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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 8, 2024

By ARLnow.com

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 — Mar 8, 2024.

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

  1. BREAKING: Police investigating possible murder-suicide in Pentagon City (52083 views)
  2. Low primary turnout so far attributed to concerns suburban voters have for presidential front-runners (13307 views)
  3. ACPD: Local man arrested after circling victim in parking lot while brandishing gun (11705 views)
  4. Police investigating serious assault at Yorktown High School (11162 views)
  5. New Wagamama in Clarendon nears completion with firm opening date on the horizon (10886 views)
  6. Arlington considers removing immigration status requirements for low-income housing grants (6133 views)
  7. County looks to curb crashes caused by fast left turns with new pilot program (6114 views)
  8. New Harris Teeter in Ballston set to open next month with a Starbucks inside (6108 views)
  9. Just Reduced Properties in Arlington (5326 views)
  10. Two longtime Arlington residents innovative new bathroom invention is available for purchase (3588 views)
  11. JBG Smith looks to pay $5.8M in cash in lieu of building Crystal City library (3465 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

Expect showers with a high of 54 and a southeast wind of 9-17 mph, as well as gusts reaching 25 mph. Precipitation is certain, with a quarter to half an inch likely. Saturday night, showers could transition to a thunderstorm before 10pm, tapering off around 1am with a low temperature of 44. Winds shift from southeast to west after midnight, potentially gusting up to 24 mph. Precipitation of 80% chance may measure a quarter to half an inch. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

🌅 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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  • Launched in January 2010, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. The ARLnow staff byline is used for the Morning Notes and reporting done by an editor or other member of our full-time staff.