Library Requesting High School Yearbook Donations

(Updated at 3:25 p.m.) If you attended high school in Arlington, you have something in common with Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Katie Couric and Sandra Bullock. All are immortalized in yearbooks...

Make a Food Donation While Riding the Bus

If you're looking for a place to donate food during the holiday season, Arlington Transit is making it easy. All you have to do is hop on an ART bus. Arlington Transit teamed up with the Arlington...

Fall E-CARE Disposal and Recycling Event Scheduled

If it can't be thrown out with the trash or picked up for normal recycling, chances are you'll be able to get rid of it next month at Arlington's "E-CARE" Environmental Collection and Recycling...

Morning Notes

County to Label Building Energy Use -- In October, Arlington will start installing signs on county-owned building that will reveal the building's energy use and carbon footprint. "We'd like...

Favola Tops Latest Fundraising Numbers

Quarterly finance reports are out for Arlington's state Senate races. In the heated 31st District contest between County Board member Barbara Favola and Army National Guard JAG officer Jaime...

Arlington Goodwill Center Racks Up Donations

Arlington residents are nothing if not generous. The county is home to one of the highest-performing Goodwill donation centers in the country. The nonprofit's Glebe Road donation center at 10...

Large Donation Helps Save Planetarium

A flood of last minute donations has helped to save Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium. A large donation from an anonymous donor pushed the campaign past its goal as the fundraiser came to a...

AFAC Requests Produce Donations

The Arlington Food Assistance Center is asking local gardeners and farmers to donate extra produce to bolster AFAC's food pantry. "Each week, over 1,300 client families visit AFAC to pick up...

Arlington Free Clinic Receives Major Gift

The Arlington Free Clinic (2921 11th Street South) has received a major charitable gift. The McLean-based Campbell Hoffman Foundation has given the Free Clinic $677,500 for "continued integration...

Morning Notes

Whitlow's Rooftop Deck Opens Today -- Wilson's on Whitlow's -- the new rooftop deck atop Whitlow's on Wilson (2854 Wilson Boulevard) -- will open for the season at 4:00 tonight. With sunny skies...

Morning Notes

H-B Woodlawn Student Wins Arlington Idol -- We have a new Arlington Idol. H-B Woodlawn junior Mary Shields (above) placed first at the annual singing competition Thursday night. Watch her...

Thieves Strike Hume School, Endangering Historical Society’s Finances

The Hume School, home of the Arlington Historical Society Museum (1805 South Arlington Ridge Road), was damaged by thieves last month, the organization's president has confirmed. "Sometime in...

Big Planetarium Donation Encourages Others to Give

A $100,000 donation from local builder and philanthropist Preston Caruthers has given new life to the campaign to save Arlington's planetarium. The donation, first announced late last week, was...

Support a Great Local Charity, (Possibly) Win Cool Stuff

ARLnow.com has teamed up with our friends at What's the Deal to support Doorways for Women and Families, which is trying to reach an important $100,000 fundraising goal by the end of the...

Tomorrow: Teen’s Charity to Collect Bikes for Africa

If you have an old bike that you don't use any more, there's a more satisfying way to get rid of it than selling it for $5 at a garage sale. Wheels to Africa, a group founded by Arlington teen...