It’s hard to miss a bird with a 5-foot wingspan, especially when one is perched on a row of lights surveying the soccer field during a night game at Islander Stadium. Recently, two osprey have been frequenting many high school events, seeing as their nest — which is large enough for a man to stand in — is located on a pole at the north end of the stadium at Mercer Island High School.
While the city of Renton continues to keep the three bids for the proposed corporate jet center under lock and key until its city council decides to open them to the public, a couple that owns the largest flight company at Renton Airport wants the bids released.
Councilmembers and city staff last Monday added a few more changes and clarifications to the list of proposed Town Center code amendments currently under review by city staff.
The Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest and most prestigious, continuously run marathon, completed its 111th running on Monday, April 16. The lingering rain from a late spring Nor’Easter and even a forecast of 55-mph winds, didn’t stop thousands of runners from taking part in the event. Included among them, were three Mercer Islanders: Timothy Steege, 53; Roger Larson, 62; and Christina Faine, 40.
One resident’s recent encounter with some bold raccoons and his struggle to obtain permission from the city to capture them has got the City Council considering a change to the trapping and hunting ordinance.
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What would you do if an earthquake struck while you were at Costco, with heavy pallets stacked high above your head? How much water does a person require per day in aftermath of a disaster? Why shouldn’t you use candles during a power outage?
New sculptures by artist Larry McLaughlin were recently installed in the I-90 outdoor sculpture park along Sunset Highway on Mercer…
Education, health, and environmental issues topped the state’s agenda in the Democrat-dominated 2007 legislature.
Mercer Island middle-school students drink, smoke and use drugs less than the national norm. Once they hit high school, however, the figures jump significantly over the norm, according to a local study.
A powdery substance returned in the mail to a Mercer Island home last February was a potentially harmful insecticide and part of a series of threatening diatribes concerned with the portrayal of cheerleaders on TV.
Bellevue Community College will host its fifth multi-cultural festival this Saturday, May 5. The director is a Mercer Island teenager.
Sculpted out of natural elements, this work of art stood on the grounds of the Community Center at Mercer View…
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