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    Virtual Island
    Virtual Island
    September 9, 2008 3:00 pm

    As part of its efforts to help Islanders and visitors find their way around town through a virtual map, Google Earth surveying vehicles have been seen driving around Mercer Island lately.

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    Mercer Island recycling and garbage collection
    Mercer Island recycling and garbage collection
    September 9, 2008 3:00 pm

    It is easy to confuse changing waste regulations — what can be recycled and what cannot. Allied Waste, which serves Mercer Island, divides the following products into two categories.

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    Mercer Island Police to tote Tasers
    Mercer Island Police to tote Tasers
    September 9, 2008 3:00 pm

    While the Mercer Island Police Department is the only one in western Washington that has not used Tasers before, the Island’s police officers on patrol will begin carrying a Taser come this fall.

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    The only road on or off the Island
    For whom the bridge tolls – and how...
    September 9, 2008 3:00 pm

    It looks as if Islanders will have to pay to leave or return to the Island in the future. According to a state study released last Wednesday, the 520 Tolling Commission determined that tolls instituted on I-90 along with the 520 bridge would generate about $1 billion more than just 520 alone. Two of the initial four scenarios suggested by the tolling commission show that tolls on I-90 and 520 would raise a total of $2 billion, compared to the $900 million that only 520 tolls would raise.

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    Restraining order against Tent City denied
    Restraining order against Tent City denied
    September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    Early Monday morning, a King County judge denied a request for a restraining order that sought to prevent a homeless camp from coming to Mercer Island next week.

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    Washington State Department of Transportation Construction Engineering Manager Brian Nielson speaks to the media in front of the Wilburton Tunnel on I-405 just before the I-90 interchange in Bellevue on July 21.
    Wilburton tunnel teardown will slow I-405 traffic
    September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    Southbound lanes on Interstate 405 from S.E. 8th Street in Bellevue to Interstate 90 will be completely closed for three weekends in August as construction crews remove the Wilburton Tunnel.

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    This trap near the Town Center is just one of 5
    75 gypsy moth traps placed on Mercer Island
    September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    For 35 years, the Washington State Department of Agriculture has kept the gypsy moth out of Washington. With the help of nearly 30 seasonal gypsy moth trappers, officials hope that record continues.

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    Mongo
    $1 million for Luther Burbank | Money earmarked...
    September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    The often muddy and somewhat makeshift off-leash dog park at Luther Burbank will finally get a much needed makeover. The adjacent shoreline overrun by invasive blackberry bushes will also be renovated from Calkins Point down to the docks.

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    Focus on education for 2020 changes leaders
    Focus on education for 2020 changes leaders
    By Elizabeth Celms • September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    During its summer retreat last week, the Mercer Island School Board designed a new path for the Really Big Idea Committee (RBIC) in preparation for the next phase of achieving its 2020 Vision. The School Board will henceforth relinquish responsibility for the project, passing the reins on to Superintendent Gary Plano, who will continue to define the 2020 Vision with the RBIC.

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    Ipecac is in short supply for child care
    Ipecac is in short supply for child care
    September 9, 2008 2:59 pm

    The current Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 170-296-0830 states that childcare businesses must keep a first-aid kit containing “at least one unexpired bottle of Syrup of Ipecac that must be given only at the direction of a poison control center.” The decreased availability of Syrup of Ipecac, from a lack of raw materials or the manufacturers’ decision to reduce production, has hindered this requirement.

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    MI Olympic swimmer still inspires
    MI Olympic swimmer still inspires
    By Elizabeth Celms • September 9, 2008 2:58 pm

    Like many other American cities, Mercer Island has its own proud list of Olympic medalists. There is Mary Wayte — gold medalist swimmer in the 1984 Los Angeles Games — whose name has been eternalized by the Island’s Mary Wayte Pool; figure skater Peter Kennedy, who won silver skating pairs with his sister, Karol, in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo; and Carl Buchanan, who won gold for sailing in the 1984 Summer Games.

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    Town Center businesses hit by burglars
    Town Center businesses hit by burglars
    September 9, 2008 2:58 pm

    Burglars robbed two neighboring commercial businesses in the Town Center two weekends ago, exploiting the stores that did not have burglar alarms at the time. Both Dooz, a hair salon that caters to children and also sells toys, baby shower gifts and child hair products, and Yogabliss, a private yoga school, were burglarized on the night of Friday, July 25.

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    Merrimount decision to be revisited
    Merrimount decision to be revisited
    September 9, 2008 2:58 pm

    It turns out that the city’s recent decision to reduce Island Crest Way to three lanes south of Merrimount Drive may not stick, as members of the City Council want to revisit the project in the coming weeks.

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    • City takes further steps toward adopting Climate Action Plan
    • County executive announces coalition to tackle King County’s degrading state of behavioral health care
    • Residents can share ideas on Town Center parking study
    • Shorewood Apartments residents experiencing water-pressure issues
    • DOH opens call center to answer questions about monkeypox virus

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