Montlake Lid Bus Stops Opening April 12th

Seattle Transit Blog 4/11 4:00A Alex Kvenvolden

Bus stop on Montlake Blvd NE opening April 12th. King County Metro announced today that the bus stops on the Montlake lid over SR 520, which are the last element of the Montlake interchange and lid to...

Taxpayer Transparency Tool for April Special Elections

Shoreline Area News 4/11 1:04A DKH

The Department of Assessments released their Taxpayer Transparency Tool for the April elections, a website which provides each King County taxpayer an individualized accounting of where their property...

Woods achieves All-American wrestling status

Mercer Island Reporter 4/10 8:30A Wire Service

Mercer Island High School freshman wrestler Emerson Woods notched fifth place in the U15 age division and the 54k weight...

Ridership Patterns for East Link Connections

Seattle Transit Blog 4/10 12:00A Michael Smith

In preparation for the upcoming openings of Sound Transit’s Downtown Redmond Link Extension and full East Link Extension , King County Metro has outlined the planned changes to its Eastside network....

Midweek Roundup: Save Curby

Seattle Transit Blog 4/9 12:00A Nathan Dickey

31 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Sound Transit recently announced opening day details . WSDOT opened the state s first e-bike rebate lottery today (Seattle Bike Blog). The state will award about 10,000 rebates at...

MIPD holds inaugural gun buyback event

Mercer Island Reporter 4/7 5:30A Reporter Staff

Mercer Island Police Department officers collected 61 unwanted firearms at their first anonymous and voluntary gun buyback event on March...

Sunday Movie: I-90 in the 1970s

Seattle Transit Blog 4/6 3:00A Mike Orr

Driving from Mercer Island to downtown Seattle in 1973. (Mark Tyrrell) Seattle Now & Then article on the video. There s one mistake in both the video and the article. US Highway 10 had been renamed to I-90 earlier, even though the road wasn t...

More info on Mercer Island school bond

Mercer Island Reporter 4/2 5:00A Wire Service

Voters will decide on a proposed school bond in the April 22 special election.

Vote yes on Mercer Island school bond | Guest column

Mercer Island Reporter 4/2 4:30A Wire Service

Mercer Island schools are excellent, but the buildings are aging. The proposed bond funds: $100M for Islander Middle School (built...

Vote no on Mercer Island school bond | Guest column

Mercer Island Reporter 4/2 4:00A Wire Service

Mercer Islanders for Sustainable Spending (MISS) recommends a NO vote to the $165,000,000 school bond. This is the first time...

Midweek Roundup: Fix the L8

Seattle Transit Blog 4/2 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Route 14 trolleybus turns from 2nd Ave S to S Washington in April 1977 ( Mitchell Libby ). The trolleybus network was significantly revamped the following year . A similar view in July 2021 (note the...

Amtrak Cascades service recovering this week

Seattle Transit Blog 4/1 12:00A Nathan Dickey

An Amtrak Empire Builder train pushes five Amfleet I cars through Everett Station on their way to Seattle ( SounderBruce via reddit ) The Seattle Times ($) , Trains Magazine , and The Urbanist are...

MI PTA Council accepting award nominations

Mercer Island Reporter 3/31 11:30A Wire Service

The Mercer Island PTA Council is accepting nominations for its annual awards to honor outstanding volunteers and educators (including committees,...

Celebrating a familiar voice | Greg Asimakoupoulos

Mercer Island Reporter 3/31 11:00A Greg Asimakoupoulos Greg Asimako

I first heard the voice of Mercer Islander Dave Ross in the fall of 1978.

School district news: Hi-Cap program, budget reductions

Mercer Island Reporter 3/31 9:47A Wire Service

Highlights from the March 27 meeting of the Mercer Island School Board.