The highway department, now WSDOT, wants to penalize Mercer Island with a cockamamie plan to impose tolls on I-90. Where is the present Council? Are they going to cave in like abandoning our reversible lane access?
Officials at Washington State Parks are observing the system’s 100th birthday this year, but some have warned that, after over a decade of budget cuts, the state’s 138 parks are in danger of serious operations reductions if the system’s funding problems aren’t solved.
Mark Eskridge was looking out of his window at the lake checking wind conditions when he noticed something out of the ordinary early Saturday morning, Feb. 2.
Sound Transit set all-time annual ridership records in 2012 for boardings on its commuter trains, buses and light rail. Sound Transit had an estimated 28 million boardings last year. Average weekday boardings topped 93,000 for the year.
Islanders gathered once again to hear from Washington State Department of Transportation officials about tolling I-90 to pay for the SR-520 bridge and corridor. About 100 people came to the Feb. 7 Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon to hear from the WSDOT’s John White, the agency’s director of tolled corridor development.
In an email to Islanders who have contacted the city about tolling I-90, Assistant City Manager Noel Treat offered an update on what the City Council plans to do regarding the issue.
The Albertsons pharmacy was robbed at 10:25 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, when a man passed a threatening note to a pharmacist, demanding drugs.
Parlor Elan’s name comes from the Italian for “moving forward.” The new beauty salon is located in the Rite Aid building on the South end. Two friends, Dina Good and Anne Messmore, opened the salon in mid-January.
The United States Postal Service announced last week that beginning in August, mail service will be cut to five days a week.
I was one of the hundreds of MI residents who went to the WSDOT presentations on Jan. 29, 2013. I also mailed in my comments to WSDOT (opposing the three toll locations that WSDOT cited in its materials) based upon geographic inequities and income inequities.
I can’t seem to get Abraham Lincoln off my mind. Maybe it’s because of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film nominated for 12 Academy Awards. Daniel Day Lewis captured the character of the lanky leader in a gripping manner and is most deserving of the best actor Oscar.
The City of Mercer Island is putting its property on First Hill up for sale.
The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, Feb. 14 for a regular meeting.