Board to Vote on Rate Hike at Ballston Parking Garage
(Updated at 4:40 p.m.) Parking rates at the Ballston Public Parking Garage could be going up soon. The Arlington County Board is scheduled to vote over the weekend on a proposal to increase...
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Arlington Sounds Alarm on Transportation Bill
Arlington County Board Chair Mary Hynes is warning that a transportation bill approved by the House Ways and Means committee on Friday could have significant reprocussions for the Metro transit...
UPDATED: Carbon Monoxide Incident in Courthouse
(Updated at 1:55 p.m.) The Arlington County Fire Department on the scene of a carbon monoxide incident in the Courthouse area. Firefighters initially responded to the U.S. Print and Copy store at...
Tuckahoe Parents Upset With Relocatable Classroom Plan
(Updated 12:45 p.m.) Tuckahoe Elementary parents are upset with a plan to place four new relocatable classrooms on the school's playground blacktop. Tuckahoe is one of the most overcrowded...
LED Streetlights Coming to Columbia Pike
(Updated at 12:50 p.m.) Columbia Pike is set to get some new LED streetlights. The Arlington County Board on Saturday is expected to grant approval to a $1.1 million contract for new streetlights...
Ebbin Fighting Against Same-Sex Adoption Discrimination
(Updated at 11:05 a.m.) State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) is decrying legislation that he says will codify discrimination against same-sex couples seeking to adopt a child. A bill that was introduced by...
Second Episode of ‘Car-Free Diet Show’ Released
A second episode of Arlington's "Car-Free Diet Show" has been released. The show, hosted by a former "Car-Free Diet Skeptic," presents amusing tidbits designed to encourage commuters to...
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Soccer Field to Close for Summer -- The synthetic turf field at Virginia Highlands Park, used extensively for soccer games, is expected to be closed for much of the spring and summer so that the...
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...
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...
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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...
