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 — Feb 9, 2024.
- 9:30 am: Three candidates join the Arlington School Board race | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Starting tonight, National Landing is going all out for Valentine’s Day | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Electronics and hazardous household item recycling event to return next month | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:45 pm: ACPD: Women pushing child in stroller robbed store and threatened clerk in Ballston | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: BREAKING: Police announce arrest after rape investigation in Crystal City | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:45 pm: County leaders says Columbia Pike’s future looks ‘bright’ as construction nears completion | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Report: Arlington’s first guaranteed income pilot boosted quality of life for poorest residents (15607 views)
- JUST IN: Rebellion on the Pike to close (10442 views)
- Andy’s Pizza set to replace former Virginia Square deli (8829 views)
- Arlington-born juicery South Block looks to add 35 locations after getting acquired by a private equity firm (8702 views)
- An uptick in paid holidays for 12-month APS employees rankles School Board watchdog and some teachers (8664 views)
- Harsher summers and young workers leaving could test Arlington in coming decades, panelists say (7792 views)
- Morning Poll: Which of these new restaurants are you most looking forward to? (6109 views)
- Brothers behind El Ray and Café Colline to open French bistro-inspired bar and restaurant in Crystal City (3768 views)
- Rosslyn’s newest residential tower nears completion while adjacent hotel slated for late 2025 debut (3750 views)
- ‘DC Tattoo Expo’ returns to Arlington next weekend (3387 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 12:01 am: Barcroft Elementary School Online Auction
- 10:00 am: Arlington Central Library Makerspace Open House
- 10:00 am: Open House – February 10th
- 11:30 am: Miss Evita’s Family Drag Lunch
- 1:00 pm: Won’t You Be My Owlentine?
- 👉 7:30 pm: National Chamber Ensemble – Passion Of The Tango
- 10:30 pm: Grand Opening – Open House
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 12:01 am: Barcroft Elementary School Online Auction
- 👉 8:00 am: St. Ann Giant Used Book Sale !
- 👉 3:00 pm: Super Bowl LVIII Watch Party – The Renegade
- 6:00 pm: Big Game Watch Party at Punch Bowl Social
- 7:00 pm: Black Codebreakers at Arlington Hall in WWII
🌦️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect scattered showers primarily between 10am and 2pm, with a cloudy sky and a high of around 64°F. There will be a southwest wind blowing at 5 to 10 mph. In the evening, anticipate isolated showers before 10pm and possibly some more rain after 1am, alongside a low of about 47°F and southwest wind at 7 mph. Both daytime and nighttime have a 30% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“Mohammed preached love and the brotherhood of man.”
– Anwar Sadat
🌅 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. 👋