Clarendon Trader Joe’s to Open Friday Morning

It's official: the long-awaited Trader Joe's store in Clarendon will open at 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The company will celebrate the opening with a "ceremonial lei cutting" featuring Trader...

AFAC Begins Distributing Thanksgiving Meals to Needy Families

The Arlington Food Assistance Center has begun its annual distribution of Thanksgiving dinners to needy families. AFAC expects to distribute some 1,800 frozen turkeys between today and Saturday,...

Accident Involving Metrobus Near Pentagon City Mall

A three-to-four vehicle accident involving Metrobus occurred at the intersection of Army Navy Drive and S. Hayes Street, in Pentagon City, just after 3:00 this afternoon. Two injuries were...

County Board to Consider Taxi Fare Hike

(Updated at 3:10 p.m.) The Arlington County Board is scheduled to consider a fare hike for Arlington taxi operators this weekend. The proposal would raise the initial drop charge from $2.75 to...

Student Drinking Prompts Letter to Parents Following Football Game

Apparently the anti-drinking video made by Yorktown High School students last month didn't quite get the point across to everybody. A letter sent to parents and students last week reveals that a...

Shooting Suspect May Have Been Squatting in Arlington

A man suspected in a shooting incident near the White House on Friday night might have been squatting in a vacant Arlington home. Gunfire was heard around 9:30 Friday night on the 1600 block of...

Animal Control on the Lookout for a Friendly Deer

Animal control officers are on the lookout for a deer that's getting a bit too friendly with people. According to police radio traffic, the young female deer was walking right up to Glebe...

Arlington Republicans Call for Favola to Resign

Arlington Republicans are calling on state Senator-elect Barbara Favola to resign her County Board seat by Nov. 26, so that the seat can be filled in a special election in January. From an...

Morning Notes

Arlington's Historic Strip Malls -- Arlington County is trying to convince owners of garden apartment buildings, one-story shopping centers and other properties deemed 'historic' to agree to be a...