The City of Mercer Island has paid the 2012 insurance premium of $686,994 to the Washington Cities Insurance Authority. The amount is two percent less than what the city paid a year earlier.
Police entered a residence through an unlocked sliding door at 11:15 p.m., Feb. 7, in the 9300 block of Mercerwood Drive after observing an unresponsive 18-year-old male lying on a couch inside, during a welfare check. Beer, glass bongs and hashish were in plain view. Unresponsive at first, the subject was roused, arrested, processed and released.
King County Republican Party Caucuses will meet on March 3. All Island precincts will meet at Islander Middle School, 8235 S.E. 72nd St. Participants must bring their voter registration card and photo ID. The doors open at 9 a.m. and the pooled caucus begins at 10 a.m.
Mercer Island's new congressman, Adam Smith, will be holding a Town Hall meeting at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The board of directors for the Mercer Island School District charged ahead Thursday night by approving the resolution to put a $196 million general obligation bond proposition before Island voters on April 17.
The King County Assessor’s office has mailed the 2011 property assessments and levy rates to county residents. Most Islanders will find them in their mailboxes this week.