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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Sep 12, 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 — Sep 12, 2025.

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

  1. UPDATED: Man stabbed, seriously injured in Virginia Square shop (20481 views)
  2. Some Arlington pharmacies begin offering Covid-19 shots without prescriptions (15602 views)
  3. Federal judge dismisses APS lawsuit over Education Dept. funding (7509 views)
  4. Arlington Democrats urged not to argue with voters about APS transgender policies (7441 views)
  5. GrillMarX steakhouse opens first Virginia restaurant in Falls Church (7256 views)
  6. Arlington pharmacies requiring prescriptions for new Covid-19 vaccine (7104 views)
  7. Missing Middle scores a win as appeals court returns to original ruling (6811 views)
  8. AHC plans new management at 23 affordable apartment buildings in Arlington (6514 views)
  9. Two apprehended after stabbing in Arlington Mill neighborhood (6192 views)
  10. New mahjong studio ‘Talk Tiles to Me’ opens in Falls Church (5590 views)
  11. NOW: Columbia Pike shut down due to ruptured gas line (4803 views)
  12. Feds investigating robbery of mail carrier in Arlington Forest (4737 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 highs around 83 degrees and calm winds shifting to the south at about 6 mph during the afternoon. Saturday night will be partly cloudy, as temperatures drop to around 62 degrees with south winds maintaining a 6 mph speed. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The only journey is the one within.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke

🌅 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! If you have something to say about an issue of local note not covered today, feel free to post it as a letter to the editor on our new forum. 👋

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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.