Islanders rally for a friend and a cause, have raised $100,000.
Mercer Island High School seniors Cody Hall and Anna Unutzer have been named the Rotary Islanders of April.
Mercerdale Park will be the site of an outdoor Native Plant Sale and Celebration on Saturday, May 11.
Despite two home runs for the Mercer Island baseball team, the Islanders lost to Interlake on Monday, April 22. The final score was 5-4.
Last Friday, Boston’s nightmare week involving bombings at the Boston Marathon and a citywide manhunt came to an end when a suspect was arrested.
State regulators have ended a decades-old requirement that local telephone companies deliver printed White Pages directories each year to all of their Washington customers.
A police officer rescued a 42-year-old Federal Way man who was preparing to jump off of the 76th Avenue S.E. overpass, above westbound I-90 lanes, around 8 p.m. in the 7600 block of North Mercer Way.
The approval Tuesday of battery system improvements for the 787 Dreamliner by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) clears the way for Boeing and its customers to install the approved modifications and will lead to a return to service and resumption of new production deliveries, according to a company press release.
Six metal design students at Mercer Island High School submitted their pieces for a month-long exhibition, “Passing the Torch,” at the Washington State Convention Center, now open through June. The awards ceremony is Sunday, April 28.
IRS warns about charity scams. Following major disasters and tragedies, scam artists impersonate charities to steal money or get private information from well-intentioned taxpayers. Fraudulent schemes involve solicitations by phone, social media, email or in-person.
With the release of budget proposals from the Washington state Legislature, much is made of the fact that these proposals include significant additional funding for K-12 education.
‘How many schools should I apply to?’ I am asked this question daily by students who have been told that they should only apply to a maximum of eight colleges. I am uncomfortable setting a hard and fast number, since so many individual factors come into play.
It doesn’t seem right that the “We Take Junk” and the “Mercer Apartments” trucks should continue to have free advertising while parked next to Mercerdale Park.