Author: Dan Egitto

Dan Egitto is an editor and reporter at ARLnow. Originally from Central Florida, he graduated from Duke University and previously reported at the Palatka Daily News in Florida and the Vallejo Times-Herald in California. Dan joined ARLnow in January 2024.

News

Road closures coming to GW Parkway starting next week

By Dan Egitto
Along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (staff photo by James Cullum)

A portion of GW Parkway is temporarily closing to northbound traffic, requiring detours starting next week.

Between Spout Run Parkway and Route 123, the northbound lanes will be closed for part of the day from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1. The closures are effective Mondays through Thursdays  from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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Missing Arlington dance director found dead

By Dan Egitto
Woman sits on a light carpet in a bright living room, smiling at the camera while holding a pink and yellow circular item in her lap; colorful pillow and a poster are visible in the background.
Susannah Keefe, seen in a 2020 YouTube video

The founder and director of a children’s dance program in Arlington, missing since Sunday, has been found dead.

Susannah Keefe, 52, was located in the Potomac River around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, a spokesperson for D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department told ARLnow.

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Former W-L substitute teacher found guilty of sexual relations with a student

By Dan Egitto
Booking photograph of Timothy McGhee, via ACPD, over a file image of Washington-Liberty HS

A former substitute teacher has been found guilty of engaging in a sexual relationship with a Washington-Liberty High School student.

Timothy Thomas McGhee was found guilty of taking indecent liberties with a minor after a three-day trial, the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. The verdict followed a previous trial in December, where a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.

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Arlington animal control seizes man’s goats, halting their cross-country journey

By Dan Egitto
Roadside makeshift campsite with a tan tarp shelter, scattered belongings, and a black dog nearby.
The campsite of Jacob Holiday and his goats off of Arlington Blvd (staff photo by Ryan Cole)

Just before they could complete an extensive journey across much of the country, a man and his goats ran into trouble with Arlington animal control.

Animal control has taken custody of the livestock that arrived in Arlington last week, citing a “legal matter,” Jennifer Toussaint, chief of animal control in Arlington County, told ARLnow.

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‘Missing Middle’ developer builds new townhomes at site of Bluemont house explosion

By Dan Egitto
Modern two-story home under construction with a three-story side, white and stone facade, large windows, and a wooden rooftop pergola being installed; construction workers and materials scattered in the yard.
New townhomes on the 800 block of N. Burlington Street (courtesy of Alex Wilson)

A trio of townhomes is hitting the market at the site of a former duplex destroyed in a house explosion in December 2024.

An open house for the townhomes will take place on Aug. 15 on the 800 block of N. Burlington Street, developer J. Alex Wilson told ARLnow. Wilson lives nearby in the Bluemont neighborhood and will be moving into one of the new homes.

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Driver sues Tesla over Crystal City crash, alleging dealership left car in ‘Insane’ mode

By Dan Egitto
A crash into a building in Pentagon City in September 2024 (courtesy Max Wengroff)

An Arlington woman is alleging that a Tesla dealership’s negligence was responsible for her crashing into a Crystal City storefront in September 2024.

Alemzewd Lawgalet, 59, filed a federal lawsuit last month over the crash, in which a Tesla Y slammed into a salon on the ground floor of the Lenox Club apartment building at 401 12th Street S., catching fire and prompting an evacuation.

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Fiery wreck on GW Parkway killed one driver, critically injured another

By Dan Egitto
U.S. Park Police (file photo)

A driver has died after crashing into another vehicle while driving the wrong way on GW Parkway early Sunday morning, police say.

The two-vehicle crash took place shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday near one of the Parkway’s overlooks in Arlington.

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Defense contractor trades coworking space for its own office in Va. Square

By Dan Egitto
Large brick office building with a curved corner and many windows, a Wagner Foodservice delivery truck parked on the street in front.
The office building at 3865 Wilson Blvd, now home to Cynnovative (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A government contractor has graduated from a coworking space in Ballston to its own office down the street.

Cynnovative, a former tenant of the Industrious at 4075 Wilson Blvd, has moved two blocks away into a “fully furnished, turnkey office space” at 3865 Wilson Blvd, according to a press release.

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New apartments at former Macy’s site in Ballston expect first move-ins next year

By Dan Egitto
Under-construction multi-story concrete building with cranes on top.
Forthcoming apartments at 685 N. Glebe Road (staff photo by Ryan Cole)

Construction at the former Macy’s in Ballston has been moving forward roughly on schedule, with a new apartment building expected to accept tenants next year.

The 553-unit project at 685 N. Glebe Road is planning for its first move-ins in the third quarter of 2027, a spokesperson for developer Insight Property Group told ARLnow.

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Schools

New principal appointed at Yorktown High School for ‘confidential’ reasons

By Dan Egitto and Ryan Cole
Incoming Yorktown Principal Bridget Loft (via APS/X)

Yorktown High School is getting a new principal after six and a half years.

Bridget Loft, formerly the Swanson Middle School principal, will be taking the helm at Yorktown from Principal Kevin Clark. She is returning to a position that she previously held from 2017 to January 2020, when Clark took over.

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Arlington plans to turn poop into consumer-grade fertilizer by 2031

By Dan Egitto
The Water Pollution Control Plant in South Arlington (via DES/Flickr)

Arlington County is just a few years out from realizing its dream of turning residents’ solid waste into natural gas and consumer-grade fertilizer.

Arlington Re-Gen, a long-awaited upgrade to the county’s wastewater treatment process, is expected to begin producing a product known as “Class A biosolids” by late 2030 or early 2031 — providing more opportunities for the second life of Arlington residents’ No. 2.

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