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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 7, 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 — Feb 7, 2025.

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

  • EXCLUSIVE: Arlington firefighters ’embarrassed’ by failure to send water rescue team to crash (24547 views)
  • UPDATED: Facebook blocked posts from ARLnow and ALXnow (12327 views)
  • JUST IN: Road near hospital blocked after driver smashes into wall, utility pole (10734 views)
  • Arrest of sex offender for indecent exposure in locker rooms sparks APS debate on gender (8200 views)
  • Locally acclaimed sandwich shop Grazie Grazie is coming to Ballston (7025 views)
  • NEW: Winter Weather Advisory issued for Arlington ahead of potential ice storm (6708 views)
  • ACPD: Teen with drugs and stolen gun arrested after fight (6134 views)
  • JUST IN: Arlington Public Schools announces two hour delay (5227 views)
  • Most and least expensive homes sold in Arlington (January 2025) (4496 views)
  • NEW: AIM audit reveals ‘deeply concerning’ issues in handling of $2M from county (3974 views)
  • Below is an audio summary of this week’s most-read local stories. To get a daily summary, via email or podcast, join the ARLnow Press Club.

     

    📅 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

    Snow and sleet are expected before 1pm, transitioning to a mix of snow, freezing rain, and sleet until 4pm, followed by rain and freezing rain possibly mixed with sleet. Highs will be near 33 with a southeast wind of 3-8 mph. An 80% chance of precipitation is predicted, with little to no ice accumulation and less than half an inch of snow/sleet. Saturday night will bring rain and possible sleet, turning into all rain after 7pm as temperatures rise to 39 by 3am. Southeast winds of 5-8 mph will become westerly after midnight. An 80% chance of precipitation and less than half an inch of sleet are anticipated. See more from Weather.gov.

    💡 Quote of the Day

    “Everything you can imagine is real.”
    – Pablo Picasso

    🌅 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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