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Published August 6, 2021 at 10:45AM

The pandemic has brought tough times for many local business owners. In some cases, it’s driving them to try to sell their businesses.

Listing aggregator BizBuySell generally doesn’t name the business that’s for sale, but the descriptions in each listing provide some clues.

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NEW: Arlington County Considering Vaccine Mandate for Employees

By ARLnow.com

Published August 6, 2021 at 9:45AM

A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine (DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Following the lead of the state and the federal government, Arlington County is considering a mandate for its employees and contractors to be vaccinated.

Last week President Biden announced that federal employees must either sign forms attesting to be vaccinated or submit to mandatory masking, weekly testing and distancing. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a similar policy for more than 100,000 state employees yesterday.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published August 6, 2021 at 7:30AM | Updated August 6, 2021 at 9:14AM

The Crystal City and Pentagon City skyline (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Mistargeted Alert Wakes Up Arlingtonians — Numerous Arlington residents from around the county erroneously received an emergency phone alert about a boil water advisory in Northeast D.C. around 2 a.m. Thursday morning. [Twitter]

Huske Talks About Olympic Experience — “By coming so close to winning an individual medal, then earning a second-place silver on a relay team, Torri Huske’s rated her recent swimming experience at the Summer Olympic Games as a success for the 2021 Yorktown High School graduate. ‘It was all a really good learning experience, and I took a lot away from the Games, like needing to work on the little things,’ Huske said. ‘The swimming was different that anything I had been to before because it was spread out over nine or 10 days. I’m very thankful for what I got to do.'” [Sun Gazette]

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More Car Break-ins and Thefts Reported

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Published August 5, 2021 at 1:15PM | Updated August 5, 2021 at 4:25PM

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(Updated at 4:25 p.m.) Two more overnight car break-in sprees have been reported, this time in the Courthouse and Douglas Park areas.

Following some 18 cars being broken into in the Arlington Forest neighborhood early Monday morning, a thief of thieves struck early Tuesday morning along several blocks in the Courthouse area, just blocks from police headquarters.

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A New County Website Is In the Works

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Published August 5, 2021 at 9:00AM | Updated August 5, 2021 at 9:26AM

Arlington County has launched a beta version of new website.

The updated county government website is intended to be easier to navigate than the current version, which was last updated 7 years ago. That update was also focused on improving navigation.

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Morning Notes

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Published August 5, 2021 at 7:30AM

Pentagon Metro Station Reopening — “Metro will reopen the Pentagon Station and Pentagon Transit Center to customers beginning with the start of bus and rail service Thursday morning. The station and transit center has been closed since early Tuesday, due to the law enforcement response and investigation following a fatal incident that occurred in the bus bays.” [WMATA]

Chamber Supports Langston Blvd Plan — “The Arlington Chamber of Commerce broadly supports the Plan Lee Highway Scenario Analysis, providing for additional commercial and residential density in an established, aging, yet vibrant and critical transit corridor. Moreover, the Chamber encourages creating flexible land use policies and regulations so as to attract investment to the Langston Boulevard corridor.” [Arlington Chamber of Commerce]

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Most Expensive Arlington Homes Sold in July

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Published August 5, 2021 at 5:00AM | Updated August 5, 2021 at 11:12AM

(Updated at 10:40 a.m.) In July, we highlighted a number of recently sold properties in Arlington, ranging from “budget buys” to homes that sold for well over asking price.

As a quick recap, more than 330 homes were recently sold in Arlington, according to Homesnap. On the flip side, 176 new listings hit the market in the past four weeks. In total, more than 654 homes are the market — 423 condos, 191 detached homes and 30 townhomes.

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Did We Mention the Cartoons?

By ARLnow.com

Published August 4, 2021 at 4:45PM

We asked Mike to tell us a bit more about himself and his interest in Arlington goings-on as a humorous subject.

"I'm a former network journalist and news junkie that follows it from the local to international level religiously," Mount said. "I've lived in Arlington for more than 20 years and have always found the Arlington news ranges from big city-type issues to hilariously funny small town 'hijinks.'"

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Arlington Pet of the Week: Guinan

By ARLnow.com

Published August 4, 2021 at 12:00PM

Pet of the Week Guinan (courtesy of Dan)

Meet Guinan, Arlington’s latest Pet of the Week. Guinan is mostly a homebody, but sometimes she catches the travel bug. She’s explored plenty of parks near and far on her harness or in her backpack.

Here’s what else you need to know about Guinan:

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Numerous Cars Broken Into in Arlington Forest

By ARLnow.com

Published August 4, 2021 at 10:00AM

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The Arlington Forest neighborhood woke up Monday morning to find numerous cars were broken into overnight.

Cars on at least three blocks of the neighborhood near Route 50 were targeted by thieves, who opened doors and rummaged through the belongings inside, stealing cash. In all, around 18 vehicles were entered, according to the Arlington County Police Department.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published August 4, 2021 at 7:30AM

Health Directors Urge Mask Wearing — “Today, all five Northern Virginia Health Directors issued a joint letter of interim recommendations for mask wearing in Northern Virginia. The letter was issued by Health Directors from the City of Alexandria, as well as Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties to Northern Virginia Mayors, Chairs and Chief Administrative Officers with the recommendation that individuals wear masks while indoors in government and other public settings, regardless of vaccination status.” [City of Alexandria, PDF]

Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Fallen Officer — From NBC 4’s Jackie Bensen: “Secretary of Defense orders Pentagon flags flown at half-mast to honor Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer killed in the line of duty this morning.” [Twitter]

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