The proposal to add 124 new living units in five additional buildings at the Shorewood Heights Apartments received preliminary approval from the Design Commission earlier this month.
Just in time, high school drama dept. holds costume sale
Alex Kovar, a sixth-grader at Islander Middle School, enjoys the waning days of summer fishing at Ellis Pond on Mercer…
“You’ve got kids at home with nothing to do. You’re at your wits end. You can’t face one more day of staring at each other, listening to ‘I’m bored’ over and over. Well, guess what? We’ve got tons of ideas for you,” reads the home page of the Ruby Slipper Guide, a Web site launched by two Eastside mothers that compiles dozens of local activities, parks, museums and seasonal festivities for children and teenagers. With more than 5,000 visitors a month, the site has grown from a personal project into an Eastside parenting resource.
Unexpected 18 percent increase for new sewer
Renton Airport noise study to offer analysis not answers
The French-American School of Puget Sound, the only K-5 international school on the Island, is planning to add an entire second story to its building next fall.
A fundraiser for the Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Foundation, called The Pumpkin Patch, will feature blown glass by local artists. The art will be on display and for purchase at participating merchants.
Rie Munoz has an eye for Alaska. Eskimos drying out walrus skins. Fishermen pulling in their catch. Children playing in the snow. And Alaskans love her for it.
A fall bounty of giant pumpkins and tall cornstalks adorn the entrance to the Roanoke Inn Tavern on Mercer Island,…
Boys & Girls Club property sale is final, to be converted to ball fields
Almost a year after the Mercer Island High School newspaper, The islander, encountered its first brush with censorship, the 27-member staff has shed past inhibitions and is ready to publish with gusto. With a flush of new page editors, The islander is in fresh hands once again. And, according to opinions editor Deborah Burstein, this year’s journalism class won’t be treading lightly.
It turns out that a proposal from Boeing to expand its 737 program at the Renton Airport could be the Hail Mary play Islanders were waiting for.
