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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Oct 24, 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 — Oct 24, 2025.

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

  1. Woman struck by falling tree on Pimmit Run Trail died from her injuries (21808 views)
  2. ACPD: Driver facing felony after deliberately striking cyclist (14693 views)
  3. North Arlington home with paranormal reputation could become historic district (9137 views)
  4. UPDATED: Vehicle flips in crash on 14th Street Bridge (8347 views)
  5. Fire Works Pizza plans renovations and rebranding in Courthouse under new owner (7689 views)
  6. Glebe Road partially blocked in Ballston after person in wheelchair struck (7174 views)
  7. Clarendon’s Wilson Hardware could get new branding under D.C. nightlife entrepreneur (6443 views)
  8. Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during shutdown (5966 views)
  9. Marine Corps Marathon happening as planned this weekend, bringing road closures (5819 views)
  10. Historic status for Arlington Mill apartments rejected after neighbors, owner voice opposition (5661 views)
  11. Study of possible governance changes in Arlington will get underway soon (4280 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 increasing clouds and a high near 59 with a northwest wind around 6 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy and have a low around 42, accompanied by calm wind. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”
– John Lennon

🌅 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.