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Election Turnout Light So Far, Despite Competitive County Board Race

Published November 3, 2015 at 1:45PM

Despite one of the most consequential and competitive County Board races in recent memory, relatively light turnout has been reported at the polls in Arlington so far today.

Linda Lindberg, Arlington County’s top elections official, said turnout was around 12 percent as of 12:45 p.m.

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County Board to Hear Carpool Development Proposal

By ARLnow.com

Published November 3, 2015 at 12:30PM | Updated November 18, 2016 at 2:48PM

Rendering of residential building proposed for Carpool site

The Arlington County Board is scheduled this month to hear a proposal to replace Ballston watering hole Carpool with a 22-story luxury apartment building.

Developer Penzance and a real estate investment firm acquired the Carpool property and an adjacent office building just under a year ago. In a site plan amendment, Penzance is proposing to build a 330,000 square foot, 330-unit residential building on the Carpool site at 4000 Fairfax Drive.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published November 3, 2015 at 9:30AM

It’s Election Day — Arlington voters are heading to the polls today to vote in a number of state and local elections. The most closely-watched and competitive of these is the race for County Board. Democrats Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey are facing off against independents Mike McMenamin and Audrey Clement for two open seats. Other races include largely non-competitive races for county constitutional offices, House of Delegates and state Senate seats, and the Arlington School Board. Local polling places are open until 7 p.m. [Arlington County]

DJO Standout Profiled — Standout Bishop O’Connell High School linebacker Landan Word has been profiled by the website Scout.com. Word, who has committed to the University of Virginia, is “physical [and] smart in way he plays,” the sports website says. [Scout]

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RedRocks Closing Tonight, To Be Replaced By Wood Fire Kitchen and Whiskey Bar

By ARLnow.com

Published November 2, 2015 at 2:45PM

RedRocks first opened at 2501 Columbia Pike in early 2013, then “relaunched” last year with lower prices, more burgers and delivery service. With middling results, the owners decided to shutter RedRocks and launch an all-new restaurant.

RedRocks will close its doors after 10 p.m. tonight.

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Photos: Burned-Out Beemer Sitting on Road Near Shirlington

By ARLnow.com

Published November 2, 2015 at 1:05PM

The remnants of a recent car fire were still sitting on a busy road near Shirlington around lunchtime Monday.

A BMW 3-series sedan, with its front end burned out, is parked along 31st Street, a road that connects Shirlington and the Fairlington neighborhood.

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Sugar Shack Donuts, 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza Coming to Columbia Pike

By ARLnow.com

Published November 2, 2015 at 11:35AM | Updated November 2, 2015 at 12:52PM

Sugar Shack Donuts, a Richmond-based eatery serving fresh donuts and coffee, and 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza, a quickly-expanding New Jersey-based pizza chain, are coming to the ground floor of the Pike 3400 apartment building, according to building permits.

Built on the former Rosenthal car dealership, Pike 3400 is currently home to the only Chipotle location on the Arlington stretch of Columbia Pike.

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Dems, McMenamin Trade Barbs on I-66, Parks

By ARLnow.com

Published November 2, 2015 at 10:35AM

The latest skirmish involving a County Board candidate started when an automated call from Del. Rip Sullivan (D) started ringing in thousands of Arlington homes Sunday.

Sullivan’s recorded voice ripped into McMenamin for suggesting that he would support adding an extra lane to I-66 within the existing VDOT right of way in Arlington, tying that position into an issue near and dear to many Arlingtonians: parks.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published November 2, 2015 at 9:20AM | Updated November 2, 2015 at 9:49AM

Group Offers Cheap Drinks to Encourage Voting — A nonprofit group will outside a half dozen Arlington polling stations on Tuesday, handing out wristbands good for cheap drinks at Clarendon bars, to “encourage young voters to celebrate democracy” and “draw more apathetic young voters out on Election Day.” [Washington Post]

Arlington Asking for Aquatics Center Feedback — Should Arlington County build the stalled Long Bridge Park aquatics and fitness center? If so, what kind of features should it include? That’s what the county is asking in a new online survey. Arlington originally launched a public input process for the planned aquatics facility in March. [InsideNova]

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ARLnow Weekend Discussion

By ARLnow.com

Published October 30, 2015 at 9:00PM

Luckily, a festive holiday, plenty of Halloween events and an extra hour of sleep will help remedy a stressful week.

Without further ado, feel free to discuss the haunted happenings around Arlington or any other topic of local interest in the comments.

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JUST IN: Two Charged With Embezzling from Elementary School PTA

By ARLnow.com

Published October 30, 2015 at 4:15PM | Updated February 26, 2018 at 9:43AM

Two women have been arrested and charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from an elementary school PTA.

Police say Latasha Bigsby and Tanya Jones each embezzled “several thousand dollars” from the Hoffman-Boston Elementary School PTA in separate, unconnected incidents.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: WB I-66 Temporarily Blocked Due to Crash

By ARLnow.com

Published October 30, 2015 at 4:02PM | Updated October 30, 2015 at 4:28PM

Update at 4:30 p.m. — The crashed vehicles are now on the right shoulder and two lanes of traffic are getting by. However, significant delays remain.

Update at 4:06 p.m. — One lane of traffic is now slowly squeezing by on the lefthand shoulder.

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Arlington GOP, Dorsey Trade ‘Dirty Tricks’ Accusations

By ARLnow.com

Published October 30, 2015 at 3:00PM

Board Chair Christian Dorsey is running unopposed in the Democratic primary

Arlington GOP Chairman Matt Wavro sent out the following press release just before 1:30 p.m., accusing Dorsey of trying to mislead Republican and independent voters with an erroneous automated phone call.

Today Matt Wavro, Chairman of the Arlington GOP filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections against Christian Dorsey and called on him to publicly apologize for misleading voters in telephone calls that hit voicemail inboxes and answering machines on Thursday.