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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 12, 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 12, 2025.

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

  1. Sharpshooters to begin Arlington deer cull in February (40684 views)
  2. ‘Arlington Sauna’ seeks to launch Finnish-style wellness spot in 2026 (9202 views)
  3. Man sentenced for setting fires at three Crystal City restaurants (8080 views)
  4. Change in plans for new Career Center facility angers Arlington Tech parents (7675 views)
  5. New bus route will reconnect Shirlington to D.C. starting next week (6362 views)
  6. New affordable housing building near Rosslyn celebrated with ribbon cutting (6349 views)
  7. Demolition beginning soon at townhouse development planned near Columbia Pike (5539 views)
  8. County manager punts on questions of local takeover of Glebe Road and Langston Blvd (5131 views)
  9. Officer’s request for man to remove mask leads to arrests in Pentagon City (5760 views)
  10. Local ‘Geezers’ use lunch gatherings to keep tabs on Arlington politics (4573 views)
  11. Proposal to add 700+ more housing units to RiverHouse heads to County Board (4225 views)
  12. Mae’s Market and Cafe closes in Pentagon City, making way for new Maman (3661 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 mostly cloudy day with a high near 45 and a southwest wind around 6 mph. On Saturday night, snow showers are likely, possibly mixed with rain, before turning into all snow after 4am. The low will be around 29, with calm winds shifting to north at 5 to 8 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation stands at 80% with new snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

🌅 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. 👋

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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.