Instead of asking citizens to renew the expiring levy for Luther Burbank Park, city officials plan to develop a list of needed park improvements and ask voters to approve it next year.
The Mercer Island School Board convened at the Bellevue Harbor Club, looking over picturesque Lake Washington from the Symetra Financial Center’s 25th floor, for their annual board retreat last week.
Members of the Washington Education Association elected former Mercer Island High School teacher Mary Lindquist to a two-year term as president last week. Lindquist is currently president of the Mercer Island Education Association (MIEA) and the WEA Sammamish Council. She officially begins as WEA president at their headquarters in Federal Way on July 1.
A car chase involving the State Patrol that caused at least three accidents last Friday afternoon, left I-90 and ripped through the Town Center, tearing up Mercerdale Park and the Park on the Lid, before returning to the highway.
Reader Eric Radman managed to snap a shot of this Barred Owl at Ellis Pond. The distinctive brown and white…
On Wednesday July 4, 2007, at approximately 8:16pm, a Mercer Island Police Officer was driving his patrol car when he was involved in a vehicle/pedestrian accident at the intersection of Island Crest Way and North Mercer Way on Mercer Island.
The curriculum at Mercer Island High School is always in flux,adapting to learning requirements and the needs of students. Most are done with little fanfare. But when the Bridges Advisory program at the high school was proposed, it ignited a firestorm.
As the fall election closes in, City Council candidates are gearing up for their campaigns, soliciting contributions, putting out yard signs and placing the advertisements needed to get recognized.
After months of speculation and controversy, the Boys and Girls Club presented the initial design for the PEAK project to the Design Commission last Wednesday.
On Wednesday July 4, 2007, at approximately 8:16pm, a Mercer Island Police Officer was driving his patrol car when he was involved in a vehicle/pedestrian accident at the intersection of Island Crest Way and North Mercer Way on Mercer Island.
In a highly unusual move, Mayor Bryan Cairns, served a legal notice to Councilmember Sven Goldmanis last month during a Mercer Island City Council meeting. The notice was to officially inform Goldmanis that he was in violation of city building codes regarding work being performed at a Mercer Island condo.
Kids bounce with glee in an inflatable play area during Mercer Island’s Summer Celebration! For a schedule and all the…
Superintendent Cyndy Simms revealed the number of students accepted for 2007 open enrollment during the Mercer Island School Board’s year-end meeting last week. The special enrollment policy, which lets a set number of children from off the Island attend district schools, was approved as a means to counter the current decline in students (a drop of nearly 100 in two years).
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