Morning Notes
Artomatic Starts Tonight -- Artomatic, described as "the D.C. area’s biggest unjuried arts extravaganza," will kick off in Crystal City tonight. The five-week event is being held in a former...
Posts Tagged ‘military’
ACPD Helps Wounded Veterans Get Segways
Fifty military veterans who sustained life altering injuries during combat received new Segway vehicles at a ceremony today in front of the Marine Corps Memorial in Rosslyn. The charity Segs4Vets...
Twilight Tattoo Performance Relocated Due to Rain
Due to the chance of rain showers and thunderstorms this evening, tonight's Twilight Tattoo performance at Ft. Myer has been moved to an indoor venue. From the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall...
Twilight Tattoo Performances Begin at Ft. Myer
Starting tonight, people living in Rosslyn may be hearing a little noise on Wednesdays during the summer. The Army is kicking off its "Twilight Tattoo" season. The hour-long military pageants...
Navy Annex Set to Be Torn Down This Summer
The 70-year-old Navy Annex complex, on the eastern end of Columbia Pike next to the Air Force Memorial, is set to be torn down starting next month. Demolition on the complex will begin in...
Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Device
(Updated at 1:55 p.m.) The Arlington County bomb squad has packed up and left the scene near Cherry Hill Park in Falls Church, where earlier they were investigating a potentially explosive...
Disabled Vets Job Fair Coming to Arlington Tomorrow
Employers are joining with the Wounded Warrior Project to hold a job fair for disabled veterans in Arlington tomorrow (Wednesday). The daylong event is being held at the Sheraton National Hotel...
Morning Poll: Accelerated Withdrawal from Afghanistan?
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) took to the House floor yesterday to call for an accelerated drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. "The time to accelerate our withdrawal from Afghanistan has arrived,"...
Amphibious Vehicle Demoed at Columbia Island Marina
A company showed off the prototype of their new American-made amphibious vehicle at Columbia Island Marina this afternoon. Michigan-based Gibbs Amphibians held the demonstration in the shadow of...
Moran: Proposed Cuts Will Keep Military Strong
President Obama's call for a leaner U.S. military with a more focused mission is receiving plaudits from local congressman Jim Moran (D). Moran's Northern Virginia district, which includes the...
Rash of Car Break-Ins in Bluemont, Arlington Forest
About a dozen residents of the Bluemont and Arlington Forest neighborhoods woke up Tuesday morning only to find that their vehicles were broken in to overnight. According to police, an unknown...
Morning Notes
Mark Center Parking Capped -- A roughly 2,000 spot parking cap is being put in place at the Mark Center in Alexandria, thanks to language placed in a federal appropriations bill. The cap should...
Obama, Iraqi Leader Visit Arlington Nat’l Cemetery
President Obama, Vice President Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made a joint visit to Arlington National Cemetery this afternoon. Maliki and the president participated in a wreath...
Morning Notes
Star Wars Event at Library -- Arlington Central Library hosted a Star Wars costuming event over the weekend, as the above photo (uploaded to the library's Facebook page) demonstrates. School...
Arlington Marine Prepares for Marathon in Afghanistan
Some 30,000 runners will descend on Arlington on Oct. 30 for the 36th annual Marine Corps Marathon. On the same day, half a world away, Maj. Brian Mullery, an Arlington native and Marine plans...
