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 20, 2024.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for September 20, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: A local woman is competing on the USA Network competition show “The Anonymous” | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Poll: Best park in Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Open houses this weekend: Modern living in Bellevue Forest, with an assumable loan | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Kenmore seventh grader earns national recognition for space research project | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Failure to yield is top cause of “near miss” traffic incidents in Arlington, study finds | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:00 pm: Arlington prosecutor launches task force for possible voter intimidation and fraud | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Cartoon: “How am I going to talk to my friends…” | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: Police looking for four suspects after man shot in Ballston (76267 views)
- Teen charged after driving into 7-Eleven store and seriously injuring woman (21365 views)
- ACPD: Man beaten and seriously injured after late night honk (17303 views)
- JUST IN: Amazon going back to five days a week in office (12848 views)
- Annual Clarendon Day street festival returning next week (7137 views)
- Feedback sought on 1,515-unit RiverHouse development plan in Pentagon City (5629 views)
- ACPD: Intoxicated shoplifter fought officer inside Clarendon Metro station (4659 views)
- Arlington accepts $20.7M for work on new Crystal City Metro entrance (4360 views)
- Free movie nights coming to Pentagon City this fall (4034 views)
- ACPD motorcycle officer injured in crash (3669 views)
- Early voting starts in Arlington this week: Who’s running and how to cast your vote (3456 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 9:00 am: Amazon Community Day
- 10:00 am: Still-Life Painting Workshop: Capturing Still-Life with Oil with Teresa Oaxaca
- 10:00 am: EcoAction Arlington Annual Cleanup & Trash Tally
- 11:00 am: Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour
- 11:00 am: Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour
- 12:00 pm: Celtic Fest 2024
- 12:00 pm: Mid-Autumn Children’s Festival/Tết Trung Thu
- 12:00 pm: Pumpkin & Friends Fall Festival
- 12:00 pm: Green Valley Day
- 1:00 pm: Arlington’s Oldest House Open for FREE Tours
- 2:00 pm: Westover Day
- 👉 6:00 pm: Healwell’s Annual Dance Party Fundraising Event
- 6:30 pm: Planetarium Shows
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:00 am: Arlington BioBlitz
- 10:00 am: MoCA on the Move at Met Park: Fall Fun Family Series!
- 11:00 am: Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour
- 11:00 am: Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour
⛈️ Saturday’s forecast
Showers are possible between 2pm and 5pm, with an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Expect mostly sunny skies, a high near 82, and south winds of 3-7 mph. On Saturday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 2am with mostly cloudy skies, a low of around 65, and southeast winds at 6 mph. Precipitation chances are 30% during the day and 60% at night. New rainfall amounts may range from a tenth to a quarter-inch, with higher amounts in thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
🌅 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. 👋
