As a former neighbor, you may have missed when the city asked for comment in August (while many were on vacation) of the potential parking and traffic issues that may be raised by a pending private development in Mercerdale Park.
With the new school year starting, parents’ to-do lists are now filled with shopping for school clothes, school supplies and school food. That’s right — school food.
Summer’s end has always been one of my most favorite times of year. I loved going back to school. It meant seeing my friends again, and a fresh start with new teachers and new challenges. The key was having the right tools — No. 2 pencils, plenty of paper and a brand new Trapper Keeper to hold it all together.
I’m going to vote against Sound Transit 3. I would ask everyone to vote against it as well.
Last night there was over 5,000 people in the King County region that did their best to cover themselves in blankets, sheets, and sleeping bags in order to get a nights rest. Over 5,000 people fell asleep feeling unworthy or hopeless. Over 5,000 people felt belittled.
Welcome to the 2016-17 school year!
Kill the fatted calf. Gov. Jay Inslee announced he is going to unstick Interstate 405.
Mercer Islanders should be especially supportive of “pay to park” as the way to meet their commuting needs.
I recently traveled to Greece to research my roots.
As a gardener and Island resident, I noticed recently that the library grounds were looking dry. I thought perhaps the watering system got turned off during remodeling. I phoned the library on July 29 to report a number of mature plants in distress. Two more calls last week to the King County Library System also brought no action.
In 2016 alone, there have been 989 terrorist attacks worldwide, resulting in approximately 8,366 deaths. In light of recent attacks in Normandy, Munich, Nice and Brussels by ISIS militants and sympathizers, I am tempted to ask myself: How did this get so bad? When will it stop? And could we — the United States — have prevented these attacks?
Recent travels to Chicago, New York City, Phoenix and Portland find citizens in these cities, like Mercer Island, in a fight to preserve public parkland from private developers.