Obesity rates for adults have doubled from 15 percent to 30 percent over the same 30 years, with obesity rates in children tripling.
Though there is still some work going on in the newest apartment complex on the Island, tenants began moving into Aviara, the building located on 76th Avenue S.E., last weekend.
The Mercer Island High School mock trial team is hosting a benefit day at Menchies on the north end of Mercer Island on Thursday, March 21.
The Mercer Island fastpitch team traveled to Kirkland on Tuesday, March 19 for a KingCo game against Lake Washington, squeezing in a game just before heavy rainfall. The Islanders lost 21-11.
True Value has a new home; public dollars might pay for a new parking structure.
Rates to rise 2.5 percent on SR-520 tolls effective July 1.
A grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting were held at the new South end Chase branch on Tuesday, March 19.
College Tutors invites college-bound 10th and 11th-graders to take a practice SAT or ACT test to gauge their current achievement level and readiness for college entrance exams.
‘Arti Gras’ is the theme of the 30th annual Mercer Island Fine Arts Showcase, which will take place next week.
The Mercer Island Parks and Recreation annual egg hunts will be held on Saturday, March 30, the day before Easter.
What is missing in the discussion of tolling I-90 is recognition that this is part of a plan by the WSDOT and the House Transportation Committee to have government shape citizen decisions. Tolling cannot only be used to collect large sums of money, it can also be used to compel citizens to conform to government ideals.
Nine members of the Mercer Island Police Department jumped into the frigid waters of Lake Sammamish during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge on Sunday, March 17.
Aljoya will host a free French film night on Friday, March 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The film “Quai des Orfevres” is in French with English subtitles.