PHOTOS: Volunteers Help Give Burien a ‘Clean Sweep’ Saturday Morning

Dozens of volunteers turned out bright and early Saturday morning (April 28) to don work gloves, bright orange vests and then venture out to help give Burien a ‘Clean Sweep.’ This is an annual... [Read more]

B-TOWN HAPS: Clean Sweep, Fundraisers, ‘reasons to be pretty’ & more

It’s shaping up to be a very busy weekend in the area, with rummage sales, fundraisers, ‘reasons to be pretty’, clean sweep, and much more – and here are this weekend’s B-Town... [Read more]

Discover Burien Delivers Check To Highline Schools Foundation

This past Thursday (April 26) Discover Burien Board President Brian Frederick and Executive Director Gina Bourdage (on left in photo) dropped by the Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence board meeting... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Celebration At Sea-Tac Airport’s Conference Center For Gold Star Award Winners

The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence held their Gold Star Awards breakfast this Friday morning (Apr. 20). The occasion allows the Foundation to recognize award winners from the Highline School... [Read more]

PHOTO: Cove to Clover Presents ‘Big Check’ Worth $47,500 to Local Charities

Our friends at Burien’s Cove to Clover Fundraiser (we were a Sponsor) did what every fundraiser organization loves to do – they presented a ‘Big Check’ worth $47,500 Wednesday (April... [Read more]

Donations Sought for Devastated Father of Murdered Teenage Girl

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2012, single parent Stephen Tully’s only child, 17-year old Jasmyn Tully, was murdered in her sleep by another teenager in Tukwila, where she was spending the night…

‘Pack Your Bags!’ as Burien Arts Awards Raffle Winner 2 Alaska Airline Tickets

“Pack your bags!” was the phrase Carolyn Hart heard over the phone from Laurie Haslund Tuesday afternoon, shortly after her name was drawn as the winner of a fundraiser raffle held by Burien Arts…

Alaska Air Travel Raffle Tickets Still Available Through Burien Arts

Burien Arts has announced that there are only 50 tickets left for their fundraising Travel Raffle, with the winner receiving two tickets to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies! These tickets show the generous... [Read more]

Here are the Top Finishers of Sunday’s Cove to Clover Fundraiser Race

And they're off! Runners take off for the Cove to Clover Race Sunday. Photo by Scott Schaefer. The 4th annual Cove to Clover Fundraiser Run (we’re a Sponsor) happened under dry but on-the-brink... [Read more]

It’s Cove to Clover Day! Here’s some last-minute info you might need

Today (Sunday, March 11) is the big Cove to Clover Fundraiser Race Day (we’re a Sponsor), and to help you prepare here are some last minute reminders: Did you set your clock ahead one hour? Daylight... [Read more]

Local Kids Getting Free Shoes Courtesy of Brooks Running and Cove To Clover

The team at Cove to Clover took delivery of a trailer loaded with new running shoes at Burien Town Square on Friday morning. The cases contained 320 pairs of shoes provided by Brooks Running at a steep... [Read more]

Cove to Clover, Classic Jazz & more – here’s this Weekend’s B-Town Haps

It’s going to be a busy weekend, with all sorts of Cove to Clover Fundraiser events, the Highline Classic Jazz Festival, BLT’s ‘The Who’s Tommy’ continuing, Kennedy Catholic... [Read more]

Burien Arts Raffling off Airline Tickets at Highline Classic Jazz Festival

“Fly me to the moon, and let me swing among the stars…” Well not exactly, but thanks to Alaska Airlines, sponsor of the Highline Classic Jazz Festival, one lucky winner will win two... [Read more]

Paraplegic will Wheel his way through Sunday’s Cove to Clover Race – Again

Story & Photos by Scott Schaefer A returning participant will be wheeling his way through Sunday’s Cove to Clover race – Keegan Reilly, 31, a paraplegic, last participated in 2010 when he beat... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Discover Burien Awards Dinner Fundraiser Nets $10,000

The results are in, and last Friday night’s Discover Burien Awards Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser brought in $10,000! This is that organization’s annual fundraiser event, and all proceeds... [Read more]

New Start Science Teacher Seeking Propane Tanks for Outdoor Music Station

New Start High science teacher Bev Mowrer is in need of some used, empty propane tanks for a music project, and we’re putting the word out to all BTB Readers to see if anyone can help. “We... [Read more]

Discover Burien announces annual Leadership Award recipients for 2012

Discover Burien's Business Leader of the Year Dan House, right, with former Hi-Line Tin Shop owner Ernie Eder at the Tin Room. Photo by Scott Schaefer. Discover Burien (we’re members) will be... [Read more]

Highline Classic Jazz Festival seeking individual Sponsors for March 10 event

Burien Arts’ Fourth Annual Classic Jazz Festival, to be held Saturday, March 10th from 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. will offer a Big Program at its’ new location, the historic Landmark Event Center... [Read more]

Here’s another way to help small, local businesses – join ‘Cash Mob Burien’!

A group of local pro-biz folks have created ‘Cash Mob Burien,’ an organization whose goal is to “encourage people to go into small, local businesses and spend their money, en masse,... [Read more]