An Island resident and CEO of a local software company was arrested last Tuesday night at his South-end home on West Mercer Way for allegedly cooking the accounting books and defrauding investors of about $50 million.
The City Council may officially cancel the Island’s D.A.R.E. program next month during its scheduled 2009-2010 biennial budget approval, but City Manager Rich Conrad said that the program would be continued in another fashion.
Data released last week by the Office of National Drug Control Policy further backs the success of drug-free programs such as the Island’s Communities That Care. According to the report, youth substance abuse decreases at a faster rate in communities with such programs.
The Washington Department of Health has ordered more than 435,000 doses of flu vaccine this year — a record order. For help finding an immunization clinic, call 1-800-322-2588, or go to www.doh.wa.gov/FluNews.
The wait for light rail in Seattle is almost over, just as Islanders and Eastsiders are getting a second chance to approve a cross-lake route in November. A new westbound HOV lane and direct-access off-ramp funded by Sound Transit and the Department of Transportation opened on Thursday night, bringing the Island one step closer to light rail.
When traveling off-Island to the east, we drive over it. Kayakers and canoers float through it, and hikers and joggers explore its trails. Students, teachers and parents of our elementary schools make field trips there every year. Thousands of migratory birds cross Mercer Island skies on the Pacific Flyway on their way to and from — you guessed it — the 320-acre Mercer Slough. And last Saturday, Oct. 11, the vital wetland ecosystem of the Mercer Slough got another boost, with the grand opening of the expanded Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center.
The city does not often pay employees to leave its employ. And when they do, the amounts are fairly modest. Yet former City Attorney Bob Sterbank received a check for $137,500 after he resigned — the equivalent of more than a year’s salary. The amount was 20 percent more than the total amount that the city paid to all others over the past five years combined.
Insisting that the school district play ball, the City Council pressed the Mercer Island School Board last week to resolve field-availability issues in exchange for funding youth counselors.
Mercer Island celebrated International Walk to School Day last Wednesday, Oct. 8 with all three elementary schools participating. The event,…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island boys golf team qualified six athletes for districts for the first…
The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter Former Mercer Island High School and South Mercer Junior High wrestling coach Paul Jackson…
