PHOTOS: Welcome To 2012

Welcome to a bold, new year… if you’re reading this you successfully made the transition with the rest of us. Hope the hangover isn’t too bad! The biggest celebration in town happens... [Read more]

PHOTOS: And Finally… More Fireworks!

In addition to the work of photographer Francis Zera that we published earlier today, BTB photog Michael Brunk was also lurking out at Three Tree Point for the big fireworks show. Thanks to Ken and Darcy... [Read more]

SLIDESHOW: Fireworks Shot Off In Front Of Crescent Moon At 3 Tree Point

One of the best high-altitude fireworks shows in the northwest blasts off from a barge anchored off Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood, and Photographer Francis Zera captured these great images... [Read more]

VIDEO: Grand Finale Of Monday Night’s Three Tree Point Fireworks Show

[DISCLAIMER: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer served as volunteer Co-Chair of the 2011 Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund.] We hope everyone out there in B-Town had a great, fun and safe 4th of July (and... [Read more]

REMINDER: Fireworks Illegal In The City Of Burien, But Not Normandy Park

Fireworks are illegal within Burien city limits, so even if you’re ‘safe and sane’ and only setting off a Sparkler or one of those classic old ‘Snakes,’ that spew a strange... [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]

REMINDER: There’s Still Time To Donate To The 3 Tree Point Fireworks Fund!

[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]

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Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: The Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund!

[DISCLOSURE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is serving as Co-Chair of the all-volunteer, non-profit 2011 Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund.] We’d like to shoot up a mortar full of exotic, colorful... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Sure Signs Of Summer As Three Tree Point Fireworks Signs Go Up

[EDITOR'S NOTE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is a volunteer Co-Chair of the non-profit 2011 Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund.] If you drove on Maplewild Ave SW in Burien’s Three Tree Point... [Read more]

REMINDER: Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund Sponsor Party Is 3pm Saturday!

[DISCLOSURE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is serving as Co-Chair of the all-volunteer, non-profit Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund this year.] REMINDER: The big Corporate Sponsor kickoff party for... [Read more]

REMINDER: Three Tree Point Fireworks Corporate Donor Party Is Saturday

[DISCLOSURE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is serving as Co-Chair of the all-volunteer, non-profit Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund this year.] REMINDER: The big Corporate Donor kickoff party for... [Read more]

Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund Seeking Sponsors; Kickoff Party Is April 9th

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated and re-posted: It’s one of the highlights of summer in the Burien area – a professionally-produced 4th of July fireworks show at Three Tree Point... [Read more]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Independence Day In Burien

In the week and days before Independence Day (July 4th), my Shorewood on the Bluff (SOB for short) neighborhood resounded with explosions. Being the curmudgeonly sort, I strolled the area engaging neighbors... [Read more]

TIME LAPSE/PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Three Tree Point Celebrates The 4th

Despite gray skies and occasional rain, Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood celebrated Independence Day 2010 with a day full of block party-like activities, starting with a community breakfast... [Read more]

Exploding Homemade Fireworks Nearly Kill SeaTac Man

According to the King County Sheriff’s Department, a 64-year old SeaTac man was critically injured when homemade fireworks exploded Sunday night (July 4), sending him to Harborview Medical Center. Police... [Read more]

With The 4th Approaching, Remember: Fireworks Are Illegal In Burien

The 4th of July is less than a week away, and we’d like to remind our Readers that the setting off of fireworks is prohibited in the city of Burien. While public displays that you may see for free... [Read more]

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Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund

Two of your B-Town Bloggers live in the Tree Tree Point area of Burien – Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer and his family, as well as Sales Diva Janet Grella and her husband, Michael. We’ve been... [Read more]

Your Requisite 4th Of July Fireworks “Safe & Sane” Posting

Even though we all are all most certainly chock-full of common sense, sometimes we all need gentle reminders of what stupid decisions can do to a human being, especially on a sunny summer day where there... [Read more]