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Garbage Pickup in Mercer Island Unaffected by Allied Waste/Republic Picket
Mercer Island's garbage service will not be affected Wednesday by the local picket established in solidarity with striking Ohio Teamsters.

Mercer Island's garbage service will not be affected Wednesday by the local picket established in solidarity with striking Ohio Teamsters.

Three Mercer Island students were named to the Dean's List at Washington University in St. Louis.
Hail could return to the Puget Sound region late Sunday morning through the evening according to the National Weather Service.
A Mercer Island woman reported that a stranger apparently listed her as a co-filer for an IRS tax return, the Mercer Island Police Department reported.
Mercer Island JV softball beat West Seattle 16-1 in four innings on April 11 at Mercer Island.
This $1.6 million four-bedroom, two and a half bath home has many touches for entertaining.
Davis died at age 95 on February 17. He was an advocate for transit and transportation projects, and a board member for Group Health, as well as a family man who loved Shakespeare and the Mariners.
Lake Washington beat Mercer Island in softball 6-2 Tuesday night.
Benson Wong is a longtime resident of Mercer Island and an attorney with Keller Rohrback, LLP.
The Mercer Island School District will be among the honorees at the Washington State Recycling Association's Recyclers of the Year Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May 14.
Perkins, the longtime host of the TV show "Biography," has written a memoir about retiring and rekindling his spiritual life living on an island in Maine. He will read and sign his book at Island Books April 15.
Tickets to the May 17 event are $85 and the event raises funds for the association's scholarship and other programs.
The Mercer Island City Council and the Mercer Island School District will get an update on Mary Wayte Pool and possible school expansions at its joint meeting on Thursday.
Siyu Tibbs, a University of Houston (UH) retailing and consumer sciences major and resident of Mercer Island, made the Dean's List for the fall 2012 semester.
The Mercer Island Lacrosse team went 2-1, beating boys state champions in Maine and Massachusetts, this week on their East Coast trip.
The State Department of Health has issued a warning that several types of frozen food products using the brand-labels Farm Rich, Market Day, and Schwan’s brands could be contaminated with a deadly bacteria.
Ellsworth House, a 59-unit rent-subsidized senior housing building in Mercer Island, got a good score in its most recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development inspection, said Imagine Housing, the nonprofit that manages the property.
A $1.48 million home on West Mercer Way features five bedrooms, three bathrooms and was built by Nova Construction.
Mercer Island's annual Leap for Green community sustainability fair is taking place at the Mercer Island Community Center Saturday, April 13. Special guests at the family event include band Recess Monkey.
Honor society Phi Beta Kapp selected Parker Bixby, the Mercer Island High School band director, with the Pathfinder Award. Bixby will be honored Phi Beta Kappa’s spring luncheon event on May 13.