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                                <p>Fleur-Anne Serre’s Mercer Island-based yoga practice, Fleur-Anne YogaThai, began operation in August 2022.</p> <p>Courtesy photo</p>
                                <p>Fleur-Anne Serre’s Mercer Island-based yoga practice, Fleur-Anne YogaThai, began operation in August 2022.</p>

    Introducing Mercer Island’s first French-speaking yoga studio

    By Kienan Briscoe

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    February 21, 2023 5:30 am
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Residents are invited to participate in the city’s Island Lanterns event.

    Don’t miss: City and MIVAL light up Island Lanterns event

    By Reporter Staff
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Gabriel Andrews of Mercer Island is pictured second from left. “I hold the Navy in my heart for many reasons, but a large part of it is just saving my life,” said Andrews.

    How the U.S. Navy helped turn a Mercer Islander’s life around

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Joni’s son Dale, born in 2021, strides across a blanket of snow on Mount Rainier in January of this year. He now has at least three other siblings who share the mountain, not to mention his mom and dad.
    Joni the wolverine does it again – and...
    By Alex Bruell • December 31, 2022 11:00 am

    For the third year in a row, she’s the MVP — Mom, Very Proud — of Mount Rainier’s wolverine population.

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    High Priest Kalu and High Preistess Syleena “Call The Corners,” a small ritual where a candle is lit at each direction of the Earth as the elements of each direction is called upon. Here they call on the guardian of the watchtower of the South, represented by red which symbolizes fire. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
    Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans...
    By Bailey Jo Josie bailey.jo.josie@rentonreporter.com • December 21, 2022 11:00 am

    Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year, which has been celebrated for thousands of years all over the world. Have you ever wondered how modern witches like to celebrate?

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    Families watch the Lion Dance performance. (Photos courtesy of Soyun Chow)
    West Mercer Culture Fair celebrates Mercer Island’s diverse...
    December 12, 2022 3:55 pm

    By Soyun Chow

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    Hilde at her 103rd birthday party. Photo by Alex Bruell.
    Lessons from Hilde, who fled Nazi Germany for...
    By Alex Bruell • December 9, 2022 1:30 pm

    Here’s a few things my great-aunt would have liked you to know.

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    Diabetes. (Credit: Pixabay/stevepb)
    Understanding diabetes beyond National Diabetes Awareness Month
    By Hannah Saunders • November 29, 2022 10:05 am

    “We’ve been trying to educate people and treat people for many years,” said Andrew Thurman, MD.

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    Renton resident Kat Lieu, author of “Modern Asian Baking at Home.” (Courtesy of Kat Lieu)
    ‘Subtle Asian Baking’ founder Kat Lieu publishes best-selling...
    By Cameron Sheppard • August 28, 2022 1:30 pm

    After being told ‘Asian culture doesn’t sell,’ this Renton resident built a whole community.

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    Perseid meteor shower in August 2021. Photo courtesy of Nasa.gov/Bill Ingalls
    Meteor showers light up August nights in the...
    By Sarah Fox • August 8, 2022 2:50 pm

    Stargazers can track Perseids at sites around Washington state.

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    Kelly Karcher and Rico Lastrapes in Comedy of Errors, 2021. Photo by John Ulman.
    Shakespeare in the Park: 2 classic plays coming...
    By Sarah Fox • July 6, 2022 5:30 am

    Free shows take place in Mercer Island in July and August.

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    Pastor Rhonda Bostrom and her family. Left to right, Annika, Eric (Lead Pastor of Mountain View Lutheran Church, Edgewood, WA), Pastor Rhonda and Soren. Photo Courtesy of Pastor Rhonda.
    Holy Trinity Church on Mercer Island welcomes new...
    By Sarah Fox • July 6, 2022 5:30 am

    Holy Trinity Church on Mercer Island welcomed Pastor Rhonda Bostrom from Lincoln, Nebraska, with open arms as their new Senior…

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    Judy Kusakabe answering questions from West Mercer Elementary 4th graders during her presentation. Photos by Soyun Chow
    Mercer Island resident shares her story of Japanese...
    June 10, 2022 12:30 pm

    By Soyun Chow, For the Mercer Island Reporter

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