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Mercer Island city officials confirmed yesterday that this week’s nightly curfew was instituted primarily to protect the city’s former recycling center from threats of vandalism by local and off-Island agitators. “During these unprecedented and uncertain…

Discussions on local social media forums reached a fever pitch last week as Islanders argued about how to behave in response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. “I am shocked and disappointed by the flagrant disregard…

As the world wages a battle against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, Mercer Island is becoming a hot spot of its own inimitable kind: A record number of Islanders have contracted a malady known as Self-Proclaimed…

In yet another blow to community normalcy, the Mercer Island Swingers Club, one of the longest continually active social organizations on the Island, canceled its April meeting last weekend. “While we feel — passionately —…

In reaction to last weekend’s sunny weather bringing large numbers of cyclists to West and East Mercer Way, a long-time Island resident has petitioned the Mercer Island Police Department to ban off-Island cyclists from the…

As people across the United States are adjusting to the practice known as social distancing, a local expert on Mercer Island culture explains that the island has been “a long-time role model of social distancing…

Capitalizing on the publicity from a recent article in Slate magazine, local merchant Island Books has announced a strategic pivot of its core business to the selling of toilet paper.  “The printing press is more…

It took more than a month for King County to certify the results of the City Council Position 1 election, but it’s finally official: By a margin of only forty votes, Mercer Island citizens have…

With ballots due next Tuesday, many Mercer Island citizens are eager to cast their votes in this year’s election. A recent survey indicates, however, that this year’s unusually high levels of voter turnout are driven…