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Still unclear what led to fiery crash, but Four Courts hopes to rebuild

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Damage inside Ireland's Four Courts from crash and fire (photo courtesy Dave Cahill)

Arlington County police say the rideshare driver who crashed into Ireland’s Four Courts on Friday did not do so intentionally and was not drunk.

Beyond that, not much is known — or, at least, being revealed publicly — about the circumstances that led to the fiery crash that severely injured several people inside the long-time Courthouse pub.

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Opinion

This month’s Mike Mount cartoon: neighborhood names

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"So you live next to where the Taco Bell Cantina is going in. Nice, the 'TaBeCa' neighborhood will be jumpin'!" "Stop. Just...stop." (cartoon by Mike Mount)

This week, Mike Mount is tackling the topic of recently-created neighborhood names.

Mike’s new cartoon pokes fun at modern place name inventions, perhaps given recent media attention for National Landing — the nearly four-year-old collective term for Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard — and its self-appointed “NaLa” nickname.

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ACPD: Expect more cops and anti-DUI signs around through Labor Day

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Flyer for Labor Day 2022 anti-DUI campaign (via ACPD)

There is never a good time to drive drunk, but the next couple of weeks will be a particularly risky time to do so in Arlington.

The Arlington County Police Department is participating in the nationwide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign starting tomorrow (Wednesday), with targeted enforcement and education timed to coincide with the approaching Labor Day weekend.

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County launching “Askable Adult” initiative to help middle and high school students

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Image from Askable Adult brochure (via Arlington County)

Arlington County is launching an initiative to make sure all kids have a trusted adult they can talk to.

Dubbed the “Askable Adult initiative,” the program will help to provide “access to adults who listen, provide support and understanding, and answer questions without judgment,” according to a press release.

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Opinion

Morning Poll: How big of a problem is cut-through traffic in Arlington?

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Neighborhood cut-through traffic near Duke Street in Alexandria (courtesy Jill Hoffman)

Cut-through traffic may not make many headlines here in Arlington, but it has been a big topic of conversation in our neighbor to the south.

Alexandria communities, particularly those along Duke Street, have long complained about drivers trying to beat the traffic on the main road by taking neighborhood streets. The city has even implemented a pilot program intended to cut down on cut-through traffic, which some residents say is made worse by navigation apps steering people around traffic congestion.

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Morning Notes

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View of Rosslyn and Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Kid Steals Then Crashes Car — In Madison Manor over the weekend, a boy under the age of 18 who was known to the victim “allegedly entered into the victim’s occupied residence through an unsecured door and stole a set of car keys before entering into the victim’s vehicle and fleeing the area. The vehicle was later recovered by Fairfax County Police following a hit-and-run crash into a parked vehicle. Petitions for the juvenile suspect are pending.” [ACPD]

VT Hoops Event in Clarendon — “The Northern Virginia Hokie Club and Virginia Tech Athletics have partnered to host a premier preseason event – Hokie Hoops Tipoff – on Wednesday, September 14 at Don Tito, a three floor plus rooftop restaurant located in Arlington, Virginia. Mike Young, Tech head men’s basketball coach, and Kenny Brooks, Tech head women’s basketball coach, will headline the event, which will run 6-8 p.m.” [Virginia Tech Athletics]

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Monkeypox vaccination effort continues as Covid emergency declaration ends

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Covid cases in Arlington as of 8/15/22 (via Virginia Dept. of Health)

The rate of reported Covid cases continues to slowly fall in Arlington, while the number of monkeypox cases slowly rises.

The local seven-day moving average of new Covid cases is now 83 cases per day, down nearly 60% since Memorial Day, according to the latest Virginia Dept. of Health data. Separate data from the CDC suggests that hospitalizations have risen over the past week, from 6.6 per 100,000 residents per week to 8.4.

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Fairfax police seek more info on hospital worker accused of fondling patient

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Virginia Hospital Center entrance (file photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 10:15 a.m.) A man who worked at a local hospital has been charged with sexual battery.

Hektor Alvarez, 21, is accused of fondling a male patient’s genitals on two separate occasions at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. He was arrested last week “after a month long investigation,” according to Fairfax County police.

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Morning Notes

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Raindrops on a red leaf in Ballston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Police Looking for Missing Man — “The Arlington County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance locating a missing Arlington man. [The man], 28, last had contact with his family on July 30, 2022. [He] is described as a Black male, 5’6″ tall, 135 pounds with black hair. He was last seen in the 1400 block of 28th Street S. and believed to have left the area in a 2016 silver Toyota bearing VA license plate UZS-6307, heading towards West Virginia.” [ACPD]

Beyer in Taiwan — Following the high-profile visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, local Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is among a Congressional delegation visiting the island today. [Twitter]

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NEW: Quick-thinking customers and first responders helped to save lives, Four Courts manager says

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Ireland’s Four Courts on fire and an injured person being helped after a vehicle crashed into the pub (photo courtesy Craig Smith)

The four people reported to be seriously injured when a car plowed into Ireland’s Four Courts last night may not have survived but for the quick actions of fellow pub-goers and first responders.

That’s according to Dave Cahill, long-time manager of the Courthouse fixture, which remains closed after last night’s crash and fire.

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