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Arlington, Alexandria Compete for Federal Funds -- Alexandria's planned transit corridor along Route 1 is competing with Arlington's proposed Columbia Pike streetcar for a limited pool of federal...

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Pike Buildings Set for Redevelopment -- The buildings along Columbia Pike that house Rappahannock Coffee, L.A. Nails and Saah Furniture are set for redevelopment. A developer has proposed a...

Interim School Board Member Appointed

The Arlington School Board appointed an interim board member to fill now-County Board member Libby Garvey's empty seat through the end of the year. Todd McCracken, the President and CEO of the...

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New School Budget Approved -- The Arlington School Board approved a new $499.98 million budget last night. The budget includes a 2.84 percent cost of living increase for school employees, but no...

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Moran Marks Anniversary of Va. Tech Massacre -- Rep. Jim Moran (D) marked the fifth anniversary of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech yesterday by calling on Congress to improve gun control...

Candidate Withdraws from School Board Race

A little more than two months after announcing he was running, a candidate for Arlington School Board is dropping out. Larry Fishtahler has withdrawn from the race. In February, Fishtahler...

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Arlington Valor Awards Held -- The Arlington Chamber of Commerce held its annual Valor Awards presentation yesterday. More than a dozen personnel from the Arlington County Fire Department, Police...

Glencarlyn Residents Fight Proposal for New School

Residents of Glencarlyn already have two schools in their neighborhood -- Carlin Springs Elementary and Kenmore Middle School -- but they say a proposal to add a third school to the existing campus,...

School Board to Appoint Successor to Garvey

Libby Garvey officially resigned from the Arlington School Board this morning following her election to the Arlington County Board yesterday. That opens up Garvey's seat to an appointee to be named...

School Capacity Update To Be Held Tonight

Arlington Public Schools will update interested residents on their school capacity planning process tonight. The public meeting is being held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School (200...

Tuckahoe Parents Upset With Relocatable Classroom Plan

(Updated 12:45 p.m.) Tuckahoe Elementary parents are upset with a plan to place four new relocatable classrooms on the school's playground blacktop. Tuckahoe is one of the most overcrowded...

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Obama to Appear in Arlington on Friday -- President Obama will deliver a speech about the economy at Arlington's Fire Station 5 on Friday. The fire station is located on S. Hayes Street in Aurora...

School Board Delays Block Scheduling Decision

Parent concerns have prompted Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy to delay consideration of a plan to institute "block scheduling" at Arlington middle schools. The change,...

APS Considering Options for Building More School Capacity

The Arlington County School Board is scrambling to decide on permanent solutions to the school system's current capacity crisis. Facing a burgeoning school population that has grown by 15 percent...

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W-L Softball Field Improvements in the Works -- At last night's Arlington County School Board meeting, officials said they were moving forward "at quite a good pace" with plans to improve the...