Welcome to the B-Town (Burien) Blog. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, sign up for our weekly Event Newsletter, orRegister to Comment on stories. Thanks!DES MOINES – Tragedy struck Friday night when an elderly woman drowned after the car she was a passenger in plunged into Puget Sound at the Des Moines Marina.

Police and fire […]

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[ June 16, 2008; 9:30 am to 7:00 pm. ] The brand spankin’ new Highline Community College Marine Science & Technology (MaST) Center opens Monday (June 16th) at 9:30am, with a special Dedication Ceremony featuring Congressman Adam Smith at 10am.

Festivities will go on all day until 7pm, and more info is available here (as a PDF file).

Located just four miles south of HCC’s campus at […]

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Remember back in 2005 when Ronald Whitehead, 61, was fatally shot near Des Moines Memorial Way while driving to work?
The killing looked like a carjacking, and Whitehead’s wife then appealed for the murderer to turn themselves in?
Turned out that the victim’s wife, Velma Ogden-Whitehead, 50, was actually the mastermind behind her husband’s slaying, hiring a […]

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The Highline Historical Society is holding an online auction through June 22nd, to raise funds for their new museum.
From their auction website:
Highline has a rich heritage to share - from a fire and ice-filled archaeological past, dynamic Native American cultures, and pioneers with extraordinary vision - to recent and present day leaders committed to bringing […]

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If you’re shy, or know someone who is, TONIGHT is the night you can get some FREE advice courtesy of the Des Moines Soundwaves Toastmasters.
According to speaker and shyness expert Frank Selden, shy people have some fantastic qualities they can access to transform to more social people.
Selden will share his secrets for shedding shyness during […]

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