Tonight: Charity Happy Hour and Mad Men Cocktail Party

A happy hour and a cocktail party are on tap in Clarendon and Bluemont tonight. The Reading Connection, a group that helps improve literacy for at-risk youth, is holding a happy hour at Mister...

Opening Date Set for Crystal City Chick-Fil-A

The new Chick-Fil-A in Crystal City will open its doors on Thursday, Nov. 18, a PR rep for the Georgia-based company told ARLnow.com this afternoon. The eagerly-anticipated restaurant will be...

Traffic Lights Out Near Ballston Metro

The traffic lights at the intersection of Fairfax Drive and North Stafford Drive are dark due to a small power outage in the area. About 100 Dominion customers are affected by the outage. The...

County to Test Outdoor Warning System in Courthouse

Arlington County will be testing its outdoor warning system speaker system in Courthouse this afternoon. The county says people in the Courthouse area may hear "loud horns and/or a test message"...

Renovations Coming to Ballston Common Mall

The owner of Ballston Common Mall is "in the planning stages" of major renovations to the 24-year-old facility. The existence of the renovation plan was revealed at a real estate conference in...

Death Investigation in Alcova Heights

Police are investigating a death on 2nd Street South in Alcova Heights this morning. A passerby found a person shot to death in a car, police said. The car was parked on the side of the...

Upgrades to Clarendon Dog Park Rely on Bond Issue

The Clarendon dog park soon won't be just for the dogs any more. The park at Herndon Street and 13th Street is set to receive a $1.7 million face lift over the next year and a half. The project will...

Morning Notes

I-66 Ignored by Google Maps -- If you recently tried to get directions to points west with Google Maps, and you were surprised when the directions included a long stretch on stop-light-heavy...