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,...

Reminder: Vote For Us in the 2010 ABBIES

ARLnow.com is nominated for a 2010 Arlington Best Business award, and we need your help to win it. If you like the original news and information we provide on a daily basis, please vote for us...

ABBIE Voting Is Here — And We’re Nominated

The nominations are in for the ABBIES, Arlington's annual business awards. Now it's time to cast your vote in categories like Arlington's Best "Bargain" Restaurant, Arlington's Best Happy Hour and...

Quick Note on Political Ads

You may have noticed some political ads on ARLnow.com over the past couple of days. Those ads have appeared in spaces that are filled by Google AdSense, an advertising network. We do not control the...

Support Our Advertisers, They Support Us

Without sponsors to help us pay the electric bill, how could we possibly turn on the computer to bring you the latest goings-on in Arlington? Advertisers make this site possible. Help us thank...

Shameless Plug: Nominate Us for an ABBIE!

ARLnow.com has only been around for 8 months now, so it's a bold, presumptuous move for us to try to get nominated for one of Arlington's Best Business Awards. But heck, we're going to do it...

Help Us Thank Our Awesome Advertisers

Earlier this week, I thanked our readers for sticking with us while our old server wheezed its way through last week's heavy web traffic. Now I'd like to take the time to thank our local advertisers,...

Technical Difficulties

First of all, I want to thank all of you for sticking with us last week when we were experiencing some major server problems. The site struggled with capacity problems all week and went down multiple...

Help Wanted: Event Photographers

ARLnow.com is seeking professional photographers to help cover special events in Arlington. In exchange for photographing Arlington's movers, shakers and entertainers at exciting events around the...

Email Subscribers: We’re Experiencing Technical Difficulties

If you subscribe to our Afternoon Update, you may have gotten a blank email from us today in lieu of the usual summary of the day's posts. We've diagnosed the problem and assure you that we'll work...

Discussion About the Discussion

Let's step back and take a quick breather. The past several days have gotten a little crazy on the comment sections. While I appreciate a vigorous discussion of the day's stories, I think we need to...

Arlington Police to Launch Project Lifesaver Program

Within the next two weeks, the Arlington County Police Department is expected to announce that it is joining the Project Lifesaver program, which helps more than 1,000 public safety agencies locate...

ARLnow.com Goes Mobile

Smartphone users can now view ARLnow.com in a format designed specifically for their phone. Just navigate your phone's browser to ARLnow.com and you'll automatically be directed to the mobile...