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Car on Fire on I-395 -- A car caught fire on southbound I-395 near Boundary Channel around 9:30 last night. The car was fully-engulfed by the time firefighters arrived on scene. No injuries were...
Posts Tagged ‘signage’
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...
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Sign Vigilante Arrested -- "Arlington anti-sign vigilante" Robert Lauderdale is facing a felony grand larceny charge for allegedly stealing 240 apartment leasing signs from the Crescent...
Sandwich Board Signs, Sidewalk Cafe Umbrellas Making a Comeback?
At the annual State of the County address yesterday, Arlington County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman said action on parts of his Small Business Initiative is coming soon. Zimmerman said that he...
Mystery Solved: New Sign Erected in 2008?
An eagle-eyed tipster sent us this photo of a historic marker just erected on the 1400 block of Wilson Boulevard, in Rosslyn. The plaque marks the building where employees of the Defense Advanced...
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Mixed Signals During Fire Alarms at Senior Facility -- During fire alarms at The Jefferson senior living facility in Ballston, a recorded voice tells residents to evacuate the 21-story building...
Revised Sign Regulations On the Way
New sign regulations may be ready for adoption by the fall, Arlington County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman said at this afternoon's board meeting. Zimmerman said that the board and county staff...
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The Salsa Room Starts Serving Mexican Cuisine -- Best known as a dance club, The Salsa Room (2619 Columbia Pike) has relaunched with a new food menu. Gone is the Bolivian food from the location's...
Missing Neighborhood Sign Found
A granite sign that went missing from the side of Columbia Pike has been found. The sign (shown above, before it went missing) was placed on the east end of Columbia Heights to announce to...
Neighborhood Sign Goes Missing on the Pike
A granite sign, recently installed along Columbia Pike, has gone missing. The sign announced to folks heading westbound on the Pike that they were entering the Columbia Heights neighborhood. It...
Does Artisphere Need More Signs?
As we all know, signs are generally frowned upon in Arlington County. That's why it takes a 22-page staff analysis and a vote by the county board to put some banners up around a construction...
Arlington Holds ‘Sign Workshop’ With Business Owners
Changes are coming to the rules that regulate signs in Arlington. The county held a workshop at Washington-Lee High School last night to gather community input on reworking the current sign...
Small Business Owners Decry Taxes, Sign Ordinance
What's on the mind of local entrepreneurs? A lot, as it turns out. On Thursday night Arlington County held a small business 'listening session' at Clarendon Ballroom. More than 50 business owners...
Board Approves Sign Enforcement Measure
The county board voted unanimously on Saturday to beef up the county's ability to go after companies that willfully violate Arlington's stringent sign ordinance. A new amendment to the Zoning...
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Winter Weather Advisory in Effect -- Expect 1-2 inches of snow today, says the National Weather Service. The flakes should start falling between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. The advisory is in effect...
