The Mercer Island Community Fund is currently accepting grant applications with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2012.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented Premera Blue Cross President and CEO H.R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow with the AJC Human Relations Award at a Gala Dinner on Nov. 1.
Smooth out the risk with a diversified portfolio. The stock market of today is more volatile than in previous decades.
The Sound Transit Board on Thursday endorsed an agreement with the City of Bellevue to enable the East Link light rail project to serve downtown Bellevue via a tunnel.
Seattle Children’s on Monday announced two philanthropic gifts totaling $65 million to benefit pediatric research, nursing education and clinical care.
The Senior Service Club of Mercer Island High School is holding a blood drive at the high school between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (closed between 10:30 and 11:15 a.m.) on Friday, Nov. 4.
It’s rare that I disagree with the Reporter’s endorsements, and rarer still I feel the need to argue the endorsement misses the mark. But this time it does.
Elizabeth “Dib” Landsdowne, a longtime Mercer Island resident, seen here on Feb. 28, 1971. She was the original owner of the Landsdowne Lane area before it was developed.
The Mercer Island Reporter endorses Islander Richard Mitchell for Pos. 6 on the King County Council over incumbent Jane Hague.
Mikhail Savvateev believes that everyone deserves to have basic needs such as access to clean water. It would seem logical, but in fact people all over the world suffer every day.
It may be no coincidence that November is both Lung Cancer Awareness Month and COPD Awareness Month. Lung cancer and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are two of the leading causes of death in America – and also among the most under appreciated.
The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon for November begins at noon tomorrow, Nov. 3, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center (formerly the CCMV). Mercer Island School District Superintendent Gary Plano is the speaker. To RSVP and for ticket information, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 232-3404.
School district, city officials mull keeping pool, sharing bus facilities, new schools.
