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‘Walk-n-Talk’ Burien’s Chelsea Park this Sunday, April 7

‘Walk-n-Talk’ Burien’s Chelsea Park this Sunday, April 7

The next ‘Walk-n-Talk’ will be this Sunday, April 7 starting at 2:15 p.m. from Burien Town Square Park and walking (and talking) through Chelsea Park. Here’s the scoop from WABI Burien: It’s... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Highline Teams Excel at Seattle Robotics Competition

PHOTOS: Highline Teams Excel at Seattle Robotics Competition

This weekend the CenturyLink Field Event Center hosted the annual Seattle FIRST Robotics Competition. This three-day event brings teams of high school students and their robots together as they take on... [Read more]

Register Now to Get Your Cool, Collectible ‘Cove to Clover’ Shirt on Race Day!

Register Now to Get Your Cool, Collectible ‘Cove to Clover’ Shirt on Race Day!

The 2013 Race Shirts are really cool. The annual Cove to Clover fundraiser run will be Sunday, April 28, with the 5K starting at Noon at the Normandy Park Cove and the 10K at Des Moines Beach Bark –... [Read more]

Registration for Highline Soccer Club Open Through March 31

Registration for Highline Soccer Club Open Through March 31

Registration for the Highline Soccer Club is now open for players from 5 – 12 years old, and runs through March 31. Here’s more from an announcement: We’d like to welcome and encourage all to... [Read more]

Cove to Clover Snakezilla Half Marathon Finisher Medals Revealed!

Cove to Clover Snakezilla Half Marathon Finisher Medals Revealed!

This year’s Cove to Clover fundraiser run – set for Sunday, April 28 – will also include a brand new Half Marathon, with finishers receiving a brand new medal that will surely ward off all snakes: The... [Read more]

VIDEO: Seal Pup Slip n’Slide off Burien’s Three Tree Point

VIDEO: Seal Pup Slip n’Slide off Burien’s Three Tree Point

Burien resident Ethan Janson set up a GoPro camera rig on his windsurf board – anchored off Three Tree Point – and remotely taped some local seal pups as they struggled to climb aboard on a recent... [Read more]

Donate Youth Running Shoes to Cove to Clover & Get a Collectible Wristband!

Donate Youth Running Shoes to Cove to Clover & Get a Collectible Wristband!

Our friends at Cove to Clover (we’re Sponsors) want to “mine” our communal closet for youth running shoes for the Student Shoe Swap scheduled for April 19 at Normandy Park Towne Center... [Read more]

Explore Burien’s Westward-Facing Hills Sunday at the 20th ‘Walk-n-Talk’

Explore Burien’s Westward-Facing Hills Sunday at the 20th ‘Walk-n-Talk’

This Sunday, March 3, the 20th monthly Walk-n-Talk will tackle some of the westward-facing hills of the Seahurst neighborhood of Burien. Every month since August 2011, neighbors and Burien city visitors... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Matt Griffin YMCA’s 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Fundraiser is March 16

Matt Griffin YMCA’s 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Fundraiser is March 16

Advertiser Matt Griffin YMCA will be holding a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, March 16 to benefit their annual campaign to suppor programs such as Karate lessons, swim lessons, summer eating... [Read more]

B-TOWN BIZ: It’s Confirmed – LA Fitness Will Be Moving Into the Old Saar’s Space

B-TOWN BIZ: It’s Confirmed – LA Fitness Will Be Moving Into the Old Saar’s Space

We’ve heard the rumor for months, but we can finally post the news as it’s just been confirmed – LA Fitness will be opening in the space that formerly held Saar’s Marketplace (which... [Read more]

Last Chance for Pacwest Softball Tryouts are Feb. 27 & Feb. 28

Last Chance for Pacwest Softball Tryouts are Feb. 27 & Feb. 28

Pacwest softball try outs!! 

Last chance to register for pacwest softball spring season!  All ages (7-16) can register during try outs but only the ages listed below need to try out. Try outs are... [Read more]

Four Kennedy Catholic High School Seniors Sign Letters of Intent

Four Kennedy Catholic High School Seniors Sign Letters of Intent

Four Kennedy Catholic High School seniors – including football star Cole ‘Goldilocks’ Madison who we reported about last week – recently celebrated as they signed their letters of intent... [Read more]

Volunteers Needed for 5th Annual ‘Cove to Clover’ Fundraiser, Coming April 28

Volunteers Needed for 5th Annual ‘Cove to Clover’ Fundraiser, Coming April 28

Runners take off from the Normandy Park Cove for the 2012 ‘Cove to Clover’ Race. Photo by Scott Schaefer. Volunteers are needed for the 5th annual Cove to Clover Fundraiser, coming April 28. “If... [Read more]

Kennedy Catholic Lancer Football Star Cole ‘Goldilocks’ Madison will be a Cougar

Kennedy Catholic Lancer Football Star Cole ‘Goldilocks’ Madison will be a Cougar

Cole Madison, center, along with his girlfriend Mollie, left, and proud Mom. Cole, along with Coaches Leach and Russell on the day of his signing. Cole Madison, a prolific lineman and tight end for Burien’s... [Read more]

Southwest Lacrosse Club Now Accepting Registrations for Boys & Girls Teams

Southwest Lacrosse Club Now Accepting Registrations for Boys & Girls Teams

The Southwest Lacrosse Club (SWLC) is now accepting registrations from boys and girls for their teams, which cover grades 3 – 12. There will be SWLC Parent Meeting on Feb. 10 at Normandy Park City Hall... [Read more]

Signups for West Seattle Pony Baseball Have Begun

Signups for West Seattle Pony Baseball Have Begun

West Seattle Pony Baseball – formerly West Seattle Peewee and South West Pony – have begun registration for Spring Baseball.   “Join over 400 players ages 4 – 16 playing ‘real baseball,’”... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Local Businessperson Purportedly to Annex West Seattle

Local Businessperson Purportedly to Annex West Seattle

(EDITOR’S NOTE: After being “away” for 10 months on a suspicious Paddleboarding tour, Matt Parker has returned to Burien. We have been told by an anonymous source that Parker’s... [Read more]

Burien Attorney Returns from Fundraiser Climb of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro

Burien Attorney Returns from Fundraiser Climb of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro

Burien attorney Tracy Codd returned from his fundraiser climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa recently with many stories to tell. “It was quite an experience, a wonderful life event,”... [Read more]

Burien Native Brent Knopp Set for Title Match for ‘CageSport’ Feb. 16

Burien Native Brent Knopp Set for Title Match for ‘CageSport’ Feb. 16

A Burien native named Brent “Mankill” Knopp will be competing in a middleweight title match for CageSport at the Emerald Queen Casino on Feb. 16. Knopp (3-0), will fight in a rematch against... [Read more]

Super What? ‘Walk-n-Talk’ your Way Around Gregory Heights this Sunday

Super What? ‘Walk-n-Talk’ your Way Around Gregory Heights this Sunday

WABI Burien’s February ‘Walk-n-Talk’ will take place this Sunday, Feb. 3 starting at 2 p.m., with a nice, non-commercial, non-Super Bowl related friendly group walk around the Gregory... [Read more]

Tryouts for Highline Premier FC Soccer Coming Feb. 13-14

Tryouts for Highline Premier FC Soccer Coming Feb. 13-14

Highline Soccer Association’s advanced development club, Highline Premier FC, begins its 2013 tryout season on Wednesday, Feb. 13 with tryouts running into the weekend for high school age boys. “If... [Read more]

LETTER: Walker Says Eagle Landing Park ‘Solid’ for Feb. 9 ‘Stairway Walks Day’

LETTER: Walker Says Eagle Landing Park ‘Solid’ for Feb. 9 ‘Stairway Walks Day’

Last week I walked the path and stairs of Eagle Landing Park with Seattle Stairways Walks authors, Jake and Cathy Jaramillo. We wanted to survey the current condition of the full pathway from parking lot... [Read more]

Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available for 2013 Cove to Clover Fundraiser

Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available for 2013 Cove to Clover Fundraiser

Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the 2013 Cove to Clover fundraiser – a fun, all-volunteer based benefit for several local charities – coming Sunday, April 28. Businesses are invited... [Read more]

UPDATE: Local Attorney Tracy Codd Summited Mt. Kilimanjaro Sunday

UPDATE: Local Attorney Tracy Codd Summited Mt. Kilimanjaro Sunday

Local attorney Tracy Codd should be summiting Mount Kilimanjaro – the world’s highest free-standing mountain – tonight around 6 p.m. PT, according to a post on his Facebook Page…