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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 21, 2025

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 — Mar 21, 2025.

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

  1. Neighbors continue pushback on church’s plans to build affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors (9969 views)
  2. Extra elementary school seats might someday put Arlington facilities on chopping block (9560 views)
  3. NEW: Driver rescued after SUV careens into Potomac along GW Parkway (8048 views)
  4. Rear-end crash damages four vehicles, blocks lanes on Route 50 (7141 views)
  5. Arlington neighborhoods may lose final say on placement of sidewalks (5801 views)
  6. With chants and boos, activists press Arlington County Board to end cooperation with ICE (5532 views)
  7. UPDATED: Cyclist struck, seriously injured in Clarendon (5788 views)
  8. ACPD: Scooter rider robbed, building lobby hammered, police cruiser struck (5314 views)
  9. Why are the Ballston and Clarendon substations seemingly in the wrong spots? (4836 views)
  10. Prosecutors drop case against store employee accused of slashing shoplifter (4596 views)
  11. Beyer speaks out about Rosslyn man’s arrest by immigration agents (4176 views)
  12. Cherry blossoms are back: Events, sightseeing and more in Arlington (4141 views)
  13. Arlington speed camera relocates to near Swanson Middle School (3836 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

Expect a slight chance of showers before 2pm, followed by partly sunny conditions and a high of around 68 degrees. Winds will come from the southwest at 8-16 mph, with gusts up to 28 mph, and a 20% chance of precipitation. Moving into Saturday night, the weather will be mostly clear with a low near 37 degrees. A northwest wind of 8-14 mph is anticipated, with gusts reaching as high as 24 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“To lead people, walk behind them.”
– Lao Tzu

🌅 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.