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Week in Review: July 24-31

In case you missed them, here are several of the most-popular Mercer Island news stories we reported on from the last week.

MONDAY, JULY 25

Sober friends will not be able to drive those cited for DUI home, Washington State Patrol officials said.

TUESDAY, JULY 26

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Checking on an unusual noise outside her South-end home on Tuesday, a local woman alleged two men tried to rob her at gunpoint.

A gathering of around 75 people tried to enter U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert's office and voice their frustrations over the debt crisis in Washington D.C.

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Approval for the fee increase to maintain current Metro bus service was tabled until Aug. 15 during a Monday County Council meeting. A fee increase requires a 2/3 majority vote of the council.

The Mercer Island man with a long criminal history could face nine years in state prison for an April 5 violent robbery in the Northwest Yeshiva High School parking lot.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

Washington State Patrol are seeking witnesses in last week's crash on I-90 between I-405 and 148th Avenue in Bellevue involving a logging truck and 13 other vehicles, resulting in the death of a 9-year-old Issaquah girl.

Mercer Island's second Little League All-Star squad wins a state championship this year.

Ballots must be postmarked by on election day, Aug. 16, at the latest or returned to one of 11 drop boxes in King County.

THURSDAY, JULY 28

The city's annual street repair campaign will wrap up Sept. 30.

Officials say shrinking support from the state and federal governments in the $48.5 million General Fund was made up by an increase in voter-approved local taxes and other non-tax support.

FRIDAY, JULY 29

Credit-rating agency Moody's is reviewing MISD's triple-A rating, along with King County, the cities of Seattle, Bellevue and four other school districts.

Sound Transit makes decision on East Link.

SATURDAY, JULY 30

The City of Mercer Island is inviting neighborhoods and residents to get involved in a national program to raise community awareness, in partnership with police and elected officials.

Public Health encourages residents to call or report dead birds on-line.


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