Council Responds To North Highline Annexation Concerns, Explains Process

[EDITOR'S NOTE: When we first posed the question Is Burien Trying To ‘Fast-Track’ The Annexation Of North Highline? based on a letter written by Burien Mayor Joan McGilton, we did so as a public service... [Read more]

B-TOWN BIZ: E.B. Foote Can’t Find Buyer, Will Sell Equipment & Close In Fall

E.B. Foote Winery, located in Burien since 1999, and first put up for sale for $1.25 million last July (read our previous coverage here and here), has not been able to find a buyer, so they’re selling... [Read more]

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Save On Botox In B-Town With New Advertiser Larson Medical Aesthetics

A big B-Town Blog Welcome to our newest Advertiser, Larson Medical Aesthetics, which is part of Larson Family Medicine & Medical Aesthetics. Larson Medical Aesthetics has a very exciting coupon for... [Read more]

UPDATE: Ambaum Paving To Resume Monday; Be Completed ‘By End Of June’

The City of Burien says on its website that the contractor doing the paving work on Ambaum Blvd. SW “hopes to resume paving on Monday, June 13, continuing throughout the week.” “Intermittent... [Read more]

Legislators’ Letter To KCLS Board Urges Reconsideration Of Library Closures

On Tuesday (June 7), legislators representing the White Center area sent a letter to the King County Library System’s Board of Trustees, asking them to re-consider their proposal of closing both... [Read more]

13-Year Old Boy Driver Stopped In SeaTac; Was Driving His Drunk Dad

The Washington State Patrol is reporting that on Sunday (June 5), a Trooper stopped a vehicle in SeaTac for erratic braking and an equipment violation, only to discover that the car was being driven by... [Read more]

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New Advertiser SWAC Football & Cheer Holding Sign-Ups Through Aug. 1st

We’d like to welcome our latest Advertiser to The B-Town Blog – Southwest Athletic Club (SWAC) Football & Cheer, which is now holding sign-ups through Aug. 1st! As we do with all our Advertisers,... [Read more]

LETTER: Cleaning Company Has Littered Neighborhood With Advertising

Dear B-Town Blog, I went for my usual walk around my neighborhood today and saw that a “cleaning” company had strewn about their company advertising. They put rocks inside a plastic bag with... [Read more]

Family 5K Kicks Off Strawberry Fest June 18, Will Raise $ For Evergreen Pool

The Strawberry Festival Family 5K (we’re Sponsors) is back and will kick off this year’s Wild Strawberry Festival with a family friendly run/walk through scenic Burien on Saturday, June... [Read more]

SeaTac’s International Festival Is June 25-26, And Here’s The Schedule

SeaTac’s International Festival will be held the weekend of June 25 & 26, 2011 at Angle Lake Park, and here’s the schedule and details: Festival Hours will be: Saturday, June 25 –... [Read more]

OBITUARY: George Leopold Wherley, 94, Longtime Seahurst Resident

George Leopold WHERLEY, age 94, died peacefully May 29th, 2011, at the SeaTac adult family home where he and his wife Margaret had been living for a year and a half. George is survived by his son, John... [Read more]

PHOTOS: There’s Something New Quietly Roaming The Streets Of Burien

You know we here at BTB love our technology. So when we heard from Michael Lafreniere — Director of Burien Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services — that he had picked up his shiny new Nissan... [Read more]

Breeders Theater Returns To E.B. Foote With ‘Helpdesk,’ Starting July 15th

Breeders Theater, “South King County’s premier professional theater company,” will be returning to Burien’s E.B. Foote Winery this July with a new show called ‘Helpdesk.’ The... [Read more]

Less Than A Month Away & 3 Tree Point Fireworks Fund Still Needs $6,900!

[DISCLAIMER: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is also volunteering as Co-Chair of the Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to continuing Burien's best barge-based, high-altitude... [Read more]

Exchange Club Of Highline Collects 4,153 Rolls Of Toilet Paper Saturday

The Exchange Club of Highline held a Toilet Paper Drive at the Burien Albertson’s/Trader Joe’s parking lot on Saturday, June 4th, and the good news is – they colleceted 4,153 rolls of toilet... [Read more]

Current Animal Shelter Closing June 15th; Offering Reduced Adoption Fees

We just received a note from Dr. Leslie Kasper, outgoing Director of Burien Animal Care & Control (BACC), alerting us that the current animal shelter, which is closing June 15th, is offering reduced... [Read more]

The June 11th Highline Garden Tour Is For The Birds And The Bees

Retirement has been busy for Jerry Wick. Since selling his J & W Septic Service a few years ago, he’s tackled all of those projects and hobbies he’s always dreamed of doing – metal detecting,... [Read more]

‘Sippin’ 4 Soles’ Fundraiser For Haiti Will Be At Vino Bello Saturday, June 18th

‘Sippin’ 4 Soles,’ aimed at helping support the work of Soles4Souls® in Haiti, will be holding a fundraiser at Vino Bello on Saturday, June 18th from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. “Please... [Read more]