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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 13, 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 — Jun 13, 2025.

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

  1. Ten Arlington restaurants named winners in ‘Best of NoVA 2025’ list (28673 views)
  2. Large protests planned on Langston Blvd and over I-66 before military parade (19778 views)
  3. Obituary: Barbara “Bobbi” Ann Farley (1982-2025) (18451 views)
  4. Military parade will bring road closures but no festivities in Arlington (17506 views)
  5. New developer takes over stalled project at Arlington Beer Garden site (11589 views)
  6. ACPD: Teens arrested after stabbing and armed robbery (11322 views)
  7. Ballston fitness studio, a mini-mart and several Arlington restaurants listed for sale (10185 views)
  8. School Board selects new W-L principal despite criticism from school staff (9320 views)
  9. JUST IN: Tornado Watch issued for D.C. area (8093 views)
  10. New system for using credit cards to ride Metro earns Virginia leaders’ praise (7667 views)
  11. Eight shoplifting suspects arrested in Pentagon City after surge in retail crime (7410 views)
  12. Shirlington plaza changes, $7.8 million Barcroft loan slated for County Board consideration (6017 views)
  13. Paragon Theaters opens in Falls Church tomorrow with discounted tickets (5674 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 showers and a potential thunderstorm after 2pm with a high near 82 and a mild northeast wind. Precipitation chance is 80%, with new rainfall between a tenth and quarter of an inch, and higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Saturday night will see showers, possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, and a low around 66 with an east wind. The precipitation chance remains 80% with new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.”
– Unknown

🌅 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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