Kate Reinertson, of Mercer Island, has been elected to serve as the vice president of membership and education of BBYO’s leadership program and sorority, B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG). BBYO is a leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement.
Elisabeth Williams, a freshman at Mercer Island High School, will play Johanna in “Sweeney Todd,” a musical at Studio East in Kirkland, March 15-24.
Mercer Island Parent Edge will show a film, “Miss Representation,” on Wednesday, March 20, at the Mercer Island High School Performing Arts Center.
Who have Puget Sound Blood Center donors helped recently? A 30-year-old man at UW Medical Center who underwent open heart surgery. A 60-year-old man at UW Medical Center who received an organ transplant.
Sen. Pam Roach (R-Auburn) urged voters to look out for their pocketbooks after the state Supreme Court declared a two-thirds vote to raise taxes unconstitutional in a 6-3 ruling.
Four firearms-related bills are expected to continue moving through the House of Representatives this session after receiving committee confirmation. A host of Senate bills were introduced, but none advanced in that chamber.
A suitcase containing $500,000 in S. Kashi & Sons jewelry was stolen from a salesman’s vehicle outside of Island Crust Cafe.
Youth Theatre Northwest continues its 2012-2013 school season with the classic “Little Women,” by author Louisa May Alcott, beginning March 8.
A tsunami of need is coming due just as the economy is getting back on track.
I really struggled trying to find a catchy way to start this literary masterpiece. Ultimately, I failed. So here’s what I decided to tell you: I just had one of my best February months, ever. Before you even ask why, let me say I was privileged to ski two of my favorite mountains in back-to-back weeks: Sun Valley, Idaho, and Telluride, Colorado. There, I’ve said it.
Douglas David DiJulio II was awarded a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the Department of Physics at Lund University in Sweden on Feb. 15. The graduate is the son of Regina and Douglas DiJulio, of Mercer Island.
Shortly after school ended on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Islander Middle School students lined up and spelled their way through the rounds of the school’s annual spelling bee.
The annual spring recycling event on Mercer Island will take place on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mercer Island Boat Launch.