I heartedly “second” Tom Owens’ letter advocating the abandonment of leaf blowers.
The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors will host a study session meeting on Thursday, Aug. 16.
Power outage not caused by crash; PSE shut down substation for safety.
The Pac-12 Network, featuring the Washington universities, will go live on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m.
Mercer Islanders graduate from Seattle Pacific University, the University of Montana and the University of Rochester.
Mercer Island public school students will return to school on Wednesday, Aug. 29, for the 2012-2013 school year.
Islanders Connor Brown and his brother, Aidan Brown, participated in the Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Colorado.
A vacation home owned by Mercer Island resident Jon Rorem and his family near the town of Cle Elum, just east of Snoqualmie Pass, was spared from the Taylor Bridge wildfire.
A service for Mercer Island resident Nathan P. Bahner, who died in a wakeboarding accident, will be held on Friday, Aug. 17.
Youth Theatre Northwest will close out its summer season with a retro spin on a classic fairy tale.
The construction along Island Crest Way will continue this week, as crews repave the road.
On Wednesday, Aug. 15 the entire northbound side of the road will be paved in the southbound direction. Side streets will be closed as the paving process passes them, but cars will be detoured north and south along 88th and 90th Avenue for access to the neighborhoods east of Island Crest Way.
Kids play tug-of-war with Fun Mobile staff member Pete Gordon while the wildly popular Recess Monkey band entertains children in Mercerdale Park.
A 33-year-old Mercer Island man died on Friday, Aug. 10, after a wakeboarding incident in Lake Washington, near Seward Park.