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Dems Hold County Board Caucus -- A sizable crowd showed up at last night's Democratic caucus at Washington-Lee High School. The Democratic blog Blue Virginia notes with some surprise that those...

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Republican Files for County Board Race -- Arlington County Republican Committee Chairman Mark Kelly has filed to be the GOP nominee in the upcoming County Board special election. It's not the...

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Arlington Seeks Contractor to 'Dump Bodies' -- Updated on 1/6/12 -- This article has been corrected. Earlier: Among the "just in case" categories of contracting work for which Arlington County is...

County Board Candidate Forum Scheduled

(Updated on 1/3/12) The six announced candidates for County Board will have an opportunity to publicly make their case to fellow Democrats next week. The Arlington County Democratic Committee has...

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Weekend Closure Times Revised -- Some of the times of this weekend's Christmas closures have been revised. Arlington County government offices will now close at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, while county...

Notable Arlington Dem Calls for Party Leaders to Resign

On Wednesday, most of the Arlington Democratic establishment gathered at Nam Viet restaurant in Clarendon for the party's annual post-election lunch. Democratic officials and operatives shared...

Dems Sweep Arlington Races

(Updated at 2:05 a.m.) It was a joyous election night for local Democrats, who are claiming victory in all 14 races run in Arlington. Democrat Barbara Favola has won a decisive victory over...

Virginia Dems to Host DNC Chair at Clarendon Fundraiser

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will be the featured speaker at a political fundraiser in Clarendon next week. Schultz will join Democratic Party of...

Democrats Talk Unity After Bruising Primary

Local Democrats are putting the unprecedented mud-slinging leading up to Tuesday's primary behind them as they press forward to November's general election with a slate of four candidates and two...

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Pinkberry Opens in Clarendon -- The new Pinkberry frozen yogurt store in Clarendon officially opens its doors at 11:00 this morning. Yesterday evening, people queued up around the block as the...

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President -- Last night's Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting included a special birthday tribute to President Barack Obama, who turns 50 today. ACDC members sang a...

Favola Fires Back at Negative Campaign Mailer

State Senate candidate Jaime Areizaga-Soto is pulling no punches when it comes to criticism of his Democratic primary opponent, County Board member Barbara Favola. An Areizaga-Soto campaign mailer...

Lopez, Areizaga-Soto Announce Bids for Va. Legislature

Former aide to Gov. Tim Kaine and current U.S. Small Business Administration assistant administrator Alfonso Lopez announced his candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates at last night's...

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Arlington's Modest Manager Reception -- About a year ago, Arlington spent $600 to hold a reception for now-former county manager Michael Brown. By comparison to Savannah, Ga. -- where Brown had...

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McDonnell Gets Seat on Metro Board -- Gov. Bob McDonnell "scored a major unexpected victory" last night when the state legislature approved a bill that will allow the governor to appoint a...