PHOTOS: Reconstruction On Sea-Tac Airport’s 1st Runway

On Tuesday, Aug. 18th, the Port of Seattle hosted members of the press at a tour of the reconstruction project that is in the final stages of completion on the first (as well as oldest and longest) runway,... [Read more]

Big Day At City Hall As Burien Celebrates Successful Annexation Vote; Special Council Meeting Is Aug. 24th

Cartoon by The Mad Artist www.theMadArtist.org by Ralph Nichols With North Highline voters approving annexation to Burien by a comfortable margin, Mayor Joan McGilton declared Wednesday morning (Aug.... [Read more]

Welcome Back Advertiser Three Tree Montessori School!

We’d like to welcome back Advertiser Three Tree Montessori School, which serves student learners from the Highline and West Seattle area – you know, that’s the school behind those... [Read more]

Burien Little Theatre Auditioning For “Christmas With The Crawfords”

Burien Little Theatre is seeking adult actors to play characters ranging from age 2 to 49 (including some cross-dressers) to audition for the musical comedy “Christmas with the Crawfords” on... [Read more]

UPDATE: City Council Discusses Where Burien’s New Fire Station Should Be Built; Take Our Poll…

Photo courtesy Burien/Normandy Park Fire Dept. by Ralph Nichols The location is essential. A delay will cost money. Yet some members of the Burien City Council insisted at their August 17th meeting that... [Read more]

Applicants Camp Overnight To Apply For Burien Fire Dept. Job

According to both KIRO-TV and Northwest Cable News, dozens of job-seekers camped overnight Tuesday night outside the Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department building on 8th Ave SW in hopes of being one of... [Read more]

If Your Kid Goes To A Highline School, They’ll Be Getting Out 90 Minutes Early On Most Fridays

Highline School District on Wednesday (Aug. 19th) announced that, beginning this September and continuing through the 2009-2010 school year, students will be released 90 minutes early on “most Fridays.” This... [Read more]

Six Highline Schools Face Sanctions For Low WASL Scores

by Ralph Nichols Six Highline schools face sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act as a result of their 2009 WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) scores, which were released last... [Read more]

If Annexation Passes Tuesday, What Happens Next?

by Ralph Nichols If you’ve not yet voted and mailed your ballot, remember, tomorrow – Tuesday, August 18, primary election day – is the deadline to do so. And if you live in the southern... [Read more]

Burien Guitarist Roger Gee Trades His ‘Ax’ For An Ax As He Re-Invents Himself As A Handyman

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is about my "oldest friend" I'm still in touch with, a great guy named Roger Gee, whom I first met when we were just young lads going to Genesee Hill Grade School in West Seattle.] by... [Read more]

Local Non-Profit Helping Seattle’s Homeless, One Life At A Time

As homelessness grows with tough economic times, a local non-profit organization, Light Under The Bridge Homeless Ministry, is successfully affecting homelessness one person at a time. Light Under The... [Read more]

Meet The Eagles (The Birds Not The Band) At Eagle Landing Park On Saturday, Aug. 22nd

Photo by Paul Conrath BTB Contributor Jim Branson sends us word that on Saturday, Aug. 22nd, at 2pm, there will be a free guided tour of Burien’s Eagle Landing Park, sponsored by the Washington Native... [Read more]

From Bombay To Burien: Meet Dr. Arun Jhaveri

by Mark Neuman Picture a small boy in India, in the early 1940s, his family’s home being personally visited by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru themselves. Imagine that same boy, just a few years... [Read more]

Parts Of Maplewild SW To Be Closed Tuesday, Aug. 18th

If you live in or near Three Tree Point and travel Burien’s scenic, winding road known as Maplewild Ave SW, you’ve probably seen the signs signifying that the road will be closed from 8am to... [Read more]

OPINION: Why Does The City Of Burien Want To Reduce Its Transparency?

by Stephen Lamphear Following in the steps of the likes of Seattle City Attorney Tom Carr, the city of Burien is preparing to reduce its responsiveness to public records requests. Here’s a screenshot... [Read more]

CONTEST: Take Pics Of The HCC/BTB Ads On A Metro Bus, Win $50 Gift Certificate!

Sometimes one can’t help but be self-indulgent, so please indulge us as we announce a new contest that may seem, well…very self-indulgent. You see, recently Highline Community College contacted... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Bald Eagle Goes Fishing In Lake Burien

From BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke comes these amazing photos taken Friday afternoon (Aug. 14th) of one of your Burien neighbors – a Bald Eagle – fishing in Lake Burien (click... [Read more]

MAP: Interactive Map Of This Weekend’s Area Garage Sales

B-Town Blog Reader Duane Hobbs (of Andrews/Hobbs Design Co. – 206-248-8410) has submitted the following experimental, interactive map of area garage and yard sales, as culled from Craigslist and... [Read more]