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DEVELOPING: Major Crowding on Metro This Morning

Published October 7, 2019 at 9:00AM | Updated October 7, 2019 at 9:24AM

Crowding at the Ballston Metro station

(Updated at 9:25 a.m.) Metrorail riders, especially those heading toward D.C. on the Orange/Silver line, are experiencing major crowding due to an incident in the District overnight.

Two trains, neither of which were carrying passengers, collided near the Foggy Bottom and Farragut West Metro stations around 1 a.m. Both train operators were injured.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 7, 2019 at 7:30AM | Updated October 7, 2019 at 9:01AM

Pedestrians navigate Rosslyn on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 in Arlington. (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

New Restaurant Opening Soon in Ballston — “Zoup! Eatery, the fast casual restaurant known for its award-winning soups and made-to-order sandwiches and salads, is set to open its first Arlington location on Monday, Oct. 21.” [Press Release]

School Library Lending Down Slightly — “Who says print is dead? Circulation of print materials at Arlington’s public-school libraries held relatively steady during the 2018-19 school year at about 980,000 items – or about 36 items per student. The total figure… was down about 1.5 percent from a year before.” [InsideNova]

Schools

Police Find No Threat After Washington-Liberty HS ‘Social Media Incident’

By ARLnow.com

Published October 6, 2019 at 10:30PM

Classes are expected to go on as usual at Washington-Liberty High School on Monday after a threatening message on social media prompted a police investigation over the weekend.

A tipster tells ARLnow.com that the social media message in question was an Instagram account that said “don’t come to school on Monday.” That tip could not be immediately confirmed.

Opinion

ARLnow Weekend Discussion

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 6:00PM

After a seemingly endless summer, a more temperate weekend is upon us and fall-like weather is here to stay.

As a special treat this weekend, we present to you a video from the “Roadeo” competition for Arlington public works crews, held Thursday at Long Bridge Park, courtesy of our staff photographer Jay Westcott.

Traffic

New Traffic Changes Take Effect in Crystal City

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 3:30PM

A pair of roads on the southern end of Crystal City opened to two-way traffic earlier today.

The new traffic pattern comes after several months of construction to facilitate the change. It’s the third phase in a multi-year process of opening former one-way streets in Crystal City to two-way traffic, through construction and and roadway restriping.

News

JUST IN: ACFD on Scene of Apartment Fire in Virginia Square

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 2:30PM

Fire at the Quincy Plaza apartments (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) Firefighters are on scene of an apartment fire at the Quincy Plaza apartments in Virginia Square.

The fire was first reported just after 2 p.m., on the 12th floor of the apartment tower at 3900 Fairfax Drive. The fire is reported to now be out, controlled at least in part via a sprinkler system.

Opinion

Op-Ed: Honoring APS Custodians and Their Role in Sustainability Efforts

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 2:15PM

The following op-ed was written by Levi Novey, Laura Watchman, and Elenor Hodges, members of the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability.

Last December, Aracely Vance, a teacher at Claremont Elementary School, was tasked with figuring out what to show in the primary display case at the school entrance.

News

Jane Fonda Coming to Arlington for Event with Rep. Beyer

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 10:05AM

Activist and actress Jane Fonda will be coming to Arlington next weekend for an event with Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), Beyer’s office is announcing this morning.

Fonda will be the special guest at Beyer’s fifth annual Women’s Conference and Forum, subtitled this year “Nevertheless, She Persisted.” (Last year’s conference was dubbed “Breaking Through: Women Work For Change.”)

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published October 4, 2019 at 7:30AM

A pedestrian and a cyclist along 15th St. S in Crystal City near the Amazon HQ2 site (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Update on Park Shirlington Plans — Owners of the Park Shirlington apartments are “advancing plans to build 612 new apartments and townhomes on the property and renovate 105 existing homes. That adds up to a total of 717 units on the 16-acre site, located just south of the Village at Shirlington and adjacent to Interstate 395. The developers plan to build 189 new apartments in a first phase of the project, then subsequently build about 267 more apartments and 156 townhomes, according initial plans presented to Arlington County officials.” [Washington Business Journal, UrbanTurf]

First Responders Train Caps for ‘Violent Incidents’ — “We take great pride in providing high quality training programs to citizens so that they can help us save lives. Last week, @ArlingtonVA police and firefighters trained members of the @Capitals administration staff in how to respond to violent incidents.” [Twitter]

News

ACFD Responds to Fall Inside Under-Construction Home in Bluemont

By ARLnow.com

Published October 3, 2019 at 5:10PM

A man fell and was injured in a house that was reported to be undergoing renovations in the Bluemont neighborhood.

The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, on the 5700 block of 5th Street N. Initial reports suggested a man fell through a hole in the floor and landed in the basement below, suffering both upper- and lower-body injuries in the process.

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Tires Slashed, Cars Keyed in Ballston

By ARLnow.com

Published October 3, 2019 at 1:30PM

About 10 cars were damaged in a vandalism spree in Ballston earlier this week, according to police.

On either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, the tires were slashed and paint scratched on a number of cars, Arlington County Police say. The incident happened on the the 4200 block of 11th Street N., about 1-2 blocks from Washington-Liberty High School

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After Decades in Safekeeping, Thousands of Historic Documents Have Returned to Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published October 3, 2019 at 9:05AM

Archives recently returned to the Center for Local History in Arlington (Image courtesy of Arlington Public Library)

The public now has access to long-inaccessible local documents, courtesy of Arlington Public Library.

The library’s Center for Local History recently repatriated to Arlington a trove of historic documents dating as far back as the 1840s, held in safekeeping by the Library of Virginia for many years.