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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 23, 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 23, 2025.

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

  1. JUST IN: Washington Capitals player charged after incident in Clarendon (120839 views)
  2. ‘The Dark, Unbound’ fantasy bookstore and cafe plans Falls Church opening (12099 views)
  3. BREAKING: Fairlington Villages management office on fire (11548 views)
  4. Rare ‘Missing Middle’ duplex listed for $1.8M in North Highlands (9139 views)
  5. New signs by local trickster spoof Advanced Towing, County Board candidates (6614 views)
  6. Spillover parking, abandoned vehicles bring headaches for Cherrydale residents (6370 views)
  7. ACPD plans to disband Gang Unit amid shift in county policy (6096 views)
  8. Arlington firefighter loses home in fire, raises $35K on GoFundMe (5350 views)
  9. Redevelopment proposal in Falls Church’s West End passes first hurdle (5235 views)
  10. Police investigating armed carjacking outside of Taco Bell in Courthouse (5166 views)
  11. Arlington parks fall to No. 7 spot in national ranking (3808 views)
  12. Arlington leader opposes region-wide sales tax to support Metro (3630 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 sunny day with temperatures reaching around 70 degrees and northwest winds blowing at 10 to 14 mph, gusting up to 23 mph. The night will be mostly clear and cooler, with lows near 50 degrees and northwest winds at 6 to 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”
– George Addair

🌅 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.