Island resident Paul Allen made Realtor.com and Geekwire with his recent acquisition of a $5.4 million estate adjacent to his current properties on Mercer Island.
The Mercer Island Reporter has a new editor, Carrie Rodriquez. (The Reporter’s former editor, Mary Grady, resigned last September to join the Mercer Island School District as Communications Coordinator.) Rodriguez introduced herself to the community with this letter. [Mercer Island Reporter]
A Mercer Island girl brought home unusual memorabilia from her family’s vacation in the Bahamas – a rubber tablet that some believe was cargo on the Titanic. [Kiro 7]
Seattle Times sketcher Gabriel Companario recently illustrated Aubrey Davis park and quoted Davis’s famous words on I-90: “We don’t want to see it. We don’t want to hear it. We don’t want to smell it.” [The Seattle Times]
This modern waterfront home designed by Kyle C. Gaffney and built by Ren Chandler was recently featured in Luxe magazine.
For a little chuckle, read this article about the City’s hiring of the seeing-eye dogs to complete the Town Center Visioning work. [Mercer Island Distorter]