The Labor Day weekend is here so let’s get right to it.
For what’s supposed to be a pretty slow pre-holiday week, this week actually turned out to be quite busy, readership-wise. Here are the most-read stories since Sunday:
- Boy stabbed, seriously injured on the Custis Trail near Ballston
- NEW: Car stolen from Rosslyn with child inside found in D.C.
- Group from Chicago arrested after catalytic converter thefts
- New CVS has a large blank wall facing Wilson Blvd, upsetting some locals
- Revamped Clarendon Ballroom is back open, after a management 180
- Fourteen upcoming fall activities in Arlington and around the region
- NEW: Woman pushing stroller struck by driver along Military Road
- Arlington Public Library is hosting “1619 Project” author next month
- Lease may be drying up for local watering hole Thirsty Bernie
- Texas woman facing charges after stabbing in Courthouse
- Solar panels are rising in Arlington thanks to a county program and federal incentives
- Suspect arrested after attempted armed carjacking in Pentagon City
Feel free to discuss those stories or anything else of local interest in the comments. Have a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend, Arlington!
Oh, and a quick reminder… trash WILL be picked up on Monday for those who receive the county’s collection service.
Regular Monday curbside collection takes place on Labor Day, Sept. 5. More: https://t.co/ILbML6UlE9. pic.twitter.com/8a7pmcWmTc
— Arlington Department of Environmental Services (@ArlingtonDES) September 2, 2022
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Join us for Arlington’s biggest civil rights & social justice event of the year. The banquet is back in person at the Arlington Campus of George Mason University.
Our keynote speaker this year is Symone Sanders from MSNBC and former Chief of Staff for Vice-President Kamala Harris.
The Master of Ceremonies is Joshua Cole, former state delegate, NAACP President, and local pastor.
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