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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 28, 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 28, 2025.

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

  1. NOW: Large power outage in Ballston area (21215 views)
  2. Bartaco closes after four years at Ballston Quarter (20050 views)
  3. Youngkin vetoes bill to let Arlington change its form of government (18839 views)
  4. ‘I was paralyzed with fear’ — Ashton Heights residents respond to ICE raid (13165 views)
  5. Italian restaurant Osteria da Nino is closing next month in Shirlington (11578 views)
  6. UPDATED: Firefighters battling house fire in Woodmont neighborhood (11550 views)
  7. Teen apprehended after Virginia State Police chase in Arlington (11375 views)
  8. JUST IN: Student who made threats had knives in school, police say (11066 views)
  9. JUST IN: Thousands without power in Pentagon City area (7522 views)
  10. ‘We will survive’: Restaurateur behind Green Pig Bistro faces setbacks with optimism (7197 views)
  11. Pool hall in former Silver Diner spot rebrands as ‘Clarendon 54’ (6905 views)
  12. Arlington angler snags giant catfish while fishing in Potomac (6976 views)
  13. Arlington again ranks among the best ‘cities’ to live in America (6288 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

There’s a 20% chance of showers after 11am, with partly sunny skies and a high near 83. Expect southwest winds at 9 to 13 mph, gusting up to 22 mph. For Saturday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low around 63, and southwest winds at 7 to 9 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
– Vince Lombardi

🌅 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.