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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 26, 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 26, 2025.

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

  1. Amid Kennedy Center turmoil, two Arlington theater companies broke sales records in 2025 (94223 views)
  2. Trash collection pushed back, APS on two-week break for the holidays (11109 views)
  3. Arborist pushes back on criticism Lyon Park tree was unnecessarily removed (9114 views)
  4. Bystander struck in Ballston road rage incident gets fundraiser to cover medical bills (7533 views)
  5. Looser restrictions on liquor sales could return for debate in Richmond (5359 views)
  6. Future pedestrian bridge over Potomac seen as benefiting county aquatics facility (5718 views)
  7. Meal delivery company to begin operating in Arlington and Falls Church next week (4525 views)
  8. Kilwins chocolate and ice cream shop opens in Clarendon (3370 views)
  9. Morning Notes for December 23, 2025 (2654 views)
  10. Lottery ticket worth $50K sold at BJ’s in Falls Church (2527 views)
  11. Morning Notes for December 22, 2025 (2461 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 partly sunny day with highs near 43 and a north wind between 8-10 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy with lows around 32. The northeast wind around 5 mph will become calm in the evening. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson

🌅 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. 👋

About the Author

  • 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.