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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 20, 2023

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published 4 articles that were read a total of 5037 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — Jan 20, 2023.

  1. Protected bike lane in Clarendon repeatedly blocked by Starbucks customers, prompting county action
  2. Morning Notes
  3. Columbia Pike florist fled persecution in Ethiopia and made arrangements for Biden’s inauguration

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. JUST IN: Arlington’s first cannabis dispensary is opening in Clarendon tomorrow (22410 views)
  2. Morning Poll: Which of these 21 new restaurants are you most looking forward to? (13797 views)
  3. Developer buys property Rhodeside Grill and Il Radicchio buildings and offices for $14M (7731 views)
  4. Most and least expensive townhouses sold in Arlington (Dec-Jan 2023) (3757 views)
  5. Panera ‘temporarily’ closed at Pentagon City mall (3684 views)
  6. Protected bike lane in Clarendon repeatedly blocked by Starbucks customers, prompting county action (3308 views)
  7. Another carjacking reported, this time in Crystal City (3097 views)
  8. New family-owned Afghan kabob eatery opens in Ballston (2938 views)
  9. JUST IN: Driver rescued after running into gas pump, flipping car (2734 views)
  10. Arlington warns of shortened public speaking times ahead of ‘Missing Middle’ hearing (2508 views)
  11. NEW: Realtor to launch County Board campaign tomorrow (2121 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

And here are the events planned for Sunday:

⛅ Saturday’s forecast

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High of 43 and low of 34. Sunrise at 7:24 am and sunset at 5:18 pm. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Thought of the Day

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋