Video: Christmas Tree Collection in Arlington

Arlington's Christmas annual tree collection and recycling program has begun, and the county has created a short video (above) to help residents understand how the program works. According to...

Christmas Tree Collection Begins Jan. 3

Arlington County's official Christmas tree collection period is still one week away. Christmas trees will be collected from Jan. 3-17 on normal trash collection days. All stands, lights and...

Christmas Tree Safety Tips from ACFD

Now that December is here, the Arlington County Fire Department is asking residents to keep safety in mind when they trim the tree or string the lights. Every year, an average of 240 Christmas...

T-Minus Two Weeks to Shirlington Tree Lighting

Update on 11/28/11 -- This event has been rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1. Ready or not, the holiday season is upon us. Case in point: Shirlington's 9th annual holiday tree-lighting is only two...

Applicants Wanted for Tree Lover License Plate

Now's your chance to apply for a Virginia Loves Trees license plate. But there's a catch: it's not actually available yet. Arlington's Urban Forestry Division encourages residents to apply for the...

Morning Notes

Elliot Hosts Halloween Event in Clarendon -- DC101's Elliot in the Morning is hosting a Halloween Bash at Clarendon Ballroom on Friday night. Arlington Seeks More Notable Trees -- Arlington...

Chainsaw Accident Sends Worker to Hospital

A man suffered a serious arm injury this afternoon after reportedly being cut by a chainsaw. Initial reports suggest the man was in a bucket truck doing tree maintenance at an apartment...

Arlington: Come Get Your Free Trees

The Arlington County Parks and Natural Resources Division is offering free saplings to any resident interested in planting a tree in his or her yard. The county is offering one tree per household...

Civil War 150 in Arlington: The Toll on the Trees

It's hard to imagine now, given the county's tree-lined streets and abundance of leafy parks, but during the Civil War much of Arlington was a tree-less, barren wasteland. Thanks to its key...

Group Wants You To Water Your Trees

The Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria are asking local residents to water their trees. The group says that the hot, dry weather has "taken a toll" on trees in the area. The stifling...

Neighbors Decry Tree Removal in Clarendon

What was once a row of three bungalow houses amid a dense jumble of trees is now an empty dirt lot, and some neighbors are not very happy about it. The lot, at the corner of N. Danville Street...

Trailer Classrooms Arrive at Washington-Lee

Five large relocatable classroom trailers received a police escort up Washington Boulevard this morning, en route to Washington-Lee High School. The trailers are being installed in a parking...

Chain Bridge Road to Close Today

Update at 1:00 p.m. -- Chain Bridge Road has reopened. Update at 10:30 a.m. --VDOT has issued a correction, saying that the 400 block of Chain Bridge Road, not the bridge itself, will be...

High Pollen Levels Leave Cars Covered

As The Weather Channel and anyone with seasonal allergies can tell you, the pollen level in the D.C. area right now is very high. It's something of an annual spring rite of passage -- tree pollen...

Falling Tree Crushes Car, Closes Road in Arlington Village

(Updated at 2:55 p.m.) Windy, rainy weather helped bring a large tree down across S. Barton Street in Arlington Village today. The tree crushed an unoccupied parked car, blocked S. Barton...