Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
🕗 News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 25, 2023.
- 9:45 am: ‘Vampire Diaries’ cast resurrected for Arlington convention | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Persistent one-word graffiti spree around Arlington is vexing neighbors | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Arlington County offers free ‘life-saving’ courses to the public | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Obituary: Vincenzo Farruggio (1951-2023) | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: Fifty Arlingtonians become U.S. citizens in first in-person naturalization ceremony since 2019 | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: Power being restored after 10,000 in dark around Pentagon City and Crystal City (70778 views)
- Suspects armed with ‘AK-47’ rob man after rear-end crash (15864 views)
- Police: Man sleeping in car fends off carjacking attempt (6695 views)
- An acoustic fence is coming to Walter Reed pickleball courts — a couple of years ahead of schedule (6543 views)
- Plans for DCA pedestrian bridge take shape, as more public input sought (6223 views)
- Police respond to attempted kidnapping of Ronald McDonald (5418 views)
- A poster ribbing ARLnow commenters won a ribbon at the Arlington County Fair (5232 views)
- Police investigating burglary at Clarendon gun store (5002 views)
- Panera Bread looks to replace former Cosi in Ballston after three-year vacancy (3717 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Playdate at AUCP Playground
- 10:00 am: Abstract Painting Workshop: All Levels Acrylic or Oil at Art House 7
- 10:00 am: The Teal Center: Craniosacral “Share & Care” Clinic
- 10:00 am: LadyBug Academy Courthouse Open House and Meet and Greet
- 10:00 am: World Children’s Choir Auditions/Information Meeting
- 11:30 am: Celebrate International Dog Day with PUPatella + Bark & Boarding!
- 👉 12:00 pm: New Moms Groups forming 8/26!
- 12:00 pm: Poetry Readings with CJ Davis
- 3:00 pm: Recipes for Recovery Book Signing & Food Sampling
- 8:00 pm: Arlington Dayz featuring Drifting Roots
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 5:00 pm: Journey Within: Meditation & Wisdom with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- 5:00 pm: Journey Within: Meditation & Wisdom with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- 7:00 pm: Sunset Yoga at Potomac Yard
⛅️ Saturday’s forecast
There is a 20% chance of brief showers later in the afternoon with a high temperature near 89°F and a north wind at 8 mph. For Saturday night, expect partly cloudy skies with a low around 69°F and a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, accompanied by a northeast wind at 6 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
– Lao Tzu
🌅 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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