Home Buying Blues — “Arlington, Virginia, is one of the most competitive housing markets in the country. And one of the most expensive. Even house hunters with a comfortable home-buying budget who are looking in Arlington are finding it is not easy to buy there. In January, active inventory, or the number of homes for sale in Arlington County, represented just a 0.74-month’s supply, one of the tightest markets anywhere in the country.” [WTOP]
APS Teacher of the Year — “Danielle Day of Washington-Liberty High School has been named Arlington Public Schools’ teacher of the year. Day is a special-education teacher, the lead teacher of the Secondary Program for Students with Autism and the Special Education Department co-chair at Washington-Liberty. Born and raised in Arlington, she began her 11-year career with APS as an after-school aide at the Shriver Program.” [Gazette Leader]
Metro Restroom Renovations — From WMATA: “After 14 years of hard work, all 169 Metrorail restrooms have been completely renovated. Each renovation takes about 30 days. We completed the final station restrooms at Crystal City in January 2024.” [Twitter]
Gun Stopped at DCA — “Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a Tennessee woman from carrying her unloaded handgun onto a flight leaving Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday. The X-ray unit at a security checkpoint alerted TSA officers to examine the woman’s carry-on bag, where they found an unloaded .380 caliber handgun packed alongside 20 bullets. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police confiscated the firearm and ammunition and cited the woman on a weapons charge.” [Patch]
TikTok Calls to Rep. Beyer’s Office — “Capitol Hill offices again getting bombarded by TikTok calls, we’ve had a few this morning who were obviously children.” [Twitter]
Local Woman’s Money Diary — “We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week: a senior digital director [from Arlington] who makes $175,500 per year and spends some of her money this week on lip gloss.” [Refinery 29]
It’s Tuesday — Expect sunshine and a high around 68 degrees, accompanied by west winds ranging from 9 to 14 mph and gusts reaching 22 mph. Tuesday night will be partly cloudy with a low near 45 degrees, as west winds decrease to 3 to 6 mph. [Weather.gov]
