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Audrey Clement says she is again running for County Board, on an anti-Missing Middle platform

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County Board candidate Audrey Clement in Virginia Square on Election Day -- Nov. 7, 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Audrey Clement is again tossing her hat in the ring for the upcoming Arlington County Board race.

Clement said in an email to supporters this morning that she is planning to run as an independent in the race, which will fill the seats of Chair Christian Dorsey and member Katie Cristol, who are not seeking reelection.

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Opinion

Morning Poll: High school sports coverage?

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Yorktown High School's MJ Stewart in 2011 (staff photo)

ARLnow has long avoided covering high school and youth sports, instead deferring to the coverage of the Sun Gazette (now the GazetteLeader) and the Washington Post.

While we’ll link to sports stories of particular note in the Morning Notes, by and large the decision has been to focus on general local news coverage.

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Morning Notes

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Lacrosse practice at Long Bridge Park (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

House Fire in Barcroft — “Crews are working a structure fire, 500 blk S ABINGDON St. Fire had been knocked down. Please stay clear of area while crews continue overhaul… no civilian injuries, one firefighter being treated for minor injury, fire marshal office conducting routine fire investigation.” [Twitter]

Power Restoration Work Continues — After Saturday’s wind storm that knocked out power to at least 3,500 Dominion customers in parts of Arlington, crews were still out on Sunday… “No power in parts of @NauckCrescent. Tree down taking out lines @ARLnowDOTcom. S Nelson Street.” [Twitter]

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JUST IN: More than 3,500 without power in Arlington as winds continue to whip

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Lights out and police blocking N. Glebe Road near Glebewood, where a tree fell across power lines (staff photo)

Strong wind gusts have brought down trees and knocked out power in parts of Arlington tonight.

More than 3,500 Dominion customers were without power in Arlington as of 10:45 p.m. The power company’s outage map shows sizable outages in the following local areas:

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Weather

UPDATED: Arlington under High Wind Warning on Saturday

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Flags blowing in the wind at Arlington County government headquarters (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 9:15 a.m.) Batten down the hatches, it’s going to get pretty windy Saturday.

The National Weather Service has upgraded the earlier High Wind Watch for Arlington to a High Wind Warning, in effect Saturday from noon to midnight.

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Opinion

Morning Poll: Have you ever been treated as if you didn’t belong in your neighborhood?

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Duplexes in Westover (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

An article this week about an arguably historic, 70-year-old mansion in Arlington possibly being set for demolition had a subplot that could have been a story all on its own.

From Charlie Clark, reporting in the Falls-Church News Press (emphasis ours):

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Morning Notes

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Blossoms in Shirlington (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Memorial Bridge Closure for Race — “On, Sunday, April 2, the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Race will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into consideration:The following streets will be closed to traffic on Sunday, April 2, from approximately 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Memorial Bridge, Memorial Circle…” [National Park Service, Twitter]

Arlington Dems on Trump Indictment — “As Trump begins to be held accountable for his crimes, many Republicans will continue to defend him and make excuses. But no one is above the law.” [Twitter]

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