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Mercer Island users of the social media site Nextdoor.com were tricked this weekend into voting against the school district’s Replacement Educational Maintenance and Operations Levy by a fraudulent online campaign intended to protect the job…

An overflow crowd of Islanders flooded city council chambers last night to hear leaders of the Mercer Island Center for the Arts announce to the council that, as part of a self-described “flushing”, they are…

Wood Products Behemoth Lowers Earnings Guidance, Predicts Layoffs Due to Abrupt Disappearance of Park-Related Opinion Pieces in the Mercer Island Reporter Seattle-based timber company Weyerhaeuser announced yesterday that it’s reducing its 2018 revenue forecasts, in response…

A local family of four revealed that they are “super excited” to be spending winter break at home on Mercer Island. The members of the Sauergreyp family, in a series of exclusive interviews with The…

Responding to the results of last week’s election, in which more than 2,700 Islanders voted for a school board candidate who had dropped out of the race in September and endorsed her opponent, the Mercer…

In an unprecedented move, the teenagers of Mercer Island yesterday issued a public apology to the community for their parents’ social media behavior. “Like you, we are shocked and disappointed by [our parents’] recent actions,”…

Local transportation advocacy group Save Our SOVs is making HOV exemption cards available to Mercer Island commuters. The cards, colloquially known as “Angry Suburbanite Seeking High Occupancy Lane Exemption” cards, are intended for Mercer Island…

Mercer Island’s Town Center was home last weekend to two demonstrations last weekend representing opposite sides of the controversial “Art-Right” movement. On Friday evening, a rally sponsored by a local Art-Right group commandeered the northern…

Facing a backlash from local concerned citizens, the Mercer Island City Council yesterday clarified its recent statements endorsing an inclusive and tolerant community. “Our letter of 5 September, reaffirming our proclamation of last 21 November describing…