Before an interlocal agreement between the city and Mercer Island School District over improving a number of school district ball parks comes to a close, members of both parties must finalize some logistic details in the deal. The main slow-down falls with MISD, which wants better clarification of the term “district use” in the agreement.
Boats, RVs, trailers multiply on Island streets and driveways
Gene Zema is an iconic Northwest architect. His work, unmistakably unique in design and aesthetics, has earned the man numerous accolades from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), along with regional distinction. At 83, Zema is retired from architecture. Yet his legacy lives on, not just in the books and archives of AIA and the University of Washington, where he studied, but in the form of beautiful homes, 10 of which grace the wooded lots of Mercer Island.
Keeping youth away from drugs and alcohol is an ambitious goal for any community. Mercer Island has embraced this challenge with confidence. Youth and Family Services, the school district, the Island’s police and fire departments, and all members of society are part of the initiative. And now, the City of Mercer Island is increasing its own share of the responsibility.
A couple of online stories datelined Orlando, Fla., surprised Mercer Island city and Reporter staff members last week in their statement that Mercer Island had awarded Data Transfer Solutions, an Orlando-based technology services company, with a contract worth more than $100,000 to provide road data and scanning systems.
The United States Postal Service has lost hundreds of employees nationwide through attrition in an attempt to buffer dropping mail…
Uptick in street sign clutter result of poor economy, local elections Once again, the city has become proactive in reminding…
Two months ago, as headlines began announcing the “end of the recession,” Microsoft program manager Michael Surkan was laid off….
Since it began in 1975, the Mercer Island Recycle Center has become an enduring, although sometimes overlooked, service to the…
With swine flu alerts and reports of outbreaks making headlines, the Mercer Island School District is taking extra precautions. Superintendent…
Bellevue College will introduce its second baccalaureate degree, a Bachelor of Applied Arts in interior design, this January. The degree was recently approved by the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board and authorized by the state Legislature in its 2009 legislative session. Although a B.A. in interior design is new to Bellevue College, the program is decades old. In fact, it was an Island woman, Doris Katz, who mothered the fledgling program into the strong curriculum that it has become today.
City and school district representatives met on Monday, Aug. 24, to discuss how each side will share the new Islander Stadium. The joint-task force has not yet come to an agreement on the matter.
The Island’s beloved little red schoolhouse, Sunnybeam, and the generations of children who passed through its painted halls lost a dear friend last week. Marienne “Nuky” Fellows, the woman who breathed life into Sunnybeam Preschool, died on Aug. 23. She was 90 years old.
