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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 19, 2023

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 4850 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — May 19, 2023.

  1. New apartment tower proposed for Route 1 in Crystal City
  2. TRAFFIC ALERT: S. Walter Reed Drive closed after gas line struck
  3. Morning Notes
  4. Boeing investments come ‘full-circle’ for W-L senior studying aerospace engineering at Yale

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

  1. NEW: Local watering hole Thirsty Bernie is closing this weekend (8575 views)
  2. Owner says New District Brewery is kicked, plans to close for good at the end of the month (7957 views)
  3. Ballston’s Quarterfest Crawl is back early next month with a full line-up (6171 views)
  4. Morning Poll: Who has the best bagels in Arlington? (6100 views)
  5. Dozens of teens partying at vacant house scatter when police arrive (5360 views)
  6. The new Columbia Pike restaurant replacing P. Brennan’s is planning to open next month (5247 views)
  7. Arlington police searching for missing teen sisters (4737 views)
  8. Langston Blvd planning effort elicits strong opinions from residents about the future of their neighborhoods (4504 views)
  9. Green Valley residents voice concerns about open-air substance use, shootings near town square (2234 views)
  10. Lao restaurant Padaek and an acai bowl eatery are coming to the Arlington Ridge Shopping Center (2207 views)
  11. APS elementary student tops Virginia entries to Google Doodle competition (1938 views)
  12. Disabled resident prevails in zoning appeal over plans to build a therapeutic sunroom (1889 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

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. At night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”
– Robert Frost

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋