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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 17, 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 — May 17, 2024.

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

  1. DEVELOPING: Bear spotted in North Arlington neighborhoods (118012 views)
  2. Local road named ‘most coveted address’ in Virginia (106880 views)
  3. ACPD: Cyclist struck by suspects who robbed man of jewelry in N. Arlington neighborhood (10822 views)
  4. Washington Post highlights Arlington eatery on Best New Restaurants list (9124 views)
  5. ‘The Wendy’ apartment building expected to open this fall on former Wendy’s restaurant site (8355 views)
  6. Mister Days set to open in Clarendon next month after five-year hiatus (6829 views)
  7. Temporary pickleball courts proposed as Crystal City development project faces delays (5392 views)
  8. Columbia Pike development plans fall through at beleaguered Fillmore Gardens Shopping Center (4674 views)
  9. New bakery and confectionary shop coming to Clarendon (4580 views)
  10. NEW: Democratic endorsees for Arlington School Board announced (4294 views)
  11. Arlington high schooler earns prestigious Princeton prize for DEI work at Arlington Tech (4014 views)
  12. Affordable housing proposal in Aurora Highlands nears milestone, despite objections (3948 views)
  13. Most and least expensive townhouses sold in Arlington (April 2024) (3471 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

Showers on Saturday. High near 62. East wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Night, a chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
– Aesop

🌅 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. 👋

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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.