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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 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 — Mar 7, 2025.

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

  • DEVELOPING: Several injured after horses escape from Fort Myer stables (25403 views)
  • EXCLUSIVE: Amid immigration raids, a quiet resistance movement builds in Arlington (20496 views)
  • Men charged after allegedly BASE jumping from Ballston apartment building (18123 views)
  • School Board member questions APS’s decision to stop posting on X (13973 views)
  • Economic, job uncertainty may be starting to impact Arlington homes market (13452 views)
  • APS further restricts state, federal law-enforcement access to schools (10655 views)
  • Man nearly neck-deep in mud rescued along Mt. Vernon Trail (9655 views)
  • Zoning changes could leave more Arlington homes ‘non-conforming’ (7185 views)
  • State Department building in Rosslyn eyed for federal cuts (7137 views)
  • Ballston shooting suspect had illegally modified handgun, police say (6258 views)
  • ‘K-1 Beer and Wine’ owners plan to depart Columbia Pike hub of craft beers after 19 years (5491 views)
  • Acme Pie Co. is relocating on Columbia Pike this month (5308 views)
  • 📅 Upcoming events

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

    🌤️ Saturday’s forecast

    Expect a gradual transition from partly sunny to fully sunny conditions with a high temperature near 51 degrees. The northwest wind will range from 11 to 18 mph, gusting up to 30 mph. For Saturday night, the skies will be mostly clear and will reach a low temperature around 30 degrees. The northwest wind will blow at 8 to 14 mph, gusting as high as 22 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

    💡 Quote of the Day

    “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
    – Steve Prefontaine

    🌅 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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