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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…

Grappling with sagging participation, the Mercer Island Swingers Club announced this week that they are lowering the minimum age for membership to 55 “years young.” “Too many of our members are recovering from hip replacement…

Hundreds of Island residents and area dignitaries packed the Mercer Island High School gymnasium on Tuesday morning for the Mercer Island Schools Foundation‘s annual “Breakfast of Champions” fundraiser, raising more than $500,000 for the high…

Recriminations flew last week as local concerned citizens organizations clashed on social media to determine which group is most concerned about Mercer Island. The heated discussions were spurred by a recent letter mailed to Mercer…

Mercer Island High School senior Hy A. Cheever was devastated to learn last week that his applications to all eight Ivy League colleges were denied. While Cheever, who serves this year as the president of…