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Advertiser Ming Wong Restaurant Offering 10% Discount To Our Readers
BTB Advertiser Ming Wong Chinese Restaurant is offering a spring special for BTB Readers from now until April 24th – just mention The B-Town Blog and you’ll receive an additional 10% off any... [Read more]
City Council Will Begin Review Of Shoreline Master Program Next Month
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members will begin review next month of an updated Shoreline Master Program. And when lawmakers finish their work – perhaps before summer’s end –... [Read more]
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April Is Earth Month At Advertiser Market Place Salon & Day Spa
If it’s April, it’s Earth Month at BTB Advertiser Market Place Salon and Day Spa. Owner Daniel Keane tells BTB “our focus is to raise $1000 to donate to Puget Soundkeepers Alliance,... [Read more]
Burien’s Hazel Valley Honored As Top Johns Hopkins Talent Search School
Burien’s Hazel Valley Elementary School has been named a Top School for the state of Washington in the 2009 Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Talent Search. CTY Talent Searches... [Read more]
The Future Of New Futures Is Now In The Hands Of Mario Paredes
The future of New Futures, a non-profit educational center for low-income children, youth and family, is now in the hands of Mario Paredes (pictured, left), its new Executive Director, who will start June... [Read more]
Your Empress Of Information’s April Edition: Nonprofits, Census & More
by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Happy spring to all my sprouting B-Town Book Buds out there! DID YOU KNOW? April is Nonprofit Service Month! Nonprofits & Grantseekers –... [Read more]
Sea-Tac Managing Director Mark Reis To Address Airport Noise Wed. Night
The Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (C.A.S.E.) is holding their monthly “Sea-Tac Expansion†Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th from 7pm to 9pm at the ERAC offices, located at 15675 Ambaum Blvd.... [Read more]
Burien/Normandy Park Fire Chief Marrs Takes Over As N. Highline Fire Chief
by Ralph Nichols An emergency services contract between the Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department and the North Highline Fire Department was signed by an April 1 deadline, Fire Chief Mike Marrs reported... [Read more]
Third Runway Potters Spring Pottery & Garden Art Show Is April 9-10
The Third Runway Potters annual Spring Pottery and Garden Show is coming to Burien’s Moshier Community Art Center on Friday and Saturday, April 9-10, with demos, light spring faire, pottery and garden... [Read more]
King County Offering Free Home Earthquake Retrofit Permits
With all the news of recent earthquakes, it’s no surprise that on Monday (April 5) King County’s Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) decided to offer citizens in unincorporated... [Read more]
BREAKING: Sabra Schneider Withdraws From 34th District Race Due To Injuries
On Monday (April 5), we received a press release stating that 34th District candidate Sabra Schneider was withdrawing from the race for Rep. Sharon Nelson’s seat (Pos. #2) due to a torn ACL and MCL... [Read more]
Mike Martin Says “Welcome”; Burien’s Population May Grow To Nearly 50K
by Ralph Nichols Signs around town declare it in several languages. But at last week’s meeting of the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council, Burien City Manager Mike Martin kept the greeting... [Read more]
10th Annual Backyard Wildlife Festival Coming To Tukwila May 8th
What do you get when you mix wildlife habitat advocacy with a fun, FREE, all-day event featuring varieties of entertainment and educational sessions? You get the Backyard Wildlife Festival, celebrating... [Read more]
Could Highline High’s Ryan Brett Be Destined For The Big Leagues?
Our news partners at The Seattle Times published a great story Saturday by Mason Kelly about a hot local baseball star from Highline High School named Ryan Brett. Aside from already having a big-league... [Read more]
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This Week’s Prudential NW Open House: Normandy Park Mid-Century Modern
BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s featured Open House for this week is a mid-century modern 3-bedroom view home with Lot A beach rights in Normandy Park. Truly a unique and exciting... [Read more]
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Three Tree Point Blues Band Plays Bison Creek Saturday Night
The Three Tree Point Blues Band will be rocking Bison Creek Pizza and Pub for FREE with classic rock and blues numbers by some of the all time greats this Saturday night, April 3rd, beginning at 9pm. These... [Read more]
THANKS READERS! March Traffic Record: 51K+ Readers & 102K+ Pageviews
March 2010 was a record-setting month for The B-Town Blog, with over 51,000+ Unique Visitors and 102,000+ Page Views, and like we did in 2009 (November, October, September and August, July, etc.), we’d... [Read more]
“Transition Towns” On Agenda For Next Sustainable Burien Meeting
“Transition Towns” will be the main topic at the next Sustainable Burien meeting, at 2pm on Sunday, April 11th at the Burien Library. The speaker will be Leo Brodie, who will speak about the... [Read more]
