The Mercer Island City Council has voted to approve $95,000 in spending on utilities for a town plaza proposed on the north terminus of 78th Avenue S.E. near the Sculpture Park, allowing for an interactive water feature. The purpose of this public square, according to Councilmembers, is to provide a social gathering place in the Town Center.
It started out as rumor. A harmless one, actually. But before she knew it, Jenny Lang was caught up in a mess of drama. Tears, broken friendships, blackmail. To think it all began with a simple text message.
City Councilmember Dan Grausz announced that he will run for re-election this November, after three consecutive terms in City Hall. Grausz ends his tenure this fall along with Councilmembers Jim Pearman and Mike Grady. He is the first to announce plans for a 2009 campaign.
A recently proposed bill pushing for high-density development around transit stations, if passed, could significantly change development on the North end of Mercer Island. Yet local politicians doubt that the legislation will get very far.
Islanders continue to embrace new businesses in the Town Center, while others quietly slip away.
Cynthia Shifrin makes the best kugel in town. Close friends and family have known this for ages, but now the word is out. In January, Shifrin’s personally developed recipe for noodle kugel — an Eastern European Jewish casserole dish — won the “Kugel Showdown” at Goldbergs’ Famous Delicatessen in Factoria.
The Mercer Island City Council met for its 2009 planning session on Jan. 23-25, focusing on Island transportation issues, I-90 tolling and the city’s relationship with the school district, among other priorities. Some key guests attended the three-day retreat, held at the Community Center at Mercer View, including Mercer Island School District Superintendent Gary Plano and Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-41, who addressed one of the most heated topics on the Island.
The artwork reported stolen from the Mercer Island Sculpture Park on Jan. 17 was found in some park bushes on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2.
Unknown vandals broke into the Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club last Friday night, stealing and destroying thousands of dollars worth of electronics and equipment. The Mercer Island Police are currently investigating the burglary, which occurred sometime after 11 p.m. on Jan. 23. Employees discovered the vandalism when they showed up for work the following morning.
A steady stream of Island residents filed through the Mercer Room at the Community Center last Tuesday, lingering over posters of East Link light rail designs from I-90 to Bellevue, Overlake and Redmond. Members of Sound Transit chaperoned the viewers through the room of diagrams, all set up as part of the East Link draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) community hearing.
By Elizabeth Celms Mercer Island Reporter. Unknown vandals broke into the Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club last Friday night,…
Tawny Lindquist, a P.E. teacher at Lakeridge Elementary, travelled more than 2,400 miles with her 7-year-old daughter to watch Sen. Barack Obama become the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20. The experience was one that neither Lindquist nor her daughter, Harriet Siqueland, will ever forget.
A number of parents gathered to discuss the proposal of a unified Mercer Island High School booster club on Jan. 15, with Title IX education equity consultant Linda Mangle leading the discussion. Yet Mangle did not get far in her presentation before parents jumped in to challenge her point.
