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Pedestrian bridge options to be vetted; no change to sign ordinance
The Mercer Island School Board has cut its originally proposed 2008 capital facilities levy by $4 million, saving the amount for a future capital facilities bond. The decision was proposed by interim Superintendent Gary Plano during a special School Board meeting on Jan. 3 organized to discuss the preliminary levy.
Neighborhood group says it will appeal city decision
West Mercer Elementary first grader Hannah Sidney, right, and second grader Lulu McKinnon dance during a school-sponsored country hoedown at…
MIHS band takes on financial, logistical challenges for China trip
The Island’s two-story park and ride lot opened on Monday without fanfare after being closed for nearly two years. The…
Public service is more than a lesson Mayor Jim Pearman — an Eagle Scout and MIHS graduate — picked up during his youth, growing up on Mercer Island. It is also a family tradition for the great-nephew of a former Seattle mayor.
Adding a full-time parking enforcement officer resulted in over 200 more parking tickets issued by the city last year as the number of crimes reported and arrests made by Island police fell.
3 a.m. call brings firefighters, city crews to scene near Mercerdale Park
The Mercer Island School Board will pay Cascade Consulting Group up to $25,000 to help them find a permanent superintendent for the 2008-09 school year.
The Mercer Island School Board is discussing the reorganization of its summer school program, which has incurred thousands of dollars in debt over the past few years. According to interim Associate Superintendent of Instructional Services, Kathy Morrison, the district could benefit from revamping its summer school curriculum.
City awaiting approval of new design