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UPDATED RETURNS: Dow: 58%; Jack Block Jr.: 55%; 77% Against Transportation Benefit District by The B-Town (Burien) Blog on Nov 5, 2009UPDATE WED. 11/4/ 5pm: The second round of election returns has been released by King County Elections, and with between 28-30% of the votes counted, Dow Constantine still leads with 58%, Jack Block Jr. with 55% and 76% voting NO against Burien’...

Early Election Returns: Dow Constantine: 57%; Jack Block Jr.: 54%; 77% Against Transportation Benefit District by The B-Town (Burien) Blog on Nov 4, 2009Tuesday night’s preliminary general election returns have been released, and with around 24% of the ballots counted for area races, it looks like the early leaders are Dow Constantine with 57%; Jack Block, Jr. with 54%, and a big fat 77% “...

Tuesday Ballot Includes Governor, House Contests by Politics 2000 on Nov 3, 2009The headlining items on Tuesday’s ballot are probably the governor’s races in New Jersey and in Virginia. President Obama carried both states last year but Republicans are confident in both contests. More so in Virginia where Republican...

E.T. or Weather? by Read It Here on Nov 2, 2009Check out Read It Here More than 1,000 eBooks will be added soon on topics ranging from making money to holidays. A mysterious halo-shaped cloud was seen hovering in the sky over the city of Moscow recently but meteorologists claim it was only an op...

{CITY} trunk show by the mouse on Nov 2, 2009Please join me for a Telesca Trunk ShowAlong with pieces from Alexandra Grecco's Fall '09 collectionat Charlie and SamWilliamsburg, Brooklyn135 Grand StreetThursday November 12th, 20097 - 9 pmLot's of sparkle pieces for the holiday's including stunne...

Big Boys Going Green? by Forced Green on Nov 1, 2009The Government handed out some big bucks this week. How does 338 million in grants sound? Well, this is in an effort to get the development of geothermal energy on a fast track. Some of the companies that got the grants were: Ormat Technologies Alt...

Mathison Park Renovation To Include Interpretive Trails & New Playground; Completion Expected In December by The B-Town (Burien) Blog on Oct 29, 2009Burien’s Mathison Park, located at 425 SW 144th Street, includes 5.3 acres of forested open space on the east side of town, with the only problem being that visitors could only experience the one acre initially developed and accessible. Since...