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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 9, 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 — May 9, 2025.

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

  1. UPDATED: FBI investigating after armed standoff in N. Arlington neighborhood (52948 views)
  2. UPDATED: Two teens killed in Saturday night crash near Pentagon (46026 views)
  3. Falls Church nightlife spot becomes Caribbean restaurant under new owner (19234 views)
  4. Developer reportedly abandons plans for 88-unit Columbia Pike project (15858 views)
  5. Potentially rabid fox reported in Arlington, remains at large (11586 views)
  6. New plans to redevelop abandoned strip mall bring hope to Columbia Pike advocates (9258 views)
  7. NOW: Risk of severe storms and flooding Monday night (5677 views)
  8. ‘Wonder’ celebrity chef food hall announces new Rosslyn location (5567 views)
  9. Army helicopter flights suspended near DCA after more aborted airline landings (5461 views)
  10. Man jailed after machete brandishing in Virginia Square (5291 views)
  11. Plans for 309-unit development in Clarendon head to County Board (4590 views)
  12. New restaurant and bar ‘Rooftop Recess’ debuts today in Courthouse (4372 views)
  13. Morning Notes for May 5, 2025 (4030 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 sunny skies and a high around 72 degrees with northwest winds at 10-13 mph, gusting up to 21 mph. For Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of approximately 56 degrees. The west wind at 5 mph will become calm during the evening. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
– Albert Einstein

🌅 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.