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 — Apr 26, 2024.
- 9:30 am: ACPD gears up for spring ‘Street Smart’ campaign, including some targeted enforcement | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:10 am: BREAKING: Elementary school extended day employee showed porn to kids, police say | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:20 am: Jimmy John’s in Clarendon appears to have closed, possibly for good | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Concerns about ACFD staffing and workplace culture drive new five-year plan | 🗣️ Comments
- 4:30 pm: TRAFFIC ALERT: Part of N. Glebe Road blocked by school bus crash | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- TSA: Florida man caught at DCA trying to bring gun onto flight for second time (12708 views)
- Three Arlington spots named among top 250 U.S. sports bars (12317 views)
- Stop giving iPads and MacBooks to all students, parent group tells APS (7781 views)
- Arlington-based cafe with focus on community expands into D.C. (3760 views)
- Middle school student facing weapons charge for BB gun (3255 views)
- A publicly traded company is moving its HQ from Rosslyn — to Rosslyn (2707 views)
- UPDATED: Police standoff reported in Pentagon City mall garage (2121 views)
- New tree canopy goal for D.C. area calls on Arlington to get greener (1976 views)
- Wellness rises as Clarendon’s new center of gravity (1590 views)
- County awards $2.4M to local nonprofits through equity-based grant pilot (1247 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Bicycle Rodeo
- 11:00 am: Military Children 2024 World Expo
- 11:00 am: Celebrate Earth Day at Iwo Jima Memorial | Vamos a Celebrar a la Tierra en el Me
- 11:00 am: Paws For A Cause
- 1:00 pm: Beginner Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Mokuhanga) Workshop at Art House 7
- 1:00 pm: In Conversation: Nekisha Durrett + Zaq Landsberg
- 1:30 pm: George Washington’s Forest History Walk
- 3:00 pm: Flip the Script: From Nauck to Green Valley and The Day Nothing Happened
- 4:00 pm: Open House at Innovative, New American Legion Post 139
- 7:00 pm: Sweeney Todd
- 7:00 pm: The Prom
- 7:30 pm: “Masala: Comedy That’s Seasoned”(The Preview Show)
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:00 am: Confident City Cycling Bike Class
- 2:00 pm: An Ordinary Hero: A Conversation with Joan Mulholland
- 👉 2:00 pm: “The Secret Garden”
- 3:00 pm: Flip the Script: From Nauck to Green Valley and The Day Nothing Happened
- 4:00 pm: Schubert and Friends!
🌧️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect scattered showers mainly between 11am and 5pm, accompanied by cloudy skies and a high temperature near 59°F. A southeast wind will blow at 6 to 10 mph, with a 40% chance of precipitation. The night will initially be cloudy, transitioning to partly cloudy conditions and a low temperature around 52°F, with southeast winds at 6 to 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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. 👋