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 — Dec 20, 2024.
- 8:11 am: Morning Notes for December 20, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:15 am: Call Your Mother deli coming to Crystal City | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Kenmore sports field plan review involves traffic, parking concerns | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Poll: Commenter of the Year 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Open houses this weekend: Colonial style home with comfort and luxury in Glencarlyn | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Where to go for New Year’s Eve in Arlington: Bars, hotels and more | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Middle Eastern restaurant ‘coming soon’ to Ya Hala Bistro spot | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Arlington resident announces bid for Virginia lieutenant governor | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Adoptable Pet of the Week: Gunnie | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Yorktown ice-hockey team builds big lead, hangs on for victory | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: Wakefield track & field teams finish first in girls and boys meets | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Suspect arrested after grocery store robbery (9751 views)
- One hurt after driver slams into building near Clarendon (8481 views)
- JUST IN: Arlington announces new school zone speed cameras (8306 views)
- EXCLUSIVE: Police union, prosecutor dispute prior case involving child stabbing suspect (7408 views)
- Youngkin proposes car tax relief in his adjusted Virginia budget plan (5697 views)
- HQ2 utility work concludes, but Phase 2 timeline remains hazy (5169 views)
- Development plans for Rosslyn’s ‘Deep Throat’ garage could get a kickstart (4598 views)
- Build-your-own pasta place plans spring opening near the Ballston Metro (4387 views)
- New chief public defender named for Arlington and Falls Church (4324 views)
- Most and least expensive townhouses sold in Arlington (November 2024) (4123 views)
- ACPD investigating armed carjacking near HQ2 (3968 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 👉 12:00 pm: Join our First Pregnancy & New Mom Group!
- 7:30 pm: Madeline’s Christmas
- 7:30 pm: ‘Whispers of the Solstice’ by 9th Street Quartet and Lifescape Visionary
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 36 during the day, accompanied by a northwest wind of 14 to 16 mph, gusting up to 30 mph. The night will be partly cloudy with a low around 21 and a northwest wind of approximately 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.”
– Socrates
🌅 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. 👋
