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School District Takes Emergency Measures To Address Student iPhone Gap The second article in an occasional, future-Pulitzer-Prize-nominated series about income equality on Mercer Island. [Read Part I: City To Consider Subsidized Housing For Doctors, Attorneys] Beneath…

In the wake of a third unsuccessful petition effort to get a “Protect Our Parks” initiative on the ballot, local group Concerned Citizens for Mercer Island Parks (CCMIP) has hired a new spokesperson. The spokesperson,…

A retailer that opened a branch on Mercer Island earlier this month specializes in selling “food”, a line of products not previously available for sale on the island. “We think that [Mercer Island] is finally…

As the rest of America begins to move past the lengthy and contentious 2016 election season, Mercer Island citizens steel themselves to withstand another heated election season in 2017. “I lived through Mercer Island’s 2015…

Mercer Island residents expressed shock and dismay this week as they struggled to absorb the outcome of Tuesday’s historic election. Out in force on social media and in fraught discussions in local coffee shops, Islanders…

A proposed law banning the wearing of bicycle shorts on Mercer Island is on the agenda for debate at an upcoming city council meeting. “Like all Islanders, we fully support the use of Mercer Island’s…

Our Opera Critic Reviews The Latest Local Production Of A Classic Italian Export By Siegfried Snugbottom As the official opera critic for The Mercer Island Distorter, I was thrilled when I learned that a local…

City To Consider Subsidized Housing For Doctors, Attorneys The first article in an occasional, future-Pulitzer-Prize-nominated series about income equality on Mercer Island. A plan to provide subsidized housing on Mercer Island for doctors and attorneys is…