The Mercer Island boys lacrosse team earned a win during it’s East Coast trip, beating Maine’s Scarborough team 15-2 on Thursday, April 4.
The Bellevue Jazz Festival will celebrate its sixth year with more than 40 free shows by top regional jazz musicians at venues throughout downtown May 29-June 2, but tickets for the headlining events go on sale at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 5.
Statement from the House Transportation Committee on proposed $8.4 billion transportation budget for the 2013-2015 biennium
Arne and Crystal Rosander — a married couple responsible for a number of crimes throughout the greater Puget Sound, including Mercer Island — were recently sentenced after more than a year of investigations conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies.
The project to place a Verizon cell tower near Island Crest Park is continuing to move forward, according to the City of Mercer Island.
Students at West Mercer Elementary held a food drive in March for the Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Food Pantry, collecting a record amount of food.
In an effort to help get Mercer Island seniors out and about, the Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a new senior lunch and conversation the second Wednesday of the month at the Community and Event Center.
A Mercer Island teacher and students at Northwest Yeshiva High School have earned King County Earth Hero honors.
Mercer Island’s Island Park and Lakeridge elementary schools have earned Washington Achievement Awards for 2012 from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
A rash of car prowls continued over the last week of March.
A Mercer Island man charged last month with raping and paying a 15-year-old girl to have sex with him at a Kirkland condo pleaded not guilty today in King County Superior Court.
Compost Days is a regionwide campaign to thank residents for their excellence in composting and diverting 350,000 tons of food and yard waste from landfills in 2012.
While admittedly we are one of the many families that moved from Seattle to Mercer Island for the excellent schools, I had no idea how far the definition of excellent schools extended.