[ September 6, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on this for a while, and are proud to finally be able to make this official announcement:

That’s right folks – Saturday, Sept. 6th, from 6pm on, the B-Town Blog is sponsoring B-Town BlogstockAPaloooza, an outdoor music stage in Olde Burien at the annual Burien Artwalk (aka “Arts A-Glow”).

We’ll [...]

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Welcome to the B-Town Blog, a website devoted to local News, Events and more for Burien, WA. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or sign-up for our Free Weekly Event Newsletter. If you have a news tip or story idea, please

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According to Michele Smith of Vino Bello, Tuesday night’s “Burien Battles Cancer” fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation raised over $10,000.
47 prizes were donated and sold, bringing in more than $10,000, and raffle tickets raised nearly $2,500 in cash donations.
Sheila Lengle, who works for a local newspaper, and who is currently undergoing [...]

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Fred Freitag, current owner of what was once the Three Tree Point Store, discovered a very interesting and historic hand-drawn map of the area in the basement of his house, which he has exclusively shared with the B-Town Blog.
It appears that the “Authoritative, accurate and comprehensive map of Three Tree Point and its immediate environs” [...]

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The traffic webcam view above is of the scene where,  around 7:10am this morning, a fatal crash and fire blocked all southbound lanes of I-405 in Tukwila near Southcenter causing a major four-mile traffic jam.
The DOT reports that all lanes have been re-opened, but we suggest that you refresh this page to see the [...]

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B-Town Blog’s Mark Neuman filed this late-night missive with Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer around 11pm Thurs. night:
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Got back, about an hour ago, from the City of Burien’s community meeting at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church earlier tonight (Thurs., Aug. 28). Topic: proposed annexation of North Highline and the temporary withdrawal of the City of Burien’s request [...]

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We just got an exclusive response from Burien Mayor Joan McGilton on this entire annexation withdrawal issue, and here’s the latest:
First, a snippet from Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin as quoted on another Seattle-based blog:
“…unless Burien is prepared to make significant change in its proposal…” 
Mayor Joan’s reaction to Mr. Conlin’s statement:
“Burien has consistently acknowledged [...]

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Just got off the phone with Gordon Shaw, Burien native and City Councilmember, who offered up this exclusive, yet rather fiery quote about the North Highline/White Center annexation withdrawal political game currently being played out between Burien and Seattle:
“The efforts Burien has made so far have been stymied by Seattle and King County to a [...]

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We’re at the Farmer’s Market, and in the alley behind us today are two moving vans, with sweaty people moving big things.
Upon further investigation, we discovered that BTB Advertiser John L. Scott of Burien is moving into their new offices on SW 152nd in Olde Burien.
According to Amy Hyson, JLS will spend the next few [...]

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UPDATE 8/28/10:30am: Tonight’s Annexation Open House is still scheduled to occur starting at 6:30pm at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church (located at 1822 South 128th Street in SeaTac), despite the fact that Burien is temporarily withdrawing its annexation request.
Here’s a quote from Jenn Ramirez-Robinson, Management Analyst at the Burien City Manager’s Office:
“In brief, the City of [...]

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