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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 28, 2023

Ballston at twilight with storm clouds looming (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 14000 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

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

  1. BREAKING: Climate protesters block GW Parkway (7779 views)
  2. Student says he was threatened with a knife in a middle school bathroom (7656 views)
  3. Morning Poll: Is Ballston nice? (7132 views)
  4. ACPD: Armed man who threatened bar bouncer arrested at gunpoint in Clarendon (6606 views)
  5. The Arlington Festival of the Arts returns to Clarendon this weekend, with road closures (6068 views)
  6. Fairfax County case may give stronger footing to residents suing Arlington over Missing Middle (5770 views)
  7. Bagel bummer: Bruegger’s brusquely bids Ballston bye-bye (4756 views)
  8. Workplace dispute leads to stabbing at Arlington hotel (4410 views)
  9. Rollover crash closes Route 50 during evening rush hour (4138 views)
  10. JUST IN: Arlington man charged with killing infant (3582 views)
  11. Makers Union appears to be coming to Amazon HQ2 (3232 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

☔ Saturday’s forecast

Passing showers. Overcast. Mild. High of 67 and low of 56. Sunrise at 6:13 am and sunset at 7:58 pm. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Haiku of the Day

Rustling through trees
Fleeting glimpses, life observed
Life of a squirrel

🌅 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. 👋