Burlington, Washington

• Burlington police may pull you over for inattentive driving
  

  BURLINGTON, Wash. By now you know that you'll get pulled over if a police officer catches you talking on your cell phone while driving.

• Bluegrass jam spreads it on
  

  Bluegrass band Denise & Sharon play at the 9th Annual Bluegrass Jamboree at Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds on July 11.

• FedEx truck crashes near Blaine after driver chokes on pork rinds
  

  A 42-year-old Mount Vernon man suffered minor injuries after losing control of the FedEx semi-truck he was driving Monday, July 12, on Interstate 5 near Peace Portal Drive.

• Men's College Golf: Wwu's Dailly earns honor
  

  Western Washington University's Xavier Dailly, a junior from Burlington, was named a NCAA Division II Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar as announced Thursday, July 8, by the Golf Coaches of America Association.

• Bonnie J. Hughes Wagner
  

  CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. -- Bonnie Jean Hughes Wagner, 69, beloved wife of William Wagner, took her final journey July 1, 2010.

• 73rd Annual Berry Dairy Days a Great Success
  

  Posted by: Burlington Chamber Phone: 360-757-0994 Email: Website: http://www.burlington-chamber.com The Burlington Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the thousands who attended the 73rd Annual Berry Dairy Days Festival.

• Vendors dish on business at this yeara s Loggerodeo
  

  Frank Varga Business was either busy or slow at Loggerodeo Saturday. It all depended on who you asked.

• Under new law, cities get no cut of Canadian shoppersa buck
  

  A wallet purchased for $20 at Burlington's Outlet Shoppes would have cost Canadian Braden Shields $100 in his own city of Vancouver, B.C. Deals like that will likely keep Canadian shoppers coming south of the border with or without a sales tax exemption the state Department of Revenue says they are entitled to.

• Whidbey Island: Soggy Phone Books: ACTIONPages not welcome here
  

  Littering was in high gear on Wednesday in Langley. Sue Frause photos. Yesterday afternoon when I went to get the mail, I was greeted by a big mess.

City Description

Burlington is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,757 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Burlington was officially incorporated on June 16, 1902. Burlington is locally famous for its proliferation of shopping malls and for having some of the best youth sports fields in Washington. Burlington's main business used to be on Fairhaven St. Now it is a gathering for the whole town in the summer for the annual Berry Dairy Days. Recently, the town has received a new Library building and City Hall. Burlington is home to Cascade Mall, a shopping mall located in the heart of the Skagit Valley. It is an enclosed, single-level 585,362 sq ft (54,382 m). regional shopping center in Burlington, 60 miles (97 km) north of Seattle. Cascade Mall opened in the fall of 1989, during a time-period where the city of Burlington was credited by the Wall Street Journal as one of the fastest growing and best investment opportunities of small towns in the United States. The mall is situated near the interchange of Interstate 5 and State Route 20. The mall is owned and managed by The Macerich Company and

City Contained By:

• Skagit County
• Washington

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 11.1369488744 km squared

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