Cyclists: Beware This Sinkhole in Ballston

Cyclists and pedestrians may want to watch out for this small sinkhole on 9th Street, just east of N. Stafford Street in Ballston. The hole may be small but it appears to be at least a foot...

Photos from Crystal City’s Photo Show

FotoDC's month-long FLASH photo exhibit will kick off in Crystal City tonight. Located on the top two floors of an office building at 2450 Crystal Drive, the show features 250 photos from 55...

Mobile Food Business Ramps Up As the Weather Warms Up

(Updated at 2:10 p.m.) Food trucks and carts were out in force around Welburn Square in Ballston today. With temperatures reaching into low 70s, workers flocked to the square for some spring-like...

Comcast Switches on HD Channels in Time For NCAA Tourney

Update at 6:40 p.m. -- Readers are reporting in the comments that the channels are not operational in all parts of the county. Two days after we reported about a delay in Comcast's plan to switch...

State Senate Race Gets “Nasty”

Mud is already flying in the three-way race for a local Democratic state Senate nomination. Yesterday Arlington School Board Chair Libby Garvey sent out an email blasting opponent Rob Krupicka, an...

Randy Realtor Charged With Unlawful Entry

A real estate agent has been arrested after Arlington County police say he solicited the services of a prostitute inside a vacant, for-sale home. Springfield, Va. resident Dennis Mahafkey, 55, was...

Morning Notes

Pike Realignment in County Legislative Priorities -- The county's wish-list of federal legislative priorities includes a land exchange with the federal government to allow Columbia Pike to be...