Lillian Giu was walking her dog along her usual route when she was attacked and bitten by an unleashed labradoodle in a neighborhood a couple of blocks from Mercer Island High School on Thursday, June 21. The victim’s dog, a 20-pound poodle-terrier mix, was also attacked.
Sitting at the dinner table with her family, Audrey Unger decided that she wanted to put skydiving on her bucket list. Two of her sons had done it, and she was turning 82 on June 6.
A vehicle plunged 70 feet down a ravine in the 4600 block of East Mercer Way after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13.
A 14-year-old girl’s evening jog ended with a phone call to 911 and a run for home at 7:21 p.m. on Saturday, May 19.
Alpenland Delicatessen has been sold. The new owners, Chris and Dianne Masaoka, will take over the restaurant on June 4. They plan to keep everything the same, from the menu to the European imports and the nutcrackers.
Alpenland Delicatessen has been sold. The new owners, Chris and Dianne Masaoka, will take over the restaurant on June 4 and plan to keep everything the same.
After 13 years on Mercer Island, New Hope International Church is moving to a new location in the Beaux Arts neighborhood.
The garden in front of the Mercer Island Community and Event Center will soon exhibit pieces of a lunar module once intended for an Apollo mission.
It is a serene setting for counseling — a bright, homey room, a cozy space painted in pale blue with windows facing to the north and the west. Amanda Beer is just settling into her new office in the Island Crest Lodge building.
A retail space in the 77 Central building along Sunset Highway is newly occupied by Allstate insurance agency. Jeremy Olson, the agency owner, purchased the space in November 2011 and moved in at the beginning of February.
A new Edward Jones financial advisor has moved into the space that once housed Quiznos Subs. Albert Angel, a Seattle resident, moved into his new office on Mercer Island in mid-March, coming from Leschi.
Thirty years ago, Chris Tubbs began his career with the Mercer Island Fire Department. He started as a full-time firefighter in July 1982 and became the fire chief in January 2008 after progressing through every rank.
A children’s speech therapist moved into the north end of Mercer Island last month. Megan Campbell’s practice, Campbell Speech Pathology, aids children ages 1 1/2 to 18 who have speech and language disorders.
