Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published 6 articles that were read a total of 4027 times… so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today — Oct 21, 2022.
- Overturned vehicle shuts down S. Walter Reed Drive
- Morning Poll: In retrospect, did APS make the right call in closing classrooms for a year?
- Shucktoberfest beer and oyster fest returns to Shirlington this weekend
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read Arlington articles of the week, below.
- FBI raid on the Pike targeted an ABC News producer, Rolling Stone reports (17989 views )
- JBG Smith files plans to turn RiverHouse parking lots into 1,668 homes (7712 views )
- Arlington’s speed camera program slowly moves forward (5155 views )
- Ghin Na Ree Thai currently closed, sold to a “new family” (4301 views )
- Falls Church restaurants to hold crawl fundraiser for Four Courts staff (4180 views )
- Local favorite 24-hour spot Bob and Edith’s cuts hours on Langston Blvd (3816 views )
- Police arrest man allegedly seen exposing himself in Shirlington (2558 views )
- NEW: Driver who plowed into Four Courts will not face charges (2232 views )
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 8:00 am: Aaliyah in Action Fundraiser hosted by Xtend Barre Arlington
- 👉 10:00 am: Workshop: Portrait Painting in Oils with master artist Teresa Oaxaca, Oct. 22-23
- 10:00 am: Westover Baptist Fall Festival
- 11:00 am: 5th Annual Shucktoberfest
- 12:00 pm: National Landing Oktoberfest
- 12:00 pm: Fall Family Celebration
- 12:00 pm: Fashion Centre at Pentagon City’s Mosaic Showcase
- 2:30 pm: Washington, D.C. Out of the Darkness Walk
And here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 2:00 pm: Harvest Moon Tea Ceremony with Study Japanese in Arlington (SJA)
- 2:00 pm: Halloween, DÃa de los Muertos, Samhain and All That
🌤 Tomorrow’s forecast
Clear throughout the day. High of 67 and low of 49. Sunrise at 7:26 am and sunset at 6:22 pm. See more from Weather.gov.
👂 Audio summary
Get caught up on all of our reporting today with this brief audio summary.
👀 A look around town
We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington. Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week — or anything else of local interest — in the comments.
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