The Mercer Island School Board has decided to postpone the “PEAK Lease Addendum” item to its Sept. 10 meeting.
As summer takes a turn toward fall, the Island’s political campaigns begin to pick up steam. City Council contenders Dan Grausz and Ira Appelman have already earned $5,000 and $10,000 in campaign funds, respectively. These two individuals — the only City Council candidates running a contested race this year — have 60 days to persuade voters to check their names on the Nov. 3 ballot. Their motive is the same, yet their means to the end are individually tailored.
The Island’s beloved little red schoolhouse, Sunnybeam, and the generations of children who passed through its painted halls lost a…
The Raretones is an Island band with character and history.
State Sen. Fred Jarrett, D-Mercer Island, came in third in the Aug. 18 primary election for King County Executive, garnering 12.2 percent of the vote, according to an Aug. 24 official count. Former KIRO news anchor Susan Hutchison came in first with 33.2 percent of the vote, while King County Councilmember Down Constantine followed with 26.7 percent. Larry Phillips and State Sen. Ross Hunter trailed behind with 12.1 and 10.9 percent, respectively. The three remaining candidates, who ran with little financial backing, garnered less than 3 percent of the vote each.
The Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club is asking the school district to amend its PEAK lease agreement so that the club may obtain a bridge loan for construction financing on the project. Construction on PEAK, a $16 million youth center, is currently underway. The Boys & Girls Club hopes to take out a U.S. Bank loan to cover construction costs while the club collects money pledged from individual donors, according to the School Board’s Aug. 27 “PEAK Lease Addendum” agenda item.
David and Marty Ulrich Jr. have run the Shell station on Sunset Highway for more than 20 years. They ran it when it was a Texaco, from 1991 to 1998, and when it was a Shell station before that. In total, the auto repair and gas station has been serving Island residents and visitors since 1965 when Marty Ulrich Sr., the brothers’ father, began the venture.
State Sen. Fred Jarrett, D-Mercer Island, came in third in yesterday’s primary election for King County Executive, garnering 12 percent…
Four City Councilmen, two Planning Commission members, the deputy city manager and a cyclist from the Cascade Bicycle Club met at the Mercer Island Park and Ride last Saturday to begin what may be the first-ever City Council bike ride.
Island residents will have to look twice next week when parking in the Town Center. Parking signs throughout the downtown area, from S.E. 32nd Street all the way north to Sunset Highway, will be changing this week as part of a new City Council ordinance. The new parking plan was designed to “better meet the needs of Island residents who want to park and shop at Town Center businesses.”
The Mercer Island High School Stadium is getting an unexpected facelift.
Residents and city officials celebrated the Island’s second annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4. A total of 27 Mercer Island neighborhoods — twice as many as last year — participated in the nationwide crime prevention and preparedness event. From the South end to the Town Center, Island residents spent the warm summer evening outside with their neighbors, chatting over refreshments, potluck-style food and various games for the children. City officials, meanwhile, toured the participating neighborhoods, dropping in to meet Islanders personally.
Mercer Island police and firefighters got through one of the busiest Seafair weekends in recent history last Sunday. The annual event, which brings thousands to the waters and shores of Lake Washington, saw record crowds this year, mostly due to the 80-degree weather and cloudless skies. And record crowds meant record emergency calls.
