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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 3, 2025

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 — Jan 3, 2025.

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

  1. NEW: Pair of vacant office buildings to be converted to hotel and apartment building (24094 views)
  2. JUST IN: Stabbing suspect charged with murder after victim dies (21108 views)
  3. D.C. man arrested, two wounded after shots exchanged in Ballston building (18308 views)
  4. Trail connecting Arlington View and Crystal City via Army Navy Country Club will be steep (10758 views)
  5. Morning Notes for December 30, 2024 (7854 views)
  6. ACPD: Woman grabs wallet back from suspect who was rummaging through her car (7822 views)
  7. JUST IN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for part of Arlington (7474 views)
  8. Top Arlington stories of 2024: #1-10 (5174 views)
  9. Some signs of progress at former Days Inn slated for redevelopment on Arlington Blvd (4154 views)
  10. JUST IN: Glebe Road blocked near Chain Bridge due to emergency water main repairs (3960 views)
  11. Park Police investigating fatal New Year’s Day crash on GW Parkway (3633 views)
  12. Morning Poll: Excited about possible snowstorm? (2772 views)

📅 Upcoming events

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

☀️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect sunny skies and a high of 32 degrees accompanied by a breezy west wind ranging from 16 to 20 mph, gusting up to 33 mph. For Saturday night, clear conditions will persist with a low of 21 degrees, and a west wind of 9 to 11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin

🌅 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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