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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 5, 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 — Dec 5, 2025.

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

  1. What we know about the discount grocery store coming to Falls Church (10485 views)
  2. NEW: Another Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Friday night (13764 views)
  3. Union Kitchen closes in Ballston after five years (8533 views)
  4. Long-delayed Columbia Pike redevelopment project moves toward final approval (8353 views)
  5. Feedback sought on 47-unit townhouse project off of Langston Blvd (7068 views)
  6. Decline in visitors at Arlington hotels raises concerns for local economy (6873 views)
  7. Clarendon code-enforcement efforts earn mixed reviews from neighbors (6293 views)
  8. Police: Alexandria man driving wrong way threatened traffic safety worker in Clarendon (5809 views)
  9. JUST IN: Two hour delay for Arlington Public Schools due to snow (5420 views)
  10. Car slams into bus shelter near Ballston, sending glass and trash flying (6246 views)
  11. Former elected officials raise concerns about moving too fast on Arlington governance changes (4248 views)
  12. New GOP challenger seeks to take on Beyer in 2026 (4087 views)
  13. Winter Weather Advisory issued ahead of “potential winter commuting hazard” Friday (4063 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

Patchy fog is expected to clear by 11am, making way for a partly sunny day with a high of around 42. Winds will be light and variable. For Saturday night, the sky will be mostly clear, and temperatures will drop to around 29 accompanied by light and variable winds. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

🌅 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.