October, 2011 | ARLnow.com

Board Approves New Apartment Building Along Rt. 50

Published October 17, 2011 at 10:31AM

The planned 104-unit building will have a distinctive red brick facade, to match the adjacent Wakefield Manor, Wakefield Annex and Courthouse Manor garden apartments. The existing, three-story buildings — designed by the late, notable architect Mihran Mesrobian and given Arlington County’s highest historical designation — will be preserved “in perpetuity” as a result of the development.

The Arlington County Board voted unanimously on Saturday to approve the development and preservation plan. The new apartment building will be constructed at the corner of N. Troy Street and Fairfax Drive, overlooking Route 50. Currently, a surface parking lot sits on the future construction site.

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Arlington Missing from WaPo Dining Guide

By ARLnow.com

Published October 17, 2011 at 9:36AM

The only Arlington connections on the annual list of 40 restaurants are mini-chains Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza and Jaleo, which have Clarendon and Crystal City locations respectively — though one wouldn’t know it since the dining guide lists the location of each as “Washington, DC.”

In contrast to Arlington’s goose egg, neighboring jurisdictions Alexandria and Fall Church have three restaurants apiece in this year’s dining guide.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 17, 2011 at 8:29AM

State Change Could Cost Arlington Millions — A proposed change in the way Virginia determines how much localities are reimbursed for road maintenance could cost Arlington $9.2 million per year if approved. [Sun Gazette]

Bikeshare Expansion Approved, Sort Of — The Arlington County Board voted on Saturday to use $1.2 million in state funds to build about 30 new Capital Bikeshare stations along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. Installation of the stations (and nearly 200 new bikes) is expected to wrap up in the summer of 2012. The action isn’t official yet, though. Due to an administrative error, the Board will have to reconsider the item at their Tuesday evening meeting. [Arlington County]

Events

Road Closures Planned for Charity 8K on Sunday

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 3:50PM

Cool, sunny weather is expected Sunday morning for the Acumen Solutions Race for a Cause 8K.

The race will shut down a number of major Arlington streets — from Ballston to Clarendon to Columbia Pike — for much of the morning. Among the expected closures:

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Sneak Peek: First ‘Arlington Magazine’ Cover

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 3:15PM | Updated October 15, 2011 at 2:22PM

The bimonthly lifestyle magazine should start hitting newsstands and subscribers’ mailboxes late next week. In the meantime, we’ve been sent a sneak peek of the cover (left).

Articles in the new magazine include a profile of NBC News correspondent and Arlington resident Chuck Todd (entitled: “I’m Not Ron Burgundy”), a look at eating disorders among adult women, a feature on mom-and-pop eateries in a time of restaurant “gentrification” and an obligatory chat with ‘Arlington Rap’ guy Remy Munasifi.

Events

Lovers of Books May Become Lovers at Library Singles Event

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 2:30PM

If the answer to all three of those questions is ‘yes,’ then the Arlington Public Library has just the event for you this weekend.

On Sunday evening, the Shirlington Branch Library (4200 Campbell Avenue) will be hosting the library’s first-ever ‘Book Dating’ event. Library officials are billing the event as a “novel” way to help the literary-minded find love.

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Video: Pupatella Neapolitan Pizzeria

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 1:35PM

The county-run Arlington Virginia Network’s “Food For Thought” program recently visited Pupatella Neapolitan Pizzeria (5104 Wilson Blvd), in the Bluemont neighborhood (just west of Ballston).

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Power Outage Hits Ballston Area

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 12:34PM

Power is out in parts of Ballston this afternoon.

Ballston Common Mall is currently without power and several traffic lights in the area are dark. Police are directing traffic at some of the intersections.

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Blue Line Changes Will Relieve ‘Orange Crush’

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 12:00PM | Updated June 29, 2018 at 2:51PM

Starting mid-2012, six additional Orange Line trains will be put in service each peak hour, three in each direction. Those trains will run from West Falls Church to Largo Town Center, which is normally a Blue Line station. To allow that to happen — the Orange Line tunnel between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom operates at capacity during peak hours — six Blue Line trains will be diverted over the Yellow Line Bridge.

Those “former Blue Line trains” will operate between Franconia-Springfield and Greenbelt, a Green Line station. The trains — three in each direction during peak hours — will be identified as Yellow Line trains.

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Men Arrested, Accused of Stealing Used Cooking Oil

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 10:30AM

Police say the thefts started in March 2011. Used cooking oil that was awaiting collection was stolen from at least four restaurants, police say.

“The waste cooking oil from restaurants is converted into clean burning biodiesel fuel,” police sad in a statement. “Biodiesel is an alternative to petroleum diesel that can be used in any diesel engine. Typically these oil thieves steal from restaurants and no one notices until the normal collection company arrives to pick up the product.”

Traffic

Taxi Cab Flips Over on GW Parkway

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 10:13AM | Updated July 12, 2017 at 1:44PM

Police and firefighters are on the scene of a taxi cab that somehow flipped on its side on the GW Parkway.

The accident reportedly occurred just after the ramp from eastbound Route 50 to the Parkway’s southbound lanes.

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Morning Poll: Dr. Dremo’s Gives Up on Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published October 14, 2011 at 9:06AM

Dremo owner Andrew Stewart says he will no longer try to find a new Arlington home for the beer-centric dive bar. Instead, he’s now focused on opening a new venue — with a new name — in D.C.