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Each day, Patch gives you a peek at events around Mercer Island.
City contractor IMS will use video, lasers, dyanflects and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) to complete a detailed inventory of local streets.
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The physical therapy clinic, popular with local Medicare patients and high-school athletes, downsized to a more visible location in The Mercer building at the corner of SE 27th St. and 77th Ave. Northeast.
A recent survey says 67 percent of parents in America plan to spend more than $100 per child on back-to-school shopping this year.
Elected officials will meet instead on Aug. 12 to discuss city business and likely take action on the city's cable agreement with Comcast and revising local sewer utility regulations.
Mercer Island Patch gives a roundup of local job opportunities for the week of July 29.
WSDOT announced Tuesday that it will close the I-90 bridge to traffic several times this weekend due to low-flying aircraft in the annual Seafair Weekend Boeing Air Show.
Newport Hills Swim & Tennis Club won the 2013 Midlakes Diving Club Championship on July 28.
Viewers should be able to observe around 60 "shooting stars" per hour during this year's Perseid Meteor Shower.
Road repairs and resurfacing will slow traffic in several North End and Mid-Island neighborhoods, starting July 30 through mid-August.
Neighbors have always shared things -- from sugar and milk to ladders and wheelbarrows. But now time banks are helping neighbors share their talents in exchange for bigger services like repairs and renovations.
Kirby Wilbur, who has helmed the Washington State Republican Party since 2011, has resigned from his post as chairman.
The effect of East Link on parking near Town Center and the Mercer Island Park and Ride were among the major concerns that Island residents expressed to Sound Transit.
The proposal would replace two expiring levies with a new six-year levy of 18 cents per $1,000 in value. Ballots must be returned by Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Sound Transit will begin to require paid permits for certain spaces at lots in Issaquah, Sumner, Tukwila and Mukilteo beginning next year. If all goes well, the the program could soon expand throughout the region.
The Washington State Patrol and partnering agencies will be looking for people boating under the influence Aug. 2-4.
Remember how you felt like a superhero the first time you jumped from your swing in mid-air? How much will it cost you to give your kids that same feeling?
Burn bans are currently in place in several Western Washington counties and on all state-owned land, due to the dry weather.