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Overturned vehicle shuts down S. Walter Reed Drive

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Flipped vehicle on S. Walter Reed Drive (photo courtesy Jennifer G.)

Only minor injuries were reported after a vehicle overturned on S. Walter Reed Drive this afternoon.

The crash happened around lunchtime, just north of the intersection with Four Mile Run Drive and near the bottom of a steep hill. All lanes of Walter Reed Drive were closed during the crash response but fully reopened by 1:30 p.m.

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Events

Shucktoberfest beer and oyster fest returns to Shirlington this weekend

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Shucktoberfest in Shirlington (courtesy of Shucktoberfest)

The annual Shucktoberfest oyster and craft beer festival is returning to Shirlington this weekend, complete with a number of road closures.

The 5th annual event is taking place in Shirlington from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday. It will feature local breweries, food and oyster tents and local vendors, and is being billed as family- and dog-friendly.

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Opinion

Morning Poll: In retrospect, did APS make the right call in closing classrooms for a year?

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Arlington Public Schools headquarters lobby at Sequoia Plaza (staff photo)

There are rising regrets about the extended closure of public schools as a result of Covid, the Associated Press reports.

A lengthy article published by the newswire this morning discusses the wide-ranging impacts of pandemic-era learning loss and the inefficacy of “Zoom school.”

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Morning Notes

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Fall arrives... in a rental van (staff photo)

New Tenant and Sign in Crystal City — “Developer JBG Smith has reached an agreement to lease 36,809-square-feet of space to defense contractor HII at 2451 Crystal Drive… Under the 11.5-year lease, HII will move into the space in late summer 2023 and will have signage rights to the 11-story office tower. The company will remain headquartered in Newport News and will maintain company office space next to the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.” [Patch]

Too Much Midday Engagement?  — From Chris Slatt: “You love to see the County working hard to reach that notoriously unreachable demographic of *checks notes* ‘people with free time in the middle of the workday.'” [Twitter]

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UPDATED: Firefighters battle shed blaze in Green Valley

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Smoke from the shed fire in Green Valley (photo courtesy anonymous)

(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) A shed next to a house caught fire and filled a portion of the Green Valley neighborhood with smoke this afternoon.

The blaze prompted a large fire department response to the 2400 block of S. Oakland Street but firefighters later determined that the flames had not spread to the house, according to scanner traffic. The fire has since been extinguished.

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Events

Falls Church restaurants to hold crawl fundraiser for Four Courts staff

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Ireland's Four Courts boarded up on 9/15/22 (staff photo)

The Falls Church restaurant community is coming together to raise money for the employees of Ireland’s Four Courts.

The Courthouse mainstay was heavily damaged on Aug. 12 when a rideshare driver, who was apparently suffering a medical emergency, slammed into the front of the pub during a Friday happy hour. Three people were seriously injured and a raging fire sparked by the crash charred much of the interior.

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Morning Notes

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A park bench and a large spider web near the Gulf Branch Nature Center (staff photo)

APS Enrollment Still Down — “Two-and-a-half years after COVID upended the international landscape and forced many American students to try and learn from home, Arlington Public Schools is still playing catchup. The school system’s official start-of-the-year count of 26,439 students in kindergarten through 12th grade is down 467 students, or 1.7 percent, from the total reported at the start of the 2019-20 school year.” [Sun Gazette]

Cars Damaged Near Wakefield High — “5000 block of S. Chesterfield Road. At approximately 7:49 a.m. on October 18, police were dispatched to the report of vandalism. Upon arrival, it was determined that between approximately 10:30 p.m. on October 17 and 7:49 a.m. on October 18, the unknown suspect(s) smashed the driver’s side windows of three vehicles. No items were reported stolen and no additional damage was reported. The victim vehicles are Honda, Subaru and Chevrolet models.” [ACPD]

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