Our relatively small community has fostered the development of seven winemakers and/or winery owners. Six are Washington wineries, and one is in Napa Valley in California.
Off-duty federal agent shoots at suspect believed to be videotaping his daughter
After falling early on the in the SeaKing district tournament, Mercer Island pushed their way back up through the consolation bracket to earn a spot in the 3A state tournament.
It was a night of firsts.
Twenty three years ago it happened, but then the man now leaading the Mercer Island football team was on the field, in uniform.
The Mercer Island football program earned their first playoff win since 1988 when head coach Brett Ogata was a player. The Islanders beat Ferndal 21-14 to secure the team’s first ever home playoff win.
The Mercer Island Senior Service Club’s blood drive on Friday, Nov. 4 helped bring in 66 pints of blood for the Puget Sound Blood Center.
Island three-year-old, Ryan Peterson is honorary chair of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pineapple Classic run in North Bend on Nov. 12.
The Mercer Island volleyball team took a tough loss during the first round of the SeaKing district volleyball tournament on Thursday, Nov. 3. The Islanders lost 3-2 (17-25, 17-25, 25-20, 27-25, 14-16).
A mailer delivered to Island voters last Wednesday urged voters not to vote for King County Council candidate, Richard Mitchell, who had represented a convicted murderer in a bid for clemency
The MIHS Drama 2/Dreamstate Productions will perform their first play of the school year, Shakespeare’s famous ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Six members of the Mercer Island High School girls soccer team earned KingCo honors this season. The teams and players were recognized during a ceremony on Oct. 31 during the KingCo tournament.
Honor a child or special teacher this year with a personally engraved tile to be placed on the floor of the amphitheater outside the high school commons (aka mosh pit).
As the Development Director for the Mercer Island Schools Foundation, I am very excited to be working with the Mercer Island community.
Two new traffic signals on S.E. 27th Street stalled by equipment shortages, should be complete by month’s end
