Columbia Pike Transfer Approved by State Board

The Commonwealth Transportation Board passed a resolution this afternoon that will allow the transfer of Columbia Pike to move forward. The transfer of the Pike from state to county control could...

Wakefield High Educator Named N. Va. Teacher of the Year

Colette Fraley, a social studies teacher at Wakefield High School, has been named 2011 Teacher of the Year for Northern Virginia. The honor, bestowed by the Virginia Department of Education, comes...

Dozens Protest Immigration Policies Outside Arlington DMV

Nearly 100 people chanted slogans, held signs and beat drums outside the Arlington office of the Virginia DMV this afternoon, decrying tougher policies on immigrants enacted in the wake of a nun's...

‘Beer Wars’ at Arlington Drafthouse

If you like beer and crave a deeper understanding about how it's made and how the American beer industry works, then Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike) is the place to be tomorrow...

Where’s Cava?

We believe the space above, the one with the big "retail space for lease" sign, is where Cava's new Clarendon location is supposed to be. Yet the gas-lit entrance, on the ground floor of the...

Ballston Intersection Becomes Sprayground Park?

It may look like county workers are installing a new sprayground park in the middle of the intersection at North Henderson Road and North Thomas Street, near Ballston Common Mall. Alas, they're...

One Year to BRAC Deadline, Most Workers Are Still Here

As of today, there's exactly one year left to go until the deadline for 17,000 Department of Defense workers to move out of Arlington as a result of the Base Realignment and Closing Act. The vast...

Bakeshop Does Breakfast

Clarendon's cupcake-and-coffee store Bakeshop is now serving breakfast. At the bright and early hour of 8:00 a.m., Tuesday through Friday, Bakeshop (1025 North Fillmore Street) will unlock...

Morning Notes

Library Sets Summer Reading Record -- A record 5,305 Arlington students read 24,782 books over the summer as part of the Arlington Public Library's "Summer of Reading." More from the Library...