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    Remembering an unexpected visitor | Greg Asimakoupoulos
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • April 14, 2025 2:00 pm

    COVID rearranged our daily routines big time.

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    (Photo by Andy Nystrom/Mercer Island Reporter)
    Vote yes on Mercer Island school bond |...
    By Stephen Yu, Meghan Banta and Julie Hsieh Citizens for MI Public Schools • April 2, 2025 7:30 am

    Mercer Island schools are excellent, but the buildings are aging. The proposed bond funds: $100M for Islander Middle School (built…

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    (Photo by Andy Nystrom/Mercer Island Reporter)
    Vote no on Mercer Island school bond |...
    By Mike Cero Mercer Islanders for Sustainable Spending • April 2, 2025 7:00 am

    Mercer Islanders for Sustainable Spending (MISS) recommends a NO vote to the $165,000,000 school bond. This is the first time…

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    Celebrating a familiar voice | Greg Asimakoupoulos
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • March 31, 2025 2:00 pm

    I first heard the voice of Mercer Islander Dave Ross in the fall of 1978.

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    Dragon Park needs total makeover to be accessible...
    By John Hamer, For the Reporter • March 24, 2025 11:35 am

    Major changes are overdue at the Mercer Island, which is clearly showing its age.

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    Beware of first impressions | Greg Asimakoupoulos
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • March 17, 2025 2:00 pm

    My ‘Undercover Boss’ moment on Mercer Island.

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    How Jim Ellis changed all of our lives...
    By John Hamer, For the Reporter • March 10, 2025 1:35 pm

    He was a member of Rotary, whose motto is “Service Above Self.” Jim personified those words.

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    There’s no place like Nome | Greg Asimakoupoulos
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • March 3, 2025 2:00 pm

    It happened a hundred years ago. A relay-race of sled dog teams saved the lives of countless people in Nome,…

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    Clockwise from left: Diane Tien, Johnny Gage, Gregory Adams, Monique Mason, Larry Brooks, Steve Sheppard, Greg Asimakoupoulos. Photo courtesy of John Hamer
    DADS came to visit us, so we went...
    By John Hamer, For the Reporter • March 3, 2025 12:44 pm

    Mercer Island Rotary Club (mirotary.org) just awarded them a $2,500 grant to support their work.

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    Frank Blethen, publisher of The Seattle Times, spoke at the Mercer Island Rotary Club meeting Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Greg Asimakoupoulos)
    I got to introduce my old boss at...
    By John Hamer, For the Reporter • February 24, 2025 12:21 pm

    Frank Blethen recalled his long history on Mercer Island and the current state of newspapers.

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    Sallman’s Head of Abe and a love of...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • February 11, 2025 7:00 am

    As someone who raised three daughters in Illinois, my childhood appreciation of Lincoln only grew by increased exposure to the one I consider our greatest president.

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    Coach Tommy Brasher and Jim Zorn. Photo by Greg Asimakoupoulos
    Remembering a friend and a coach | Greg...
    By Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimakoupoulos • February 4, 2025 7:00 am

    When I first met Tommy, he and his wife, LaNelle, had just moved to Covenant Living at the Shores.

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    Once upon a time, someone tried to shut...
    By John Hamer, For the Reporter • February 3, 2025 9:30 am

    Imagine Mercer Island without the Roanoke, established in 1914 and now almost everyone’s favorite spot on the island.

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