The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly lunch on at noon on Thursday, May 2, at the Community and Event Center. King County Assessor Lloyd Hara will be talking about property taxes.
A school bus with red lights flashing was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by a 45-year-old Mercer Island woman at 9 a.m., Thursday, on First Hill in the 2700 block of 72nd Avenue S.E., as children were boarding. The woman was cited for negligent driving.
The Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club will be holding a spring party and auction on Saturday, May 11. The event will take place at the West Mercer Boys & Girls Club location with the theme, “Forever Young.”
Mercer Island High School will host the annual 24-hour Relay for Life event on Saturday, May 4, at the high school’s track. The event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
The Metropolitan King County Council Monday approved sending to the voters in August a six-year property tax levy lid lift proposal to raise revenue for the maintenance and operations of the county’s regional park system, as well as funding for local city parks and the Woodland Park Zoo.
The Mercer Island girls golf team finished the regular season on Monday, April 29 with a win over Bellevue, earning the team’s sixth straight KingCo crown.
Six Mercer Island School District students will be honored on May 4 at the Washington State PTA Reflections Art Program Award Ceremony in Bellevue.
The Washington Legislature regular session ended last week and a special session has been called to start on May 13.
Two outstanding Mercer Island High School seniors were awarded $5,000 college scholarships at the fourth annual Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Award Ceremony on April 20.
Mercer Island City Councilman Mike Cero is the owner of a dog that bit a city maintenance worker at Island Crest Park on Thursday, April 18.
Religious, law, health leaders say they will act if government will not.
The Islander Pub will have a new home in coming months. The restaurant will be moving to the new Aviara building in Suite 150 this summer.
Stars of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” show film a segment at the VFW Hall.