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Published July 5, 2016 at 7:50PM | Updated July 6, 2016 at 9:06AM

(Updated at 9:50 p.m.) Arlington County police and firefighters responded to a serious multi-vehicle crash on S. Glebe Road Tuesday night.

The crash happened just before 7:45 p.m. near the intersection of Glebe and 19th Street S. Police on scene reported that four people were injured, including an 8-year-old girl who was initially trapped in one of the vehicles.

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Deteriorating Memorial Bridge Receives $90 Million for Repairs

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Published July 5, 2016 at 6:30PM

Deteriorating beam underneath Memorial Bridge (photo courtesy National Park Service)

It appears that the threat of Memorial Bridge closing by 2021 due to deterioration and neglect has been averted.

The Northern Virginia and D.C. congressional delegation announced today that a proposed Memorial Bridge restoration project has been awarded a $90 million federal transportation grant.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: WB Route 50 Closed Due to Bank Robbery

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Published July 5, 2016 at 5:25PM | Updated July 5, 2016 at 7:00PM

Update at 6:30 p.m. — Route 50 is closed in both directions again, according to WTOP and Fairfax County Police.

Update at 6 p.m. — Route 50 has reopened to traffic in both directions, WTOP reports.

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Scandal’s ‘President Fitzgerald Grant’ to Make Campaign Appearance in Clarendon

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Published July 5, 2016 at 2:15PM | Updated July 5, 2016 at 5:02PM

Photo via screen capture/ABC

(Updated at 3:10 p.m.) President Fitzgerald Grant will be making a campaign appearance at a Clarendon bar tonight.

“Scandal” actor Tony Goldwyn, best known for his role as President of the United States on the ABC drama series, will be attending a Democratic young professional happy hour tonight in support of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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Cars Vandalized in East Falls Church, Tampered With Along Columbia Pike

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Published July 5, 2016 at 1:00PM

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On Saturday morning, police found “numerous vehicles” in the East Falls Church area with tires slashed and body panels “keyed.”

The vandalism was centered around the 2400 block of N. Sycamore Street, near Bishop O’Connell High School.

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‘Speakeasy’ Coming to Clarendon

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Published July 5, 2016 at 11:45AM | Updated November 18, 2016 at 2:42PM

“Room 19,” as the speakeasy is called, will take place weekly in the back of Boulevard Woodgrill restaurant (2901 Wilson Blvd), starting next Monday night, July 11. It will feature classic cocktails in an intimate setting.

“The goal of Room 19 is to give the DC and NOVA crowd something they have not experienced before,” wrote Minh Tran, a spokesman for the venture.

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Photos: Pets Rescued from House Fire in Donaldson Run

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Published July 5, 2016 at 10:30AM | Updated July 5, 2016 at 11:33AM

House fire in Donaldson Run (photo courtesy Andrew Pang)

(Updated at 11:30 a.m.) Firefighters battled a house fire in the Donaldson Run neighborhood around 10:20 p.m. last night (July 4).

The blaze broke out in the garage of a home on the 2300 block of N. Randolph Street, not far from the Stratford School (H-B Woodlawn). The fire extended into part of the home itself.

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Morning Notes

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Published July 5, 2016 at 8:00AM

Bald Eagle Spotted on Fourth of July — A bald eagle was spotted in the area of N. Park Drive, in the Arlington Forest neighborhood, yesterday on the Fourth of July (see above). The eagle “finally flew away after half an hour of harassment from a bunch of crows,” noted a neighborhood listserv email, but not before delighting adults and children in the neighborhood who gathered to see the patriotic sight.

Vietnam Vet Survives Stroke Thanks to Medics — Quick-acting Arlington County paramedics, a Good Samaritan who helped direct traffic at an intersection to let the ambulance through and skilled emergency room doctors helped to save the life of a Vietnam veteran who suffered a stroke while visiting his son in Arlington. [Fox 5]

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Hard Times Cafe in Clarendon is Closing

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Published July 1, 2016 at 5:05PM

Hard Times Cafe in Clarendon is closing for good this weekend.

The restaurant, noted for its chili and chili dogs, will serve its last customers Saturday.

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ARLnow Sets Readership Record

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Published July 1, 2016 at 3:55PM | Updated March 13, 2020 at 12:32PM

In June, ARLnow.com was read by about 350,000 unique visitors who accounted for 1.43 million pageviews, a new record for the site.

Across our network of four sites — ARLnow.com, Reston Now, Hill Now and Borderstan — we saw a record 527,000 unique visitors and 1.92 million pageviews. In all, our sites have 94,953 subscribers/followers across email, Twitter and Facebook.

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