Columbia Pike Now Under County Control

(Updated at 4:20 p.m.) This winter, the sight of VDOT plows clearing snow on Columbia Pike will be replaced with the sight of Arlington County plows doing the same. On Oct. 1, following final...

Route 50 Ramp to Courthouse Road Reopens

(Updated at 2:40 p.m.) Repairs are complete and the ramp has reopened. "Repairs are temporary until they find out exactly what caused the sinkhole," said VDOT spokesperson Joan Morris. Workers...

Crime Report: ‘Maybe It Was Colonel Mustard’ Edition

From this week's Arlington County crime report: MALICIOUS WOUNDING 10/12/10, 2900 block of S. Glebe Road. On October 12 at 3:30 am, a known suspect hit the male victim in the face with a metal...

Donnellan Makes Two Major Appointments

New Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan has appointed county chief financial officer Mark Schwartz to her former position of deputy county manager. Schwartz served as acting deputy county...

Lyon Hall Answers the Call When a Customer Pops the Question

Local Realtor Laura Rubinchuk and her now-fiance Mitch Schwartz went to Lyon Hall on their second date. When Mitch popped the question over the weekend, the popular Clarendon eatery came to...

Arlington YMCA Plans Haunted House

The Arlington branch of the YMCA is planning a haunted house later this month. The kid-oriented event is will be held at the Madison Community Center (3829 N. Stafford Street). It will feature...

Volunteer Opp: Adopt Part of Gulf Branch Nature Center

You've heard of adopting a highway. Now you can adopt something much less noisy and dangerous: a patch of forest at Gulf Branch Nature Center. Naturalist Jennifer Soles is looking for volunteers...

Morning Notes

Arlington Jury Hears Rape Victim's Story -- A 23-year-old University of Maryland graduate student took the witness stand yesterday in the trial of former Henderson Hall Marine Jorge "George"...

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