Shirlington Road Shut Down Due Pedestrian Accident

(Update at 9:10 p.m.) Police shut down Shirlington Road between Arlington Mill Drive and Four Mile Run this evening to investigate a pedestrian accident. Injuries were initially said to be serious,...

Fat Tuesday Events Within Walking Distance of the Parade

If you're heading to the Clarendon Mardi Gras/St. Patrick's Day parade tonight, you might also be considering heading out to the bars afterward. Here are a few places where you can find some festive...

Arlington Mill Demolition Underway

Demolition work is underway at the Arlington Mill Community Center site on Columbia Pike. Heavy equipment was brought in to tear down the old building and chain link fences have been set up...

Road Closures for Tonight’s Clarendon Mardi Gras Parade

In honor of Fat Tuesday, the Clarendon Alliance is holding its annual Mardi Gras parade tonight. (Although technically, it's now a combined Mardi Gras/St. Patrick's Day parade.) The parade is...

SUV Slams Into Bluemont 7-Eleven

An SUV came crashing through the front of the 7-Eleven on Wilson Boulevard near George Mason Drive this morning. As customers were arriving for their morning coffee, a vehicle described as a...

Dr. Dremo’s Still Looking for a New Location

Some may call it quixotic, but the quest to bring back Dr. Dremo's Taphouse is still going strong. Former Dremo's owner Andrew Stewart says he has gotten tantalizingly close to securing a new...

Power Outages Cause Traffic Lights to Go Dark

Update at 9:35 a.m. -- Power has been restored, Dominion spokeswoman Le-Ha Anderson says. The outage was caused by a single, unlucky squirrel. According to Anderson: "We had a squirrel get onto a...

Brink Declines to Run for State Senate

Del. Bob Brink, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the state Senate seat of the retiring Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, announced this morning that he will not be seeking the Democratic...

Morning Notes

Arlington's Highway Bottlenecks -- An annual report on traffic congestion is out and Arlington has claimed two of the three worst traffic bottlenecks in the region. Westbound I-66 in Arlington,...