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

‘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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Around Town

Man and three goats arrive in Arlington after extensive journey by foot

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)

A man and his goats set up camp in Arlington last night, nearing the end of a long and somewhat peculiar sojourn across much of the country.

By foot and by hoof, a man known as Jacob Holiday and his livestock have been traveling this way for a long time. Holiday told Midwest Media in November that they’d been on the road for years, traveling from Minnesota to spread a message of peace and love.

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Series of burglaries hits at least six homes near Rosslyn

By Dan Egitto
Arlington police car (file photo)

Police are investigating a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries that took place in two neighborhoods near Rosslyn over the weekend.

A male suspect is described as entering or trying to enter at least six homes and rummaging through belongings. Police say he stole a wallet and keys on one occasion, but in most cases, no items were reported stolen, according to preliminary incident reports.

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Former police officer arrested after Arlington auto fraud investigation

By Dan Egitto
Arlington police car (file photo)

Two suspects, one of them a former Prince George’s County police officer, have been arrested following an Arlington auto fraud investigation.

The investigation spanned over a year, the Arlington County Police Department said in a press release today (Tuesday). Officers allege that both suspects, former police officer Sierra Alston and Renaldo Gaines, “conspired to steal vehicles, acquire stolen vehicles and subsequently alter those vehicles’ VINs to disguise them from detection.”

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WERA 96.7 poised to return with new programming after year-long hiatus

By Dan Egitto
WERA control room in 2015 (Courtesy of Paul LeValley/AIM)

A local FM radio station is preparing to come back on the air following a lengthy break.

WERA 96.7 has been seeking to resume broadcasting today (Tuesday) after going dark in July 2025. A new licensee, Radio Arlington, took the reins from now-defunct Arlington Independent Media and has been resolving some final logistics and technical issues to meet an imminent deadline.

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