Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 12593 times… so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today — Apr 21, 2023.
- World of Beer has closed in Ballston
- DEVELOPING: A group of residents are suing the county over Missing Middle
- Arlington to buy two more homes for stormwater management
- Morning Notes
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- âReal Housewivesâ appears to be filming again in Arlington (64734 views)
- Arlington Public Schools hits pause on overnight field trips after an âincidentâ involving a student (35499 views)
- Woman and baby crossing the street struck by driver near Ballston (13911 views)
- A ruse to smuggle drugs into Arlington jail caught an employee of the Public Defenderâs Office in its crosshairs (5506 views)
- World of Beer has closed in Ballston (4984 views)
- If someone nukes D.C., equipment in Arlington will help figure out who did it (4851 views)
- Car runs into house, another overturns in Sunday crash (4636 views)
- ACPD planning âhigh-visibility enforcementâ along several Arlington streets (4433 views)
- In Bill Schweigartâs new book, Arlington is the location for âdeadly shenanigansâ (4301 views)
- Good Company Doughnuts to fill a hole at Amazonâs HQ2 early this summer (4171 views)
- Office vacancy rates are in a âtransitionâ phase, analyst says (3887 views)
- âFire Weather Watchâ issued for Arlington (2866 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 9:00 am: Celebrate Trails Day W&OD Trail Cleanup
- 10:00 am: Art House 7 Workshop: Painting the Dutch Tulip from Life with Teresa Oaxaca
- 👉 10:00 am: WHS Spring Festival
- 👉 10:00 am: Living Earth Festival 2023: Native Nations Confronting Climate Change
- 👉 11:00 am: Heart + Paw 2nd Anniversary Community Event
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 9:00 am: Abingdon Earth Day Celebration
- 11:00 am: Earth Day, Every Day Festival
- 4:00 pm: From 48 to Feature: Screening and Discussion with DC Filmmakers
☔ Saturday’s forecast
Showers late. Overcast. Mild. High of 73 and low of 53. Sunrise at 6:22 am and sunset at 7:52 pm. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Haiku of the Day
Ocean waves crashing
Silent whispers in the night
Moonlit serenade
🌅 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. 👋
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