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 — Mar 15, 2024.
- 9:30 am: Rooftop Bar & Grill in Courthouse closes permanently as landlord looks for new tenant | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Photos: Cherry blossoms are blooming around Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Utility work for HQ2’s stalled second phase set to start next week | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Arlington considers buying house to boost safety at Columbia Pike intersection | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:30 pm: Ballston beer hall to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this weekend with dog adoption event | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- School placed on lockdown after gun confiscated from student (23621 views)
- NEW: Body found in Potomac near Key Bridge (13851 views)
- BREAKING: Southbound I-395 blocked by serious motorcycle crash (8137 views)
- Clarendon’s The Lot to reopen soon as Arlington Beer Garden as redevelopment stalls (7878 views)
- Arlington woman arrested after Clarendon bank robbery (6657 views)
- JUST IN: Local acupuncturist’s December death ruled a homicide (6268 views)
- Arlington’s Axios HQ says internal comms for many U.S. companies is in dire straits (5689 views)
- JUST IN: Man convicted of throwing woman out of moving SUV near Ballston (5593 views)
- Trader Joe’s continues to make progress on likely Crystal City store (5063 views)
- New restaurant and bar coming soon to former Rebellion on the Pike space (4971 views)
- NEW: Two hospitalized after car crashes into parked trailer (4785 views)
- Mediterranean restaurant planned at former Bar Ivy in Clarendon (4435 views)
- Video: Off-duty officer jumps into action to help detain combative theft suspect (4255 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 8:00 am: YULA Invite – Ultimate Frisbee March 16-17th
- 9:00 am: Tossed & Found
- 9:00 am: Tossed & Found
- 9:30 am: Free Shredding Event
- 10:00 am: Drawing the Portrait in Charcoal 2-Day Workshop with Teresa Oaxaca at Art House
- 10:00 am: Art House 7 Workshop: Drawing the Portrait in Charcoal with Teresa Oaxaca
- 10:00 am: We’re Expecting!
- 10:00 am: We’re Expecting!
- 11:00 am: St. Patty’s Palooza at Punch Bowl Social
- 2:00 pm: The Spruce Quartet
- 4:00 pm: Meet and Greet
- 4:00 pm: Meet and Greet
- 5:00 pm: The Stranger – Concert
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 12:00 pm: Daylight DC Presents Brunch To The Beat @ Art WHINO
- 2:00 pm: Talkin’ Bout Turtles
- 👉 2:00 pm: Science Meets Judaism: Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Biases
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect sunshine and a high of 65 degrees, accompanied by a northwest wind at 7-9 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon. Saturday night will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature near 50 degrees and a south wind at approximately 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– Charles Kettering
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. 👋