When traveling off-Island to the east, we drive over it. Kayakers and canoers float through it, and hikers and joggers explore its trails. Students, teachers and parents of our elementary schools make field trips there every year. Thousands of migratory birds cross Mercer Island skies on the Pacific Flyway on their way to and from — you guessed it — the 320-acre Mercer Slough. And last Saturday, Oct. 11, the vital wetland ecosystem of the Mercer Slough got another boost, with the grand opening of the expanded Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center.
The city does not often pay employees to leave its employ. And when they do, the amounts are fairly modest. Yet former City Attorney Bob Sterbank received a check for $137,500 after he resigned — the equivalent of more than a year’s salary. The amount was 20 percent more than the total amount that the city paid to all others over the past five years combined.
Insisting that the school district play ball, the City Council pressed the Mercer Island School Board last week to resolve field-availability issues in exchange for funding youth counselors.
Mercer Island celebrated International Walk to School Day last Wednesday, Oct. 8 with all three elementary schools participating. The event,…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island boys golf team qualified six athletes for districts for the first…
The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
The former executive director of Mercer Island’s youth theater reached an agreement with the county prosecutor’s office and will not stand trial for a rape that he was accused of committing nearly one year ago. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter Former Mercer Island High School and South Mercer Junior High wrestling coach Paul Jackson…
The wait for light rail in Seattle is almost over, just as Islanders and Eastsiders are getting a second chance to approve a cross-lake route in November. A new westbound HOV lane and direct-access off ramp funded by Sound Transit and the Department of Transportation also opens Thursday night, bringing the Island one step closer to light rail.
An Island resident and CEO of a local software company was arrested Tuesday night at his South-end home on West Mercer Way for allegedly cooking the accounting books and defrauding investors of about $50 million.
As our pilot season crosses the mid-way point, the Mercer Island Farmers Market would like to publicly thank our community members who have given generously to bring this event into fruition.
Those in support of physician-assisted suicide argue that by providing lethal medication, they are showing compassion to the terminally ill. Yet when offered the choice of death, patients — instead of feeling less pain or fear — actually have increased feelings of anxiety, pain and worthlessness. In fact, studies have shown that in areas where physician-assisted suicide is legal, severe pain and distress has increased.
A rave to the north Mercer Island QFC for opening their store for flu shots on Monday, Sept. 30.
