It is not the City Council, or WSDOT, but the Washington State Transportation Commission that establishes tolls.
As a former client, City Council liaison and supporter of Mercer Island Youth and Family Services, I cannot say enough about how this agency helps our community.
You may have learned everything you need to know about life in kindergarten, but “everything you need to know about business can be learned from Little League,” says Mercer Island author, Earl Bell.
The 14th annual MIPA Preschool Fair is 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Islander Middle School.
The Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department will be holding two public meetings to discuss opportunities and receive design input on the upcoming Luther Burbank Playground replacement, scheduled for construction in the summer of 2013.
Seagulls crowd on the roof of The Mercer apartments on Sunday, Jan. 20, as the fog continued to blanket Mercer Island.
I was disappointed to read Danny Westneat’s recent article in The Seattle Times, “Elephant ‘extremists’ in Seattle now feeling vindicated,” in which he declared that “Keeping elephants in captivity clearly isn’t working.”
Environmental Assessment to begin, public to have say at WSDOT meeting on Jan. 29.
Sporting and outdoor goods worth over $25,000 were stolen out of an Isuzu Trooper overnight in the 9000 block of S.E. 50th Street, near Northwest Yeshiva High School.
Longtime journalist Maureen Francisco has written a book about a growing up and finding success as an immigrant in the United States.
Mercer Island High School Drama will present the winter production “Antigone,” beginning Jan. 24.
A new hotel will be built on Mercer Island where the Travelodge was located. Dollar Development Co. has announced that it is proceeding with its development plans for a boutique hotel in the Mercer Island town center.
Islander Shirley Lake, who died Jan. 9, sold property here and on the Eastside for 43 years. She began selling homes not because she wanted to, but because she needed to help support her family after a crisis. Little did she know how successful she would become.