Memorial Fund Set Up For Burien Baby Killed By Drunk Driver Sunday Night

A memorial fund has been set up to help cover funeral costs for Gabriel Arthur Pena, the 3-month old baby boy from Burien who was killed by a drunk driver on I-5 Sunday night (Aug. 21) near Vancouver,... [Read more]

City Manager Mike Martin Takes Responsibility for $500,000 Cost Overrun on Asphalt Overlay Project

by Ralph Nichols Burien’s recently completed asphalt overlay project ended with an estimated cost overrun of about $500,000. And, City Manager Mike Martin told The B-Town Blog Monday (Aug. 15), “We... [Read more]

Burien Pays Out $2.75 Million Over 1st Ave. S. Construction Project Overruns

by Ralph Nichols All outstanding claims by contractors for cost overruns during phase one of the 1st Ave. S. improvement project have been settled by Burien for just under $3 million. City Council members... [Read more]

Highline Schools Targets $2 Million In Cuts In Wake Of State Funding Shortfall

by Ralph Nichols Cutting $2 million from a public schools budget already pared down is no easy task. Cutting $4.5 million, with a new academic year just three months away, is even more daunting. Yet this... [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: 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]

Hilltop Elementary Seeking Donations To Purchase Library Books

Hilltop Elementary needs $1,000 for its library to provide students and teachers with the resources they need for reading, research and curriculum supplements. “As a result of district budget cuts, there... [Read more]

Exasperated Burien Widow Victim Of Mexico-Based Telephone Scam

by Scott Schaefer Just days after her husband passed away, a 75-year old Burien widow was the victim of a telephone scam, and she wants our Readers to know how she was recently duped into sending money... [Read more]

Burien, Des Moines Councils Support Highline Schools Levy; Ballots Due Feb. 8

by Ralph Nichols Both the Burien and Des Moines city councils have unanimously endorsed the $188 million replacement levy for Highline schools, which appears on the Feb. 8 special election ballot. Voters... [Read more]

$50K 4Culture Grant Available For Artist For Regional Trail System

4Culture and King County’s Parks and Recreation Division are seeking a “skilled and highly-motivated planning artist” to participate in a year-long residency focused on the Regional Trail... [Read more]

PHOTO: Highline Schools Foundation’s ‘Prize Patrol’ Awards Teachers

Janette Yee at Parkside Elementary receives an oversized grant check from the Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence for a special class project. Photo courtesy Highline Schools Foundation. On Friday... [Read more]

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Advertiser Sunrise Financial Answers The Question: ‘To Pay Off, Or Not…?’

BTB Advertiser Sunrise Financial Services wants to answer our Readers questions, and this month the question is “To pay off, or not to pay off?”: by Janice Hammond To pay off, or not to pay... [Read more]

What’s Next For Burien Town Square? Don’t Count On A Multiplex Cinema

by Ralph Nichols Urban Partners no longer owns the largely unoccupied six-story condominium/retail complex it built as the first private development in Burien’s Town Square. And the clock continues ticking... [Read more]

OPINION: An American’s Right To Strike Little More Than Symbolic Dissent

[EDITOR'S NOTE: On Wednesday, Nov. 10th, local union members who work for four major grocery chains in Western Washington voted overwhelmingly – 94 percent in favor – to authorize a strike against... [Read more]

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Advertiser Sunrise Financial: When Did ‘Annuity’ Become A Four Letter Word?

BTB Advertiser Sunrise Financial Services wants to answer our Readers questions, and this month the question is “When did ‘Annuity’ become a four letter word?”: by Janice Hammond The... [Read more]

Ownership Of Town Square Transferred to Group Holding Construction Loan

Early Friday (Oct. 29th), it was announced that ownership of Burien’s Town Square condominium/retail development was transferred to Corus Construction Venture LLC, which acquired the construction loan... [Read more]

City Manager Says Town Square Sale A Sign That Condos Will Sell Again

by Ralph Nichols Saying this is “something we’ve been expecting for quite a long time,” Burien City Manager Mike Martin said Thursday (Oct. 28) called a pending trustee’s sale... [Read more]

BREAKING: Burien Town Square May Be Sold At Trustee’s Sale Friday

by Ralph Nichols Burien Town Square’s only privately developed property – the nearly vacant condominium/retail complex built by Urban Partners, which opened in June 2009 – is now expected to be sold... [Read more]

Stretch Your Dollars In Our Newest Section: The B-Town Coupon Page!

We know that all our smart Readers love to stretch their hard-earned dollars, and today we’re proud to unveil the latest new feature of The B-Town Blog which will help you do just that – a local... [Read more]

Burien Property Taxpayers Expected To Get Slight Break in 2011

by Ralph Nichols As Burien City Council members prepare to resume work on the 2011-12 general fund budget on Monday, Oct. 25, there is good news for local property taxpayers. The property tax on a $300,000... [Read more]

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Advertiser Sunrise Financial Services: What Not To Put Off For Retirement

BTB Advertiser Sunrise Financial Services wants our Readers to know about the “6 Things Not To Put Off If Retirement Is On the Horizon”: by Janice Hammond, Financial Advisor, Sunrise Financial... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Highline Schools Foundation’s Oktoberfest Raises $36,000

Last Saturday night (Oct. 2nd), the Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence’s Oktoberfest (we were a sponsor) filled the hall at the Normandy Park Cove with festive people (some in costume), German... [Read more]

Councilmember Says Burien Residents Are Overpaying Seattle City Light

by Ralph Nichols Seattle City Light is charging Burien and other suburban ratepayers – residential and commercial – more than it costs the utility to provide their electricity. And, says Burien City... [Read more]

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Newest Advertiser Sunrise Financial Services Offers No Cost Financial Advising

We’d like to welcome our latest Advertiser, Sunrise Financial Services, who’d like us to share the following with our Readers: Burien native Janice Hammond has been in the financial service... [Read more]