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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 18, 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 — Apr 18, 2025.

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

  1. New 7-screen movie theater with dining service to open next month in Falls Church (13493 views)
  2. Obituary: Dabney Miller Wharton (1948-2025) (12127 views)
  3. Lost Dog Cafe considers closing amid Columbia Pike construction and tough times ahead (10804 views)
  4. These Arlington and Falls Church restaurants are 2025 RAMMY Award finalists (10568 views)
  5. Police: Teen girl threw food at officer at Pentagon City Metro station (8644 views)
  6. Assault of police officer in Pentagon City leads to multiple foot chases, five arrests (7098 views)
  7. Gov. Youngkin maintains support for federal cuts and tariffs despite ‘near term’ pain in Virginia (6877 views)
  8. With Missing Middle up in the air, developers turn to single-family homes (6359 views)
  9. Northern Va. ‘trophy’ offices will likely stay valuable in turbulent times, analysis finds (5852 views)
  10. ACPD: Arlington man threw rock at fire truck (5545 views)
  11. Grazie Grazie opens new sandwich shop tomorrow in Ballston (5034 views)
  12. Arlington apartments are small and getting smaller, new report finds (3403 views)
  13. New Metro policy on banning riders for crimes has Northern Va. leaders’ support (3144 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

Partly sunny skies are expected, as temperatures reach around 85°F and winds blow steadily from the southwest at 14 mph, occasionally gusting up to 24 mph. Tonight, clouds will dominant the sky, with the low temperature settling at approximately 64°F. The southwest wind, initially blowing at 7-10 mph, will shift to the northwest after midnight, potentially gusting up to 18 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
– Plato

🌅 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. 👋

About the Author

  • 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.