Morning flooding roads, damaging cars, even forcing our news crew to head to higher ground. Katherine craig is in Broad Channel right now with the conditions there. Reporter talk about a fast getaway, rob. Even in our news vans, we had to back up out of the street. At this moment, the water has receded. But imagine at one point there was 3 feet of water on this street. Water going up to the headlights and taillights of the vehicles you see there. People had to go about their business, go to work, go to school, and neighbors ended up helping each other out. Just getting to the School Bus Stop meant getting a lift from your neighbor to be carried across rising flood waters. In Broad Channel queens on west 12th road because of high tide this morning, water from the bay and canals flowed into the street. The water rose fast, so much so this is what the street looked like at 4 00 a. M. Of the street. I have a car and moved it last night. Reporter other car owners werent as lucky. Flood wate
On Jan. 12, members of the Mercer Island High School Black Student Union (above) led a Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly at Island Park Elementary School, and Lakeridge Elementary School (below) held a held a MLK Jr. Day gathering featuring its student council leaders. The events focused on MLK Jr.’s importance and impact on this country and empathy and belonging. MLK Jr. Day is Jan. 15. Photos courtesy of the Mercer Island School District
Mercer Island School District Superintendent Fred Rundle has notified the school community about antisemitic terms recently made by students at Islander Middle School.