a new program to help local companies spread the news that they’re open for…
Life
Local production company seeking film, TV pitches from young minority creatives
The Big Pitch competition, put on by TLG Motion Pictures (“Hoarders”), started about six months ago.
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Video of Bellevue officer’s forceful restraint of unarmed woman goes viral
Update: After the video spread, Bellevue police announced it was prohibiting neck restraints. The police chief has called…
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Mercer Island lifts curfew
The public-safety measure was to be in place until Friday (June 5) morning.
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City-wide curfew extended through Friday, Mercer Island officials announce
A curfew on the Island was initially imposed on Monday, June 1
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‘It must be about being anti-racist’: MISD superintendent releases statement in wake of police-brutality protests
Donna Colosky noted that “justice and anti-racism start with conversations at home.”
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Mercer Island officials announce curfew and protest preparation efforts
The curfew lasts from 7 p.m. June 1 to 5 a.m. June 2.
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Bellevue businesses see damage, looting amid George Floyd protests
National Guard called to assist city.
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Mercer Island shares new safety protocols as limited staff return to work
Some maintenance and field staff are returning to work per new state guidelines.
Life
Pandemic shakes up long-running scholarship tradition; school, PTA innovate
Recipients of the MI Community Scholarship typically get their own ceremony. Not this year.