Seldom-used benches slapped on the sidewalk, more plantings and more signs pointing us to pigeon-hole, below-building parking won’t get us there.
We all appreciate and benefit from the Mercer Island Fire Department. But that doesn’t translate into demolishing and building new a double-in-size fire station.
First, if you’re thinking that dyslexia, dysgraphia or ADHD are not relevant to your family, consider that most Washington state schools do not allow their staff to even use those terms, let alone suggest your child be tested.
Surely there must be some way that the Islander and True Value can be incorporated into the “new” downtown, with all that empty street front retail space available.
Throughout Seafair at the corner of West Mercer Way and the eastbound off-ramp of I-90, a group of teenage kids had a concession stand. It was a booming business.
I would like to thank the city of Mercer Island, especially Officer Jennifer Franklin, for its support of the National Night Out program.
It’s hard enough for employers to cope with hundreds of new regulations passed each year, added to the tens of thousands of regulations already on the books.
I’m very concerned that the majority of cyclists I’ve shared the trails with think nothing of zooming past pedestrians without any warning.
I have lived on the Island only three years, but I sense a significant number of Mercer Island residents care only for themselves and not for the safety of others.
At my school, we are doing a project to help our community. It is called the Giraffe Club project.
I am in full agreement with Robert Andrews, who wrote to protest the ‘road diet.’ This should be a referendum.
We have several questions about the so-called ‘road diet.’ What does it accomplish? What is its purpose? Does the City Council just like to spend the taxpayers’ money?
Although I live toward the South end of the Island, I’m looking forward to the new Island Crest Way configuration.