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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 17, 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 — Jan 17, 2025.

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

  1. UPDATED: One dead after pickup truck on Memorial Bridge plunges into Potomac (32732 views)
  2. ‘Potential winter commuting hazard’ tonight due to snow (23771 views)
  3. No snow citations issued yet despite widespread complaints (13002 views)
  4. JUST IN: Big jump in plans for RiverHouse as 1,200+ more homes proposed (12346 views)
  5. JUST IN: Man arrested for 23rd Street S. restaurant fires (11168 views)
  6. Plans for traffic roundabout running up against deadline in Falls Church (8144 views)
  7. Well-loved tree in Ashton Heights cut down for redevelopment of old house (5504 views)
  8. ACPD: Man struck by car during driver dispute (5167 views)
  9. Falls Church pursues eminent domain to build city’s first roundabout (5242 views)
  10. ‘Toxicity’ one reason Kadera isn’t running for School Board re-election (4316 views)
  11. Winter Restaurant Week approaching with meal deals in Arlington and F.C. (4176 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

Rain and snow showers are possible until 11am, followed by a chance of rain showers between 11am and 3pm. Expect mostly cloudy skies, with a high near 45 and a south wind at 6 to 9 mph. Precipitation odds are 50%. For Saturday night, there’s a slight chance of rain and snow after 4am, with the sky remaining mostly cloudy and a low around 32. The wind will be light and variable, becoming northwest at 5 to 8 mph after midnight, and a 20% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

🌅 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! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

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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.