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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Sep 27, 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 27, 2024.

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

  1. BREAKING: Judge overturns Missing Middle zoning changes (18748 views)
  2. Oktoberfest is canceled once again, but aims for 2025 return (15155 views)
  3. Neighbors fight proposed six-plex near East Falls Church Metro (10993 views)
  4. ACPD: Man arrested after pulling gun on tow truck driver (8829 views)
  5. One seriously hurt after car driven into salon in Pentagon City (6298 views)
  6. Police investigating vandalism at Washington-Liberty High School before football game (4968 views)
  7. BREAKING: ARLnow acquires GazetteLeader (4402 views)
  8. Spotted lanternflies are making their presence felt in Arlington (4148 views)
  9. ‘Hero’ dog helps prevent house fire in Fairlington (3689 views)
  10. Renovations at older Arlington apartments and townhomes could become simpler (3658 views)
  11. New Uyghur restaurant aims to open in Falls Church next month (3144 views)
  12. Va. governor hopeful to headline women’s conference in Arlington this week (2960 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 sunny, reaching a high of around 82°F with a south wind of about 7 mph. Saturday night will have a slight chance of showers and increasing cloudiness with a low of 67°F, accompanied by an east wind between 3-5 mph. The precipitation likelihood is 20%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

🌅 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.