Your Beermonger: Planet Belgium
Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). It has been fun these past few weeks going over some of the basic styles and...
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Arlington Resident Will Challenge Moran in Primary
Rep. Jim Moran is facing another challenger in the Democratic primary for Virginia's Eighth Congressional District. Bruce Shuttleworth, a resident of Arlington's Old Glebe neighborhood, announced...
Morning Notes
County Expects Fewer Housing Dollars from Feds -- Federal spending cuts and a reduction in poverty in Arlington have combined to result in a relatively steep drop in federal housing dollars for...
President Obama to Visit Fire Station 5 Tomorrow
(Updated at 2:20 a.m.) President Obama will visit Arlington's Fire Station 5 tomorrow morning to discuss a new initiative to help returning military veterans get jobs -- including jobs as...
Crystal City Man Convicted of Prostitute Attacks
A man accused of forcing prostitutes to perform sex acts at gunpoint in Crystal City is facing a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty or being found guilty on an assortment of charges. Last...
Morning Poll: Six More Weeks of Winter?
This morning, on Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil was rudely awoken from his slumber and asked to predict the weather. Phil saw his shadow -- meaning that, according to tradition, there will...
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Obama to Appear in Arlington on Friday -- President Obama will deliver a speech about the economy at Arlington's Fire Station 5 on Friday. The fire station is located on S. Hayes Street in Aurora...
Crime Report: Crimes Against Women
This week's Arlington County crime report contained several incidents of frightening crimes against women. Among them: RAPE, 01/25/12, 3000 block of Columbia Pike. Between 2 and 3 pm on January 25,...
Morning Notes
Hotel Palomar For Sale? -- Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality LLC is in talks to buy Hotel Palomar (1121 19th Street N.) in Rosslyn for a reported $45 million, or nearly $300,000 per room. The...
Office Building Would Replace Restaurants in Courthouse
Update at 5:15 p.m. on 2/1/12 -- The site plan is no longer expected to come before the County Board in February. It may, however, come before the Board as soon as March or April, according to...
VDOT Study Examining the Widening of I-66, Route 50
Widening I-66 and Route 50 inside the Beltway are among the options for relieving congestion on the I-66 corridor currently being studied by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The "I-66...
Renderings of Pike ‘Rosenthal’ Development Released
New renderings of the development planned for the Rosenthal Jeep/Chrysler dealership site on Columbia Pike have been released on the Arlington County web site. The renderings show the front...
‘Startup Virginia’ Launches in Arlington
A new organization that will help Virginia entrepreneurs connect with each other and grow their companies was launched this morning at George Mason University in Arlington. Startup Virginia, part...
Major Track Work Planned on Blue, Orange Lines
The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery Metro stations will be completely closed this weekend for major track work on the Blue and Orange Lines. From 10:00 p.m. Friday to the end of the day on Sunday,...
Morning Notes
Arlington Office Vacancies Up -- Arlington and Alexandria were the only two D.C. area markets that saw a significant increase in office vacancies in 2011, according to recently-released data....
