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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 16, 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 16, 2025.

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

  1. Arlington kicking off WorldPride with block party this Saturday (16848 views)
  2. JUST IN: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for region (19621 views)
  3. NEW: Pedestrian struck by driver on N. Glebe Road (13147 views)
  4. County leaders plan to end police ‘Section 7’ interactions with ICE (9817 views)
  5. JUST IN: Glebe Road blocked near Ballston after truck takes down utility pole (7459 views)
  6. Washington-Liberty High School principal stepping down for ‘new leadership opportunity’ in APS (7266 views)
  7. Ballston Macy’s demolition continues with excavation expected this fall (7189 views)
  8. Independent candidate vows to fight highways, rental housing, ‘fascists’ (6981 views)
  9. County Board approves 309-unit Clarendon apartment building (5984 views)
  10. Downed trees knock out power, block traffic in parts of Arlington (5951 views)
  11. NEW: Flood Watch issued for Arlington ahead of Tuesday deluge (4672 views)
  12. Divided School Board rejects late calendar change to mark Islamic holiday (5103 views)
  13. Arlington animal rescue puts fired feds to work fostering pets (4304 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

Showers and thunderstorms are possible before 8am, followed by cloudy skies that will gradually clear, leading to a high near 85. Southwest winds will blow at 9-14 mph, gusting up to 24 mph, with a 30% chance of precipitation. The night will be mostly clear, with lows around 62. West winds will be 8-10 mph, and gusts can reach 18 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”
– Ernest Hemingway

🌅 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.