Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
Bryan Welch
Fit and Healthy
Kathy Gildea
YFS Perspectives
Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
What place on Mercer Island serves delicious European-influenced dishes to Islanders, soldiers and even Matt Lauer from the Today Show?
Nancy Gould-Hilliard
Around the Island
Linda Stephens-Urbaniak
On Gardening
More than 11,000 people enjoyed sunny weather during the 2007 Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25. A number of Islanders participated in the event, including lifetime runner Doug MacLean, who ran the half-marathon with his son, Hunter.
A dozen or more volunteers came to North Mercerdale Hillside Park, a woodland just minutes from downtown, during snowy and rainy weather on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 4 to plant more than 100 ferns salvaged from King County homeowners and about 175 native plants purchased from a King County Small Change grant.
Last week, Bill and Dana Isherwood personally experienced the community connections that attracted them to Mercer Island three years ago.
Driver’s education; that universally lamented teenage rite of passage. For many, the two words conjure up memories of early Saturdays in a stuffy classroom, outdated instructional videos and weekly scantron tests.
