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[ November 13, 2008; 6:00 pm; ]

In times like these, with a souring economy and loss of jobs, gang activity often starts to escalate. That’s one reason that the Burien Police Department is holding a special Gang Awareness Seminar on Thursday Nov. 13th, from 6-9pm at the Criminal Justice Training Center.
WHAT: Gang Awareness Seminar – Open to the Public
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. [...]

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[ November 6, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] A public meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2008, to take citizen comment regarding proposed changes to the seawall on the north end of Seahurst Park.

As part of the City’s long-range master plan for the park, it is examining the feasibility and possible options for the removal of the [...]

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Some scenes from Saturday’s Highline Homecoming Parade and “Boo In Burien,” which goes until 5pm (we’ll post more pics & video later so check back):
Highline High's Homecoming Princesses warmed the crowds with their smiles.
Jeff gets set to bowl a pumpkin at Elliott Bay Brewery's pumpkin bowl…
…and bowls a strike!
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We just got word that the Seattle Seafair Pirates will be raiding Highline High School’s Homecoming Parade in downtown Burien on Saturday, October 25th starting at 11am!
If all goes well, it may look something like this (only not a sunny summer day and in B-Town and not West Seattle):

During the off season, the Seafair Pirates [...]

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by Marilee A. Cogswell
Manager, 
Burien Library
Greetings Dear Readers from your certified Empress of Information®™©!
Come celebrate the GRAND OPENING of the new Greenbridge Library on Wednesday Nov. 5th from 11am on, at 9720 Eighth Ave in White Center.
Greenbridge Library’s regular open hours will be:

Mon-Tues-Wed 11am - 6pm
Thursday 1pm - 8pm
Saturday 12noon - 4pm
CLOSED Fridays & [...]

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[ October 26, 2008; 2:30 pm; ] Sustainable Burien is having its next meeting this Sunday Oct. 26th at the Burien Library, from 2:30-4:30pm (with doors opening at 2pm).

From their website:
Sustainable Burien is a grassroots group of people exploring, communicating and demonstrating ways of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the resources of the future.

For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.

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[ October 23, 2008; 7:00 pm; October 25, 2008; 11:00 am; 8:00 pm; ] Photos and Story by Janet Grella

You may have noticed that many Burien businesses are lending their storefront windows to students of Highline High School to promote this years’ Homecoming game, parade and dance.

The B-Town Blog caught up with HHS students Kady and Aljiggs late this afternoon as they painted some windows in Olde Burien:

This years’ [...]

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[ October 25, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]

Reba Gilman, Principal and CEO of Highline School District’s Aviation High School, will receive the Museum of Flight’s 2008 Pathfinder Award recognizing pioneering achievements in flying, engineering, education, operations, and manufacturing.

The award will be presented at the Museum’s William M. Allen Theater this Saturday, Oct. 25th. The evening’s program will start off with a [...]

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by Josh Hart
On Friday, Oct. 17th, during a high school football game between Renton High School’s Indians and the Tyee Totems, a brawl broke out at Neudorf Memorial Field in Tukwila.
Renton came into the game at 3-3 while Tyee came in winless.
After the game they both walked out with a postponed game.
Five minutes before the [...]

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