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.

Events

Heavy traffic, road closures expected Saturday for ‘Wreaths Across America’

By Dan Egitto
Wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 24, 2019 (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Heavy traffic and some road closures are expected around Arlington National Cemetery this weekend as volunteers lay holiday wreaths at thousands of headstones.

Following record turnout and traffic backups during Family Pass Holder Day last Sunday, the cemetery is, as usual, encouraging volunteers to take the Metro to either Rosslyn or the Pentagon on Saturday. The Arlington Cemetery Metro stop will also be open, but congestion is expected there.

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News

NTSB, elected officials blast safety exception for military flights around DCA

By Dan Egitto and The Associated Press
A US Coast Guard helicopter flies over the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A proposed exception to restrictions on military flights around Reagan National Airport is prompting outcry among some federal officials.

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D) and five other members of Congress representing Virginia joined the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as well as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in crying foul yesterday (Wednesday).

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Arlington set to record overall crime decrease in 2025

By Dan Egitto
Police at a crime scene in 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Crime is on track to drop in Arlington this year, reversing a trend of increasing criminal incidents over the past several years.

Total reported offenses are down about 4% compared to this time in 2024, according to preliminary numbers in the Arlington County Police Department’s crime data hub.

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Events

Menorah lightings coming to Pentagon City and Clarendon area next week

By Dan Egitto
A menorah lighting in January (via Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington/Facebook)

A pair of giant menorah lightings are taking place in Pentagon City and near Clarendon next week in celebration of Hanukkah.

Both free events will feature latkes, hot cocoa, donuts, chocolate gelt and dreidels for all, along with lively Hanukkah music and the lighting of a nine-foot menorah.

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News

Demolition beginning soon at townhouse development planned near Columbia Pike

By Dan Egitto
The former office building at 2300 9th Street S. (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Preparations to replace a 1970s-era office building with a townhouse development are getting underway off of Columbia Pike.

Crews have begun preparing a 63,000-square-foot office building at 2300 9th Street S. for demolition, which is expected to begin in early 2026.

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Sharpshooters to begin Arlington deer cull in February

By Dan Egitto
Deer family walking down the street in a North Arlington neighborhood (staff photo)

A new program using sharpshooters to control Arlington’s deer population is firing up in the new year.

The hunting operation, which will take place in the Four Mile Run area and in some wooded parks north of Langston Blvd, may cause some parks to close an hour or two early some evenings this February as professional sharpshooters armed with sound-suppressed rifles take their place in tree stands.

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News

New affordable housing building near Rosslyn celebrated with ribbon cutting

By Dan Egitto
Wholey Legacy Homes, an affordable housing project at 1300 N. Pierce Street (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new 234-unit affordable housing building near Rosslyn was honored with a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday (Monday).

The 12-story building at 1300 N. Pierce Street, in the Radnor-Fort Myer Heights neighborhood, comes with 110 below-ground parking spaces and a mix of apartment sizes: 84 one-bedroom units, 100 two-bedroom units and 50 three-bedroom units, according to a press release.

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New bus route will reconnect Shirlington to D.C. starting next week

By Dan Egitto
The Shirlington Transit Center (via Arlington County)

A new bus route will offer Shirlington residents a direct connection to D.C. during rush hour.

The new A29 route will run between Van Dorn Street Station and Metro Center via the I-395 express lanes, with stops at Beauregard Street, Mark Center and Southern Towers in Alexandria in addition to the Shirlington Transit Center.

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Around Town

Drop off letters to Santa and food donations at two Arlington nature centers

By Dan Egitto
The 'letters to Santa' mailbox at the Gulf Branch Nature Center (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Two nature centers in Arlington are collecting letters to Santa Claus along with food donations this holiday season.

Both the Gulf Branch Nature Center (3608 Military Road) and the Long Branch Nature Center (625 S. Carlin Springs Road) are collecting Santa letters through Dec. 24.

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News

Columbia Pike lanes and sidewalks to reopen this month as construction winds down

By Dan Egitto
Columbia Pike and S. Glebe Road on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 (staff photo by Jared Serre)

The worst of the roadwork on Columbia Pike is finally coming to an end.

Residents and business owners alike are breathing a sigh of relief as the extensive Columbia Pike Multimodal Improvements project approaches “substantial completion” — meaning reopened lanes and sidewalks.

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Plans for 370-unit development on Columbia Pike could move forward in 2026

By Dan Egitto
Plans for a new apartment building at 1001 S. Glebe Road, as of June 2023 (via Arlington County)

After more than two years, a proposal for a new apartment and townhouse development off of Columbia Pike is primed to start moving forward in 2026.

The project at 1001 and 1101 S. Glebe Road, first pitched in June 2023, has an updated design and the team is gearing up to begin working with the county on the proposal, Andrew Schneider, executive director of the Columbia Pike Partnership, told ARLnow.

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