Bus service on and off the Island will be improved this weekend as new Metro bus routes are added to the region and Sound Transit adds more trips on existing routes.
The Mercer Island School District budget is in good shape for the coming year — that is, if energy costs stay within bounds and initial enrollment numbers remain steady.
For nearly two decades, the school district and city have split the tab for providing counseling services at Island schools, but next month the City Council will consider picking up the entire bill for the 2008-2009 school year.
Interstate 90 travelers should plan for overnight lane closures through Mercer Island due to construction activities tonight and tomorrow night.
A report completed last week from Mercer Island Fire investigators announced they are unable to determine what caused a fire that severely damaged a waterfront mansion off East Mercer Way on the Fourth of July.
Islanders summit Mt. Adams, plan to tackle Rainier next
As summer lingers into fall, a float plane takes off over Lake Washington across from the Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center at Stan Sayres Park on Friday evening. Temperatures are expected to remain warm this week.
The Mercer Island School District was pleasantly surprised to find that more than 50 extra and unexpected students showed up for classes on the first day of school.
After Seattle and other Eastside communities started chiming in about the proposal to toll both floating bridges across Lake Washington, the City Council began considering its position on whether Islanders should help fund the new SR-520 span.
One hundred Islanders took the time to complete a rather arduous online survey for the Mercer Island Reporter a few months ago.
The 2006 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey shows that most of the 200,000 students surveyed in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 are making healthy choices and staying away from alcohol, drugs and risky behaviors. That’s good news for everyone. The bad news is that there are still too many kids risking their health and futures with early and heavy use of alcohol.
As a captain of an expedition cruise ship, my husband, Leif, travels to literally the end of the world each year: the Antarctic in winter and the Arctic in the summer. The lure of ice and penguins was too strong for me to turn down, having traveled to Antarctica in the past, when I had the opportunity to join Leif on one of his trips to Antarctica last year.