Volunteers are wanted to serve on the King County-based Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Committees for the Primary and General elections.
Though the federal budget sequester has led to delayed flights at major passenger airports, things are continuing as usual at Renton Municipal Field.
King County urges residents to take a pledge and join more than 800 parks and trails in King County that use few to no pesticides.
Candidate filing week, the official kickoff of the 2013 campaign season, is coming soon.
The Mercer Island baseball team beat Liberty on Tuesday, May 7 in the first round of the KingCo tournament. The final score was 8-3 for the Islanders.
The Mercer Islander boys soccer season came to an end on Tuesday night in the KingCo tournament. The Islanders lost 1-0 to Juanita in the first round of the tournament, held at Mount Si High School.
Elise Neyhart, a fifth-grade student at West Mercer, gives the proceeds of her lemonade stand to West Mercer Principal Rich Mellish for Bridge the Gap.
The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors will be holding several listening sessions for the public to get input on the proposed bond draft.
Under the aegis of the Mercer Island Open Space Conservancy Trust (OSCT) and the Parks and Recreation Department, the fourth annual “MI Letterboxing Adventure” will take place during the months of June through September 2013. The Kickoff of the program will be on June 1 in conjunction with National Trails Day in Pioneer Park across from the entrance to QFC and Starbucks from 10 a.m. to noon.
Litzow shepherded proposal through the Legislature that will transform failing schools
A group of Mercer Island women who are part of the national group “Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,” will take part in two events on Mother’s Day to urge action on expanded gun control efforts. The group will be at the corner of S.E. 40th and Island Crest Way around noon on Sunday.
Northwest Yeshiva High School will be holding a food and dessert auction on Thursday, May 9, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Academy Schools will be holding its 2013 Summer Academy program, an inclusive day program that supports academic and social skills development over the summer months when skills regression is common.