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Woman with gun arrested after chase
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Food Pantry needs replenishment The Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Food Pantry is in need of canned fruit, and other essentials, such as toiletries and rice products. Non-perishable items can be dropped off at the Thrift Shop, Banner Bank, the Community and Event Center, or at the Luther Burbank Admin Building.
Suspect violated protection order, is suspected of stealing weapons from Island man
Groundbreaking at Islander Midde School is Friday
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Ciscoe Morris at Aljoya April 1 Gardener and celebrity Ciscoe Morris awill offer tips and advice on how to make your garden flourish this spring and summer at 1:30 p.m., April 1 at Aljoya 2430 76th Ave. S.E. The event is free but attendees must RSVP at 206-538-6401.
Ten-day event celebrates Jewish and Israeli life, culture and history By Katie Metzger
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The Seattle Jewish Film Festival, which began on March 14, concluded with a comedy at Mercer Island’s Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) on Sunday evening. The 10-day festival, which is celebrating its 20th year, closed with “Mr. Kaplan,” a film from Uruguay about an elderly man who becomes convinced that a
local bar owner is a Nazi. The J’s 350-seat theater — in its newly renovated auditorium — was filled almost to capacity. This year’s festival had seen recordbreaking numbers of attendees, said Sarah Tobis, SJCC marketing and communications manager. “The festival has a loyal following. People look forward to this event all year to see old friends, keep the tradition going, and engage Jewishly in a way that’s meaningful,” Tobis said. More than 7,000 people attended the festival this year, which featured 32 films from 10 countries, including Golden Globe and Oscar contenders. Last weekend’s
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films, which included “Hanna’s Journey” and “Havana Curveball,” were shown at AMC Pacific Place in Seattle. The audience favorite was “Run Boy Run,” which follows an 8-year-old boy as he flees from the Warsaw ghetto and across the Polish countryside and tries to maintain his Jewish identity, providing a rarely-seen view of the Holocaust through the eyes of a child. The film festival is one pillar of the J’s year-round cultural arts program. The J will soon offer a cultural arts membership. “The festival and cultural arts program complement each other so nicely. Both have added sustained opportunities for people to come together as a community through the arts,” Tobis said. “One of the best parts is that so many of the people we’re seeing come
Mercer Island
Safely dispose of the old equipment and household items this Saturday at the city’s Spring recycling event. Drop off items between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., March 28, at the Mercer Island Boat Launch, 3600 East Mercer Way. Recyclers can also pick up a worm bin or compost bin at a discounted rate. Go to http://www.mercergov. org/files/2015_MI_Spring_Recycling_Flyer.pdf for more. Recyclers are asked to bringing a non-perishable food item or cash donation for the MI Food Pantry.
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Children at the starting line of the Z-Ultimate Kids’ Dash one of the events on Sunday for the MIHalf event raise their right hands to show the race announcer that they know to stay to the right as they run.
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Spring recycling event is Saturday
A woman was arrested in Bellevue after a police pursuit that began on Mercer Island ended with assistance from Bellevue Police, Washington State Patrol and King County Deputies. The 34-year-old woman, an exgirlfriend of a 31-year-old Island resident, had allegedly stolen a firearm from his apartment at the 2400 block of 76th Avenue S.E. She had it in her possession when she was taken into custody at 2:40 a.m. on Monday morning.
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The Mercer Island School Board will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Islander Middle School expansion project at 2 p.m., March 27 at the school.
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