ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 23, 2023

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 4013 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — Jun 23, 2023.

1. An update in the ‘wide open’ Arlington County Board race could come this afternoon
2. Morning Notes
3. Morning Poll: Are you more or less optimistic about Arlington than one year ago?
4. Local kabob shop donates meals to children fighting rare diseases

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

1. Young black bear spotted in Arlington (20232 views)
2. JUST IN: Woman stabbed to death in Virginia Square apartment building (17537 views)
3. JUST IN: Bear spotted in another N. Arlington neighborhood (15348 views)
4. NOW: Police searching for pursuit suspect near Air Force Memorial (7962 views)
5. DEVELOPING: Dehghani-Tafti ahead in early vote tally as results roll in (4915 views)
6. Shove seriously injures innocent bystander near East Falls Church Metro (3964 views)
7. New Japanese restaurant opening in Ballston, next to Uncle Julio’s (3773 views)
8. An update in the ‘wide open’ Arlington County Board race could come this afternoon (2679 views)
9. Light turnout so far for Democratic primary in Arlington (2630 views)
10. Celtic House planning to expand with lower level whisky bar (1947 views)
11. Local civic association says parks department ignoring their pickleball court objections (1747 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

• 9:00 am: It’s a Steal Art Show
• 10:00 am: Playdate at AUCP Playground
• 12:00 pm: First-time Moms Meet & Greet
• 12:30 pm: Healing through your Akashic Records
• 1:00 pm: Hawaiian Cultural Festival
• 1:30 pm: Women in College Self-Defense Seminar
• 7:00 pm: Linocut Printmaking: Block Carving and Printing Art Night at Art House 7

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

• 12:00 pm: It’s a Steal Art Show
• 1:00 pm: Art Exhibition – Black Experience: Community in Transition
• 👉 4:00 pm: “Zoya” Book Launch

⛈️ Saturday’s forecast

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. At night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 68. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
– William James

🌅 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. 👋