Morning Notes

Trail Parking -- This car chose an interesting place to park -- on a stretch of trail between the county's new Dept. of Human Services building and Washington Boulevard. Snakehead Fish Invade...

BREAKING NEWS — Bicyclist Dead After Collision With Car

(Updated at 9:25 p.m.) A bicyclist was struck and killed by a car near the intersection of Four Mile Run Drive and S. Walter Reed Drive this afternoon. The driver remained at the scene and...

Where Are The Trout?

With floundering finances, Arlington budget sharks were forced to cancel the county's annual trout fishing season this year. "Trout season" is actually an artificial creation in Arlington County...

Community Garden Plots: A Tragedy of the Commons?

There are eight community gardens around Arlington, and each has a wait list. At the South Four Mile Run garden, however, one gardener is wondering why the county is allowing the high-demand plots...

Fire at the Carlton Condos on Four Mile Run Drive

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire on the second floor of the Carlton condominium at 4600 South Four Mile Run Drive. Firefighters are reporting that there was a kitchen fire in one of the...

Contractor Vacates County-Owned Four Mile Run Drive Property

Believe it or not, this run-down building at 3600 South Four Mile Run Drive has only been vacant for a couple of weeks. Alberici Constructors, which recently wrapped up its work on the...

Sewage Release Prompts Water Warning

Update on 10/22 -- The advisory has been lifted. Raw sewage overflowing from a manhole near the Long Branch Nature Center has prompted county authorities to issue a warning about the water in the...

Goat’s Head Among Weird Things Found in Barcroft Park

A group of 20 volunteers conducted one of the more eventful clean-ups of Four Mile Run over the weekend. The group, which cleaned up the portion of the stream that runs through Barcroft Park,...

Police Perform CPR on Man Found Unresponsive in Four Mile Run

Police had to resuscitate a man Sunday morning after passersby spotted him sitting motionless in Four Mile Run near Shirlington. The man rolled face down into the creek after officers arrived...

Believe It Or Not, It’s Trout Fishing Season in Arlington

Holy mackerel, you say, there's trout fishing in Arlington? You bet your bass there is. On Saturday morning more than 100 anglers showed up at Bon Air Park, not far from the high-rises of...