by Ralph Nichols With only five of the 124 condominiums at Town Square sold to date, more than five months after the grand opening of this complex in June, prospective […]
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Police Chiefs Voice Concern About Potential Impacts Of I-1033
Story by Ralph Nichols Photos by Scott Schaefer Police chiefs from King and Snohomish counties voiced their concerns at a press conference in Burien Wednesday morning (Oct. 21) about potential […]
CITYNOTES: Burien’s Sales Tax Revenue Down 16.2%; NE Redevelopment Area Revisions Proposed
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members were presented with dismal sales tax figures from City Manager Mike Martin at the beginning of their meeting last Monday, Oct. 5th. Through […]
Larry R. Blanchard Is Burien’s New Public Works Director
by Ralph Nichols Burien’s new public works director was introduced to city council members at their meeting on Monday, Sept. 14th, with high praise from City Manager Mike Martin. Larry […]
Remodeling Of Old Library Building Into New Community Center To Begin Soon; Expected To Open In April
by Ralph Nichols Just over six months from now, a new Burien Community Center will open to the public in the old library building at SW 146th Street and 4th […]
City Council Discusses Funding, SW 153rd & Wah Long Crime Reports
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members looked ahead to legislative activity in 2010 during their regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 14th, giving review to a preliminary list of funding […]
Burien City Council Holds Special Meeting; Actual Annexation Projected For Spring 2010
by Ralph Nichols Burien Mayor Joan McGilton began a special City Council meeting on annexation Monday night (Aug. 24th) by rolling out the welcome mat for 14,100 North Highline residents […]
Special City Council Session On Newly-Annexed Area Is Tonight At 7pm
The special Burien City Council meeting on annexation is tonight (Monday, Aug. 24, at 7pm), with the goal of discussing “how in general to do this whole thing,” according to […]
Big Day At City Hall As Burien Celebrates Successful Annexation Vote; Special Council Meeting Is Aug. 24th
by Ralph Nichols With North Highline voters approving annexation to Burien by a comfortable margin, Mayor Joan McGilton declared Wednesday morning (Aug. 19th), “I’m pretty excited about having a whole […]
UPDATE: City Council Discusses Where Burien’s New Fire Station Should Be Built; Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols The location is essential. A delay will cost money. Yet some members of the Burien City Council insisted at their August 17th meeting that selecting a site […]
If Annexation Passes Tuesday, What Happens Next?
by Ralph Nichols If you’ve not yet voted and mailed your ballot, remember, tomorrow – Tuesday, August 18, primary election day – is the deadline to do so. And if […]
Lora Lake Apartments Coming Down; What Will Replace Them? Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols As demolition crews prepared this week to tear down the Lora Lake Apartments – long the center of heated controversy over affordable housing in Burien – near […]
On August 18th, North Highline Residents Will Vote On Annexation; Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols It’s been a long time coming – years of meetings, studies, surveys, and wars of words – but in less than three weeks residents of the southern […]
Notes from Monday Night’s Burien City Council meeting
by Scott Schaefer Here are notes from Monday night’s (July 20, 2009) Burien City Council Study Session (PDF agenda here, streaming video link here): Both Mayor Joan McGilton and Councilmember […]
Notes From Monday Night’s City Council Meeting
by Scott Schaefer Here are notes from Monday night’s (July 20th) Burien City Council Study Session (PDF agenda here, streaming video link here): Both Mayor Joan McGilton and Councilmember Kathy […]
Goat Hill Residents Motivate City Into Action Over Speeding
This map highlights the Goat Hill neighborhood where residents are upset about speeding cars.
Burien city officials recently decided on a combination of solutions designed to alleviate safety concerns of local residents by mitigating speeding through the Goat Hill neighborhood over the ridge west of Ambaum Boulevard at SW 130th Street.
Goat Hill residents have complained for over a year about motorists speeding along the corridor that, heading west, follows SW 130th as it curves into 16th Avenue SW to SW 131st Street, then goes to Shorewood Drive where it continues in a northwesterly direction through the subdivision.
Repeated complaints and requests for action from the neighborhood led to a meeting about the speeding problem…
Councilmember Rose Clark Is Running For Re-Election
by Mark Neuman
I spoke Friday (June 5th) with Burien City Councilmember Rose Clark, who is running for re-election, Position No. 5.
As of press time (or in this electronic era, as of “hit send†time), Clark has no opposition in her bid for another four-year term on the council:
Notes From Monday Night’s City Council Meeting
Notes From Monday Night’s City Council Meeting
by Gina Bourdage Here are notes from Monday night’s (April 13th) Burien City Council meeting (link to PDF agenda here): PUGET SOUND PARK REVIEW: After receiving opposition from local councils […]
Should Lake Burien Get A Public Park? City Says No’
by Jack Mayne
A small group of residents are continuing their efforts to have the city of Burien purchase for a public park a recently rezoned portion of the Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center property on Lake Burien.
The area was rezoned last December, so the Dykeman Center can sell it to improve its revenue structure during the current economic downturn. When approached by the group calling itself the Committee to Free Lake Burien, Dykeman’s CEO said the center would not sell the land for a park.
Lake Burien is well known to long-term residents of the city but newer residents are likely to ask, “There is a lake in Burien?†That is because the lake is completely surrounded by private homes with no public access to it.
Under federal law, all lake shores the size of Lake Burien are considered public, but the sticking point is getting to the lake across private property.
The rezoned land, apparently for sale at some time in the future, would not include public access to the lake, which is vehemently opposed by owners of the property surrounding Lake Burien,
A flier by area resident Lee Moyer says the property should be purchased as a lake front park…
Notes From Monday Night’s City Council Meeting
by Gina Bourdage Here are notes from Monday night’s (April 6th) Burien City Council meeting (link to PDF agenda here): LEVY SUPPORTS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES: A recent survey found […]
Notes From Monday Night’s Burien Council Meeting
by Gina Bourdage Here are notes from Monday night’s (March 2nd) Burien City Council meeting: THE PASSING OF DOTTIE HARPER: Dottie Harper passed away recently, and the Burien City Council […]
Report From Tuesday Night’s Burien Annexation Open House
by Gina Bourdage Tuesday night (Jan. 6th), the City of Burien held their third public “Open House” meeting to discuss the progress of the Projected Annexation Project at Shorewood Elementary […]
Obituary: Mary Louise Parker passed away Sept. 12, 2023
Mary Louise ParkerNov. 1, 1925 – Sept. 12, 2023 Louise Parker was born on Nov. 1, 1925 in Asher, Oklahoma to Martin and Mary Dean. She was the youngest of […]
White Center Pride Street Festival will be Saturday, June 3
The free White Center Pride Street Festival will be held in Downtown White Center on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from Noon – Midnight. “Join us for a full day event […]