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...

Library Looks to Future at Upcoming Public Sessions

Arlington Public Library is looking to the future, and wants the public to speak up with ideas and suggestions. A series of public gatherings called "Invent the Future of the Library" is being held...

APS to Discuss School Capacity Challenges

Arlington Public Schools will be hosting a public meeting next week about the school system's looming capacity crisis. The forum will be held next Wednesday night at the Washington-Lee High School...

Morning Notes

Aurora Hills Babysitter Co-Op -- While the District has been ranked as the most expensive place in the country for childcare, parents in the Aurora Hills neighborhood, near Crystal City, have...

Civic Federation’s Candidate Night Approaches

The Arlington County Civic Federation's Candidate Night is one week away. General election candidates for the 30th, 31st and 32nd Virginia State Senate races and the 45th, 47th, 48th and 49th...

Immigration Demonstrators Walk Out, Make Headlines

From the Associated Press to the New York Times to Iran's Press TV, Wednesday night's public forum on the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, held at George Mason University's...

County Releases Draft of New Sign Regulations

(Updated at 3:15 p.m.) Arlington County has released a preliminary draft of its new sign regulations. After holding sign workshops and promising more business-friendly regulations, the county has...

DHS to Hold Meeting on Secure Communities in Arlington

The Department of Homeland Security will be holding a public meeting in Arlington on the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program. The meeting will take place between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m....

Favola, Areizaga-Soto to Attend AGLA Forum Tonight

Democratic arch-rivals Barbara Favola and Jaime Areizaga-Soto will both attend an Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance candidates forum tonight. The forum, which will start at 7:00 p.m. at the NRECA...

Pike Planning Workshops Wrap Up Tonight

Tonight county representatives will present the results of a week-long public planning and design process intended to help plan the future of Columbia Pike. The "Work in Progress Presentation"...

Meeting Tonight to Discuss Bikeshare Expansion

County planners are holding a public forum tonight to discuss the expansion of Capital Bikeshare into the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. As we reported earlier this month, the meeting will seek input...

Columbia Pike Charrettes Get Underway Tonight

Disclosure: The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, which is helping to organize the charrettes, is an ARLnow.com advertiser. Want to help plan and design the future of Columbia Pike? A...

Meeting Tonight to Discuss Art Along Crystal City Transitway

A new bus transitway is coming to Crystal City and Potomac Yard, and planners are asking for the public's help to decide what kind of art should be placed along the route. To that end, a public...

Residents Sound Off on Arlington Arts Proposal

Arlington County residents voiced their opinions about the newly-released 'Arlington Arts 2030' report Monday night. About two dozen people showed up at the Shirlington Library to respond to draft...

Report Recommends Increased Arts Investment in Arlington

As officials continue trying to stem the tide of red ink at Artisphere, Arlington's new arts and cultural center, the Arlington Commission for the Arts sees the need for more art venues down the...