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 — Jun 28, 2024.
- 9:30 am: A Lyon Village home comes with a new restriction: no Missing Middle | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Large county property acquisition to remain ‘in its natural state for now’ | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: El Mercat to bring Spanish tapas to Pentagon City | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Turkish food, hookah coming to old rug shop on Columbia Pike | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Electronic dance music street festival coming to Clarendon next month (11058 views)
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Arlington (10769 views)
- McDonald’s on Langston Blvd to be demolished, replaced with modernized building (10512 views)
- Nearly 1,400 without power due to Virginia Square outage (8667 views)
- NEW: Drought warning issued for Arlington (8122 views)
- APS students may get a second five-day weekend in November (7741 views)
- Third-party candidate announces bid for Arlington County Board (6365 views)
- Wagamama opening ‘sooner rather than later’ this summer in Clarendon (6157 views)
- Crumbl Cookies reportedly no longer coming to Lee Harrison Shopping Center (5123 views)
- Uniqlo, two others coming to Pentagon City mall (4633 views)
- Elementary school relocation, APS debt debated as School Board approves $570M CIP (4106 views)
- Luxury: Arlington has it in its rental housing inventory (3828 views)
- Cold Stone Creamery slated to open next month at Lyon Village Shopping Center (3613 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Family Fun Day @ MoCA Arlington’s Innovation Studio + Store
- 10:00 am: Papermaking from Military Uniforms and Open House
- 7:30 pm: The Fly Birds
🌦️ Saturday’s forecast
There is a 20% chance of slight showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, with partly sunny skies and a high of 91 degrees. Expect a south wind between 9 to 11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. For Saturday night, the probability of showers and thunderstorms increases to 50%, mainly occurring after 8pm. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low of 78 degrees and a south wind between 8 to 10 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
– Voltaire
🌅 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. 👋
