According to The Seattle Times, police have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a 15-year old boy in Boulevard Park on Thursday, Oct. 30th.
The two teens, from Kent, include a 14-year-old believed to be the shooter and a 15-year-old alleged to be the driver.
Both are accused in the Oct. 30th shooting death of [...]

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The El Flamingo in Boulevard Park was used as a cover for a major drug ring.
According to The Seattle Times, the drug ring leader busted in a major Boulevard Park drug raid back in May was sentenced Monday at the US District Court in Seattle to more than six years in prison for conspiracy to [...]

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[ October 31, 2008; ]
Here’s a list of some parties and events going on in the greater Burien area this Halloween (Friday) night, with a handy-dandy interactive map at the bottom (if you know of any other parties/events, please email us ASAP and we’ll add it):
BISTRO BAFFI: 15217 21st Ave SW • (206) 244-0737:

Costume contest for diners
First prize is [...]

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[ October 12, 2008; 2:00 pm; ] Sustainable Burien’s Food Pod is seeking volunteers for a “Tree Gleaning” this Sunday, Oct. 12th at 2pm.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Personally, we hadn't heard of "gleaning" relating to food before (pardon our ignorance folks but hey, at least we're honest) so we looked it up; here's how Wikipedia defines it:
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops [...]

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Lots of action on the local filmmaker front, and we just heard from Director/Proucer Frank Oliver, who we first reported as seeking funds and locations for his film “War of the Grandmas” on Aug. 24th.
Good news – he’s secured funding for his film and is now auditioning!
Here’s an update from Frank:
I have secured funding for [...]

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According to the Highline School District, its students far surpass other districts in signing up for state scholarships.
Hundreds of Highline middle school students have applied for the state College Bound Scholarship, which pays for four years of college tuition, fees, and books for students who stay in school, stay out of trouble, and keep their [...]

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The King County Public Health Department announced that the new flu vaccine has arrived, which means it’s time to start planning on when to “get poked.”
Unlike a few years ago, this year there’s plenty of flu vaccine to go around.
Vaccination is recommended to protect people at high-risk for complications from the flu, including:

Children aged six [...]

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At Monday night’s City of Burien meeting, a check for $250,000 was presented collectively to several Highline School District teachers as part of the Housing Incentive Grant Program, which is a direct result of a settlement for the Lora Lake Apartments.
On hand were members of the Burien City Council, Highline School District, several teacher recipients, [...]

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Neighboring SeaTac Airport is holding an “Open House” to discuss the soon-to-be-activated and controversial third runway on Thursday, Sept. 25th from 4-7pm at Boulevard Park Presbyterian Church (map below).
As most every B-Town resident knows, the third runway is somewhat controversial, so this could be an interesting meeting.
From their press release:
Come learn more about Sea-Tac Airport [...]

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Far as we know, no other local neighborhood blogs in the Seattle area are utilizing this feature, which is now active and available on both this here B-Town Blog and our sister site, the White Center Blog:

AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATION!
To see it in action, just click on either the Korean, Chinese or Spanish [...]

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