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New Burger Restaurant Coming to Courthouse?

Published October 19, 2015 at 11:35AM

On Friday a building permit application was filed calling for a tenant fit out for an establishment called “Basic Burger.” The restaurant will be located on the first floor of the new apartment building at 2001 Clarendon Blvd.

Little information is available about Basic Burger, but one could make obvious assumptions about the type of food it will serve.

Around Town

New Launch Date Set for Car2Go

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2015 at 10:35AM

The per-trip car rental service will launch on Thursday, Oct. 22, according to company spokesman Brad Ducey. It had previously been scheduled to launch last month, but that was delayed because of production delays with a new model of Car2Go vehicles.

Arlington was originally supposed to get 200 of Car2Go’s newest vehicles, but the service will instead launch here with its “classic” Smart Fortwo cars.

News

Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 19, 2015 at 9:30AM | Updated October 19, 2015 at 9:47AM

Arlington K-9s to Retire With Handlers — The Arlington County Board on Saturday unanimously voted to officially sanction the transfer of ownership of retiring law enforcement K-9 officers to their handlers, thus allowing police dogs to live out their lives with their long-time partners. [NBC Washington, Arlington County]

Big Changes Coming to Crystal City Building — The U.S. Marshals Service is consolidating its offices into one Crystal City office building. That will leave another Crystal City office building, 1750 Crystal Drive, vacant. Owner Vornado is planning a big facelift for the building, with more glass and steel and less concrete on the outside. [Washington Business Journal]

Weather

Frost Advisory Issued for Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published October 17, 2015 at 5:00PM

It’s the first frost of the season, and it could damage certain outdoor plants if precautions aren’t taken.

From the National Weather Service:

Opinion

ARLnow Weekend Discussion

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 11:10PM

All Metrorail lines save the Green Line will be running every 24 minutes due to Metro’s ongoing major weekend track work.

An ARLnow.com poll on Thursday found that fully 80 percent of 1,632 respondents reported taking Metrorail less often due to repeated service breakdowns — underscoring the importance of Metro’s rebuilding effort.

News

Progress Is Being Made on Pike Transit Plan

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 4:30PM

Arlington County is formulating the Pike transit plan as part of its Transit Development Plan (TDP), a state-mandated, ten-year strategy for bus service in the county. The process is expected to conclude by May 2016.

The county will be holding a series of workshops on the TDP starting Tuesday, Oct. 27. Input from the public is “critical to the success of future bus service in Arlington,” says the county’s TDP webpage, which has the full schedule of all four workshops.

Around Town

Nearly 1,500 Without Power in Parts of N. and S. Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 2:40PM | Updated October 16, 2015 at 3:10PM

On its website, Dominion says it’s investigating the cause of the outage and hopes to have power restored between 4-6 p.m.

Police are monitoring traffic at at least one intersection where traffic lights have gone dark, according to scanner traffic. (Update at 3:10 p.m. — A generator is being used to run the traffic signals at Arlington Blvd and Henderson Road.)

News

Budget Guidance: Residential Assessments Expected to Rise

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 1:30PM

Officials expect the local housing market to remain resilient, with 1-3 percent rises in residential property assessments. High office vacancy rates, however, are expected to result in flat to slightly lower commercial property assessments.

Commercial property taxes are half of Arlington County’s tax base. While the office vacancy rate is dropping — it’s down to 20.8 percent from 23.6 percent near the end of 2014 — it’s “expected to remain high” during fiscal year 2017, which begins July 2016.

News

Crime Report: Man Struck in Face By Wine Bottle

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 11:30AM | Updated February 27, 2020 at 4:12PM

File photo

Police say a 26-year-old man suffered two large wounds after being struck in the face with a wine bottle.

From this week’s Arlington County crime report:

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Ahmed the Clockmaker to Visit Arlington This Weekend

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 9:30AM

Mohamed, 14, was arrested after be brought the homemade digital clock to school in a briefcase. Social media exploded with support for Mohamed after the story broke, with supporters saying that the arrest was an example of racial stereotyping.

The Dallas Morning News reports that Mohamed will be in Arlington Saturday night for a Council on American-Islamic Relations gala. The “Champions for Justice” fundraising banquet is being held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Crystal City, according to the CAIR website.

News

Significant Delays on Silver, Orange and Blue Lines

By ARLnow.com

Published October 16, 2015 at 8:35AM

A fire at the Foggy Bottom station prompted single tracking, leading to delays of 20 or more minutes in each direction. As of 8:35 a.m., Metro says it was no longer single tracking.

Inbound and outbound trains at Rosslyn have been arriving on the same platform, leading to crowded conditions.

News

County Seeking Ideas for Mobile and Online Services

By ARLnow.com

Published October 15, 2015 at 5:45PM

Arlington has set up a text line and a new website to gather suggestions for digital tools that could “make it easier to communicate and do business with the County.” The website says the suggestion-gathering effort will wrap up by Nov. 15.

From a press release: