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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…

Island residents flocked to local parks Monday morning to experience several minutes of plunging temperatures and near darkness, a meteorological phenomenon so rare that is hasn’t occurred on Mercer Island since March 2017. “It hasn’t…

Mercer Island voters gave an overwhelming victory to “I Don’t Give A Crap” in the 2017 primary race for city council position number six, as officially certified yesterday by the King County Department of Elections….

Islanders are up in arms over a new, statewide iPhone usage tax that takes effect on Sunday, July 23. The $234 tax, which is assessed by law enforcement officials each time an iPhone is used…

Town Center retailer Island Books is being accused by a Seattle-based online bookseller of employing aggressive and unfair sales practices to maintain its strangehold on the purchasing habits of local readers and gift givers. The…

The Mercer Island School Board announced last week that it has hired a new chief scapegoat. “We know how important it is for Islanders to assign blame to other people when they don’t get their…

Reacting to the inability of elected officials to preserve Mercer Island’s single-occupant vehicle (SOV) access to the I-90 HOV lanes, a group of local concerned citizens is advocating acts of civil disobedience against the new…

Thanks to an anonymous source affiliated with the City of Mercer Island, The Distorter was granted exclusive access to a video showing the successful conclusion of the recent I-90 mobility negotiations between Sound Transit and…

Reacting to recent revelations of inadequate feminine hygiene infrastructure at Islander Middle School, the Mercer Island School District is introducing an innovative “Don’t Drop A Dime” program in collaboration with the Postmates on-demand delivery service. “The…