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 — Jan 2, 2026.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for January 2, 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:30 am: Arlington Electoral Board seat to shift from red to blue after governor’s election | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:15 am: Transit funding fights could raise the profile of Del. McClure in 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:00 am: W-L girls basketball team opens season with best start in decades | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: French mayoral candidate wants deeper Sister City ties with Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:55 pm: ACPD: Teens arrested after stealing car near Ballston and promptly crashing it | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATE: Snow possible Thursday morning (35423 views)
- WEATHER ALERT: Wind Advisory issued for Arlington (9484 views)
- Four teens arrested after break-ins, cash theft at several Pentagon City businesses (7375 views)
- Number of students allowed at Lyon Park private school left in administrative limbo (5492 views)
- Mussel Bar & Grille in Ballston closes, reportedly for renovations (5482 views)
- Fried chicken spot ‘Hot Lola’s’ closing in Rosslyn (4671 views)
- ACPD investigating shot fired in Arlington View neighborhood (4285 views)
- ACPD: Teens arrested after stealing car near Ballston and promptly crashing it (5327 views)
- Top Arlington stories of 2025: #1-10 (4045 views)
- Demise of major book wholesaler impacting Falls Church’s library (3963 views)
- ACFD battles early morning house fire in Rock Spring (3507 views)
- Arlington’s robot sidewalk inspectors get mixed reviews (3481 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 11:00 am: Nonprofit Spotlight: Learn about Arlington Neighborhood Village
- 12:00 pm: Drop-in Resume and Job Search Help
- 1:00 pm: Author Talk & Signing: Mark Piggott of Alexandria, VA
- 9:30 pm: Josh Mandl
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:30 am: One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
🌥️ Saturday’s forecast
The weather will be mostly cloudy with a high around 36 degrees and a light north wind. On Saturday night, there’s a slight chance of snow before 1am, followed by a transition from cloudy to partly cloudy skies and a low temperature near 27 degrees. The chance of precipitation is 20%, with calm winds throughout. 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. 👋
