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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 16, 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 — Aug 16, 2024.

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

  1. Free car washes tomorrow at Mr Wash for back-to-school season (8137 views)
  2. At the Eden Center, historic businesses stand tall and new ones plant roots (7060 views)
  3. Meet the 87-year-old Arlingtonian who cleans Glencarlyn Park every morning (6870 views)
  4. Arlington’s own Pupatella eyes further growth in D.C. area under new CEO (6151 views)
  5. APCD: Repeat offender exposed himself to child (6004 views)
  6. Photos: 2024 Arlington County Fair kicks off with thrilling rides and tasty treats (4197 views)
  7. Jersey Mike’s plans to open in Clarendon in coming days (4121 views)
  8. New cameras to begin enforcing speed limits in Arlington school zones next month (3765 views)
  9. Maryland woman caught with loaded gun at Reagan National Airport (3526 views)
  10. New airport donation program provides gently used toiletries to local nonprofits (3337 views)
  11. Remembering Steve Oxenrider: A ‘pillar’ in Arlington education and prolific James Bond collector (3077 views)
  12. Man arrested at Arlington hotel pleads to federal gun charge (2927 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

⛈️ Saturday’s forecast

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 85 accompanied by a south wind at 9 mph. There is a 50% chance of precipitation. Saturday night, showers are likely, and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 am followed by chances of showers and thunderstorms after 2 am; the low will be around 72 with south wind at 6 mph. Precipitation probability stands at 70%, and new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch are possible. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
– Buddha

🌅 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.