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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Sep 13, 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 — Sep 13, 2024.

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

  1. Arlington drops to second most educated ‘city’ in America (43739 views)
  2. Police investigating separate shots fired and carjacking incidents along Columbia Pike (11653 views)
  3. West Falls development project prepares to welcome 400 new tenants in F.C. (7256 views)
  4. UnCommon Luncheonette in Clarendon appears to have closed (6395 views)
  5. Ruffino’s Spaghetti House, under new ownership, plans to keep serving Italian favorites (6324 views)
  6. Compass Coffee to open at former Slipstream spot in Ballston (6024 views)
  7. Noise complaints at Va. Square lounge attract scrutiny in county review (5959 views)
  8. Power outage reported in Ballston and Virginia Square (4997 views)
  9. ACPD: Victim attacked with knife after Ballston theft (4989 views)
  10. TRAFFIC ALERT: Columbia Pike closed after truck brings down wires (4912 views)
  11. The historic State Theatre brings nostalgia center stage in Falls Church (4900 views)
  12. Trail upgrades proposed at East Falls Church intersection (4237 views)
  13. ACPD recovers AR-style rifle, ammo on domestic dispute call (4133 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

The weather will transition from mostly cloudy to gradually sunny with temperatures reaching a high of 84°F. An east wind will blow at 6 to 9 mph. As for Saturday night, expect mostly clear skies and a low temperature of around 62°F, accompanied by an east wind at 5 to 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.”
– Elvis Presley

🌅 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. 👋

About the Author

  • 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.