The regular Thursday meeting of the Mercer Island Kiwanis is set for noon, Jan. 10, at Aljoya.
The Mercer Island Thrift Shop is extending it’s hours and starting Jan. 6 will be open on Sundays.
Now that the holiday season is over, many Mercer Island residents have a tree that can be recycled on Mercer Island.
The Mercer Island City Council will hold its first meeting of 2013 on Monday, Jan. 7.
All Mercer Island School District Board of Directors meetings are now held in the Mercer Island City Hall Council Chambers. This move enables the district to take advantage of the city’s television broadcast capabilities.
The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its first 2013 meeting on Thursday, Jan. 10, at noon at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center.
The Regional Animal Services of King County helped connect pets with new homes in 2012, with the 2,500th animal adopted shortly before the end of the year.
Alcohol ignition interlocks in Washington will soon have a feature designed to prevent others from performing breath tests for the driver. Starting Jan. 1, a camera will snap a picture every time the machine is used, verifying that the driver is the person who took the test.
Mercer Islanders should consider creating a profile in the new “Smart 911” service available to all King County residents.
The upcoming lecture in the Stroum JCC Jewish Touch Lecture Series is “Jewish Comedians in 1950s Hollywood,” on Sunday, Jan. 6.
These are the names of Mercer Islanders whose obituaries or service announcements were printed in the Reporter in 2012.
Editor’s choice for best story of 2012 is about a 1959 plane crash in Chicago.
Islander Lynne Tempest is working in South Africa for Kick4Life, a nonprofit working to fight AIDS with education and community-building centered around soccer.
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