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Mercer Island · Mercer IslandThe city has received the $3.2 million Public Works Board low-interest loan for its booster chlorination system project and will pay back this award over 20 years at a 0.89% interest rate. The new system is an essential infrastructure component, allowing the city to adjust residual chlorine levels within its water distribution system, according to the city. The competitive loan was awarded to the city in the fall of 2022.See the Story
City receives booster chlorination project funding
Mercer Island · Mercer IslandRotary Club of Mercer Island members went to the Stroum Jewish Community Center on a recent day and picked up three carloads of lost and found clothing, water bottles and other items that Rotary will wash and donate to a nonprofit that helps refugee families and children. This is the second such collaboration between Rotary and the J. “Service above self” is Rotary’s motto. Pictured are Rotary’s John Hamer, left, and the J’s Choy Lay. Courtesy p…See the Story
Rotary collaborates with the J
Mercer Island · Mercer IslandThe Mercer Island High School (MIHS) Black Student Union will host a Juneteenth Community Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. on June 19 at Mercerdale Park. The event is sponsored by the city of Mercer Island and will feature live music by the MIHS jazz quartet and Hit Explosion along with DJ Teddy; face painting and a balloon artist; the MIHS drill team; Black-owned food trucks; and 88.9 KMIH The Bridge.See the Story
Juneteenth Community Celebration set for June 19
Mercer Island · Mercer IslandPride+ and the city of Mercer Island will present a Pride in the Park celebration from 2-5 p.m. on June 15 at Mercerdale Park. The all-ages event will feature a unicorn race, RuPAWS puppy parade and costume contest, yard games, face painting, a food truck, ice cream truck, live music by a 1980s cover band, 88.9 KMIH The Bridge and several community partners will have booths to share information and resources.See the Story
Pride in the Park on tap for June 15
Books · Mercer IslandFrom left to right, Julia Johnson (former editorial assistant at Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins) and Justina Chen (author of “With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei”) visit at Chen’s May 7 book launch at Island Books on Mercer Island. It was a standing-room-only, sold-out event celebrating the release of Chen’s debut middle grade novel. Chen is a past winner of the Asian Pacific American Literature Award. Courtesy photoSee the Story