Neil and Diane Hampson of Camano Island are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Ann, to William Martin-Gill.
Last year, the Mercer Island Police Department saw an increase in the thefts of paddle boards, kayaks, and other recreational aquatic equipment. Many of these thefts came from suspects accessing the victim’s homes/property via watercraft after observing their unsecured property lying around their waterfront backyards.
The Mercer Island Little League Coast Division championship was won by the Angels in June.
Mercer Island was the host of the AAA Little League Bellevue/Mercer Island, consisting of 25 teams.
At the heart of a new business on Mercer Island is the idea that everyone is an athlete. G4 Athlete, a new all-encompassing physical therapy business, recently opened its doors on Mercer Island.
Violent crime in the greater Seattle area has increased so far in 2012.
The West Mercer PTA awards were handed out on Friday, June 15, at the end-of-the-year assembly. Each recipient received a certificate and PTA pin issued from the Washington State PTA.
I have just read about “letterboxing” in the Mercer Island Reporter. What an exciting adventure awaits all who participate! I love the values imbedded in this project — it is an Island activity; no need to go off Island.
An 81-year-old woman confronted a thief who stole her purse in Albertsons at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, at 2755 77th Ave. S.E. The suspect, a tall man in his 20s, snatched the woman’s purse out of her shopping cart while she was choosing grocery items. She had left her cart unattended.
Last week, State Sen. Steve Litzow was able to talk to thousands of voters at the same time. He held a Town Hall meeting by phone.
Mercer Island resident Morgan Peyou is a member of the Bellevue Blast 14U fastpitch team, which won the Sudden Impact tournament in Spanaway in June. Peyou is a freshman at Mercer Island High School.
I am appalled at the greedy decision of our neighborhood grocery stores to begin selling hard liquor. This new addition to their inventory is, at best, insensitive, and — at worst — irresponsible.
Increased congestion on Washington’s highways could result in thousands of lost jobs in freight-dependent businesses and a more than $3 billion hit to the state economy, according to a new Washington State Department of Transportation report.