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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 5, 2023

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 13300 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — May 5, 2023.

  1. Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe is more than just a bakery
  2. NEW: Middle school student facing charges after social media gun threat
  3. Morning Poll: DCA vs. IAD
  4. Morning Notes

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

  1. Woman slapped, stabbed and robbed near Key Bridge in Rosslyn last night (9192 views)
  2. Someone keeps masturbating near the Walter Reed pickleball courts (7964 views)
  3. Trader Joe’s appears to be coming to Crystal City (6895 views)
  4. Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe is more than just a bakery (5248 views)
  5. New Korean-style fried chicken restaurant set to open late next month in Va. Square (4994 views)
  6. NEW: Middle school student facing charges after social media gun threat (4552 views)
  7. BREAKING: Katie Cristol stepping down from Arlington County Board to lead Tysons booster org (4418 views)
  8. Pike fried chicken spot Queen Mother’s moving to revamped Crystal City Water Park (4339 views)
  9. Arlington asking residents to weigh in on potential transportation upgrades in Courthouse (3575 views)
  10. ACPD: ART bus driver seriously hurt after being assaulted by rider (3531 views)
  11. Options for celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Arlington this week (3483 views)
  12. New report details Courthouse brandishing incident, wild chase and exchange of gunfire (2806 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

Afternoon clouds. Mild. High of 76 and low of 55. Sunrise at 6:05 am and sunset at 8:05 pm. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Haiku of the Day

Machu Picchu stands
Crowned heights, tales of Incan lands
Testament to time

🌅 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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