NEW COLUMN: “Matt’s Movies” Reviews “Seven Pounds”

[EDITOR'S NOTE: "Matt's Movies" is a new regular movie-review column debuting today on The B-Town Blog. It is written by Matt Marble, a 17-year old student at Highline School District's Big Picture High... [Read more]

Welcome Back Advertiser Moss Chiropractic!

The B-Town Blog would like to welcome back Advertiser Moss Chiropractic! “Two and a half docs” (2 full-time and one half time chiropractors), five massage therapists, clinic hours when patients... [Read more]

UPDATE: Normandy Park Man Killed In Car Crash Identified

1/6/09 UPDATE: The victim of Monday night’s Burien fatal car crash has been identified as Normandy Park resident Terrence P. Mueller, 57. Mueller died when his Toyota Prius hit a guardrail on Highway... [Read more]

Sound Transit Offering “Ride The Lunch Bus” Light Rail Tour

Sound Transit is offering a special sneak-peek “Ride The Lunch Bus” tour of their new Link light rail system on Friday, Jan. 16th starting at 11:30am and ending at 3pm. Here are the details: WHAT:... [Read more]

ADVISORY: Flood Watch In Effect Through Friday

At 3:24pm Monday Jan. 5th, the National Weather Service issued the following Flood Watch Advisory: … Flood Watch in effect from Tuesday evening through Friday afternoon… Rain will fall over... [Read more]

Electricity Restored To Nearly 3,900 In Burien Area

Numerous Burien-area residents were in the dark Sunday night, and it wasn’t just because the sun went down – Seattle City Light reports that power was lost last night around 8pm to nearly... [Read more]

Our Latest Advertiser: Breeders Theater’s “Prairie Heart”

The B-Town Blog is proud to welcome our latest Advertiser: Breeders Theater’s “Prairie Heart,” a new romantic comedy playing at E.B. Foote Winery starting Jan. 16th! Love blooms unexpectedly... [Read more]

UPDATE: Snow Melting, Monday School Closures/Delays

6:15am UPDATE 1/5/09: :Last night’s snow is melting (or has melted depending on where you are), and it looks like all Highline Schools are operating on a normal schedule, with NO delays. However,... [Read more]

Kids Of All Ages Invited To Race Slot Cars Jan. 25th

Have you ever raced slot cars before? It’s a blast for kids of all ages, especially during the “gift playing” time of year – we recall with fond memories racing slot cars either... [Read more]

VIDEO: Some Underwater Residents From Three Tree Point

Found this very nicely-shot and produced video of some of the underwater residents of Burien, filmed by David Rockwell last May while diving at Three Tree Point: Three Tree Point 05/06/08 from David Rockwell... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Boy Scout Troop #375 Recycling Xmas Trees

Members of Boy Scout Troop #375 were busy Saturday, recycling Christmas trees for $5 donations in the parking lot of Herr Backyard Garden Center on SW 160th (map below). They will be accepting more trees... [Read more]

Espresso Stand Robber Wanted; Have You Seen This Man?

According to KOMO News, the man in the police sketch above is the suspect in a series of area espresso stand robberies (including some in the Burien area) and anyone with information regarding him is... [Read more]

Monthly 3rd Runway CASE Meeting Is Wed., Jan 7th

They say that great things come in threes (unless of course you live under the new flightpath and you’re talking about airport runways…), and this coming week is no exception, as there will... [Read more]

Jonesin’ For More Snow? Join The Burien Backsliders!

If the recent snowstorms got your blood pumping and adrenaline flowing, and the reason wasn’t because of the plethora of terrible B-Town drivers, then we’ve got something for you –... [Read more]

TECH UPDATE: ’09 Off To Crummy Start For Our Servers

Quick technical note for everyone who may have experienced error messages or noticed problems with our site loading properly (or at all…) today: THE BAD NEWS: Our Servers have been acting up, and... [Read more]

It’s Time To Recycle Your Christmas Tree

It’s that time of year again, when the holiday trimmings start coming off, get put into big plastic storage bins in the shed, leaving behind a dilapidated and dried up, dangerously flammable Christmas... [Read more]

Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: 3TreeMemories DVDs

The B-Town Blog proudly welcomes its latest Advertiser: 3TreeMemories Celebration of Life DVD’s! 3TreeMemories is a local homegrown startup business run by Pieter (Bruno) Hoolboom. Bruno has been... [Read more]

Highline Forum 3rd Runway Public Meeting w/Port Is Jan. 8th

Not to cause confusion or anything, but there’s a second, very important meeting coming up Thursday, Jan. 8th regarding Sea-Tac Airport’s third runway (another residents meeting is scheduled... [Read more]