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Wow, just in time for the Burien Strawberry Festival – a minor HEAT WAVE is coming, according to the Patented B-Town Blog Weather Rock:
Hot weather across western Washington this weekend…
A strong ridge of high pressure will build over the Pacific northwest Friday through the weekend. Temperatures on Friday will be noticeably warmer across western Washington [...]

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Tomorrow at 10am, the gates open for the Burien Strawberry Festival (where we’ll have a booth so be sure to drop by and say hi), and here’s another sneak peek at something (or someone) a bit different you might see there:

Say hello to the “Trash Apes”, who will be strolling around the Fest, picking up [...]

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Here are the finalized schedules for this weekend’s Burien Strawberry Festival – be sure to find our booth, drop by and say “Howdy B-Town Blog“!

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A Renton man was struck and killed by a minivan late Wednesday in the Boulevard Park neighborhood, and the suspected driver was later arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, the King County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The 22-year-old victim died at the scene of the hit-and-run crash in the 9700 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive about [...]

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We reported about the first incident two weeks ago, when we posted a photo of the suspect in a June 7th robbery of the KeyBank on SW 152nd in Burien.
Now comes word that the very same robber held up the very same bank last Saturday.
Same guy.
Same bank.
Within two weeks!
Deputies say he robbed the KeyBank at [...]

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Only two more days until this weekend’s Burien Strawberry Festival (where we’ll have a booth so be sure to drop by and say hi), and here’s another sneak peek music sample of a featured band.
Today’s band is Amber Tide, who play the Kids Stage at 1:30pm Saturday June 28th, and describe themselves as:
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 "Cheek to Cheek" by Amber Tide [3:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Joan McGilton, the Mayor of Burien, recently wrote an Op-Ed piece for the Seattle P-I, defending Washington’s congressional delegation and how it’s helped B-Town.
Since a lot of our readers have eschewed traditional media for online media, you may not have seen it.
So, as a favor to all BTB readers, here is Mayor Joan’s piece in [...]

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[ June 28, 2008; 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] If arts and music festivals aren’t your cup of strawberries, or you’re an autoholic (make that Audiholic) and you need to get your car fix, get your chassis over to the Annual Audi Expo.

This is the Northwest’s largest display of privately owned new and retro Audis, and it happens Saturday June 28th from 4pm to [...]

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Only three more days until this weekend’s Burien Strawberry Festival (where we’ll have a booth so be sure to drop by and say hi), and here’s another sneak peek music sample of a featured band.
Today’s featured band is Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana, who will be strolling through the Festival playing their authentico Mexican mariachi music (and [...]

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