Happy Thanksgiving from ARLnow.com

Whether you're celebrating the holiday in Arlington or out of town, ARLnow.com wishes you and your family a very happy, abundant and safe Thanksgiving. We'll be back on Friday with a special...

New Mobile Site Launched

(Updated at 2:55 p.m.) Smartphone users who want a browsing experience optimized for their touchscreen device finally have a full-featured mobile option when reading ARLnow.com on the...

Server Improvements Complete

If you're a regular ARLnow.com reader, you may have noticed that the site started loading noticeably faster last week. You may have even noticed that the site never got knocked offline last week, as...

Morning Notes

Aurora Hills Babysitter Co-Op -- While the District has been ranked as the most expensive place in the country for childcare, parents in the Aurora Hills neighborhood, near Crystal City, have...

A Note About Our Newsletter

If you were expecting to get our daily ARLnow.com Afternoon Update email newsletter, rest assured that it is still coming, but a bit later than usual. We've temporarily adjusted the timing of the...

‘Big’ Annual Event to Be Revealed Next Week

A new annual community event will be launching later this year in Arlington. Organizers have released a few tantalizing tidbits about the event, but most details will remain a mystery until a formal...

Comment Issue

Please be aware that we're working to fix a bug in the comments section. When selecting 'reply' on certain comments, the page will scroll to the beginning of the comments section. When this...

Changes Coming to ARLnow.com

Update at 10:25 p.m. on 4/24/11 -- Most features of the new site are working, but it may take up to a week to get to the point where we can turn the forums on. Please excuse any snafus with the...

Reminder: Time Running Out to Enter Crystal City 5K Photo Contest

Tonight's Crystal City 5K Friday race is your last chance to snap photos for our 'Flickr Flash' photo contest. Submit your shots from this race or any previous 5K Friday race to the contest's...

Reminder: Crystal City 5K Friday Photo Contest

Photographers: want to show off your skills and get a chance to win gift cards to local restaurants? If so, head down to the 5K race on Crystal Drive in Crystal City tonight and get a few...

Crystal City 5K Friday ‘Flickr Flash’ Photo Contest

Update on 4/8/11 -- Good news for fair-weather photographers who don't want to brave today's rain: the contest has been extended by two weeks. Tomorrow hundreds of runners will kick off the first...

ARLnow.com Surpasses 20,000 Comments

As it turns out, we're pretty talkative. This site has been around for less than a year, and yesterday we reached our 20,000th comment. When we launched, some people questioned whether Arlington...

Merry Christmas from ARLnow.com

Here's wishing you and yours a Christmas filled with joy and togetherness. See you back here Monday...

Announcing the 24 Hour Holiday Poem Contest

Update on 12/23 -- We have a winner. When Synetic Theater offered us two free tickets to their family-friendly performance of The Nutcracker -- playing in Crystal City through Jan. 16 -- we...

Election Night Notes

A quick programming note: ARLnow.com will be up until the wee hours tonight bringing you live, on-location election coverage. We'll be reporting from Democratic and Republican victory parties,...