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.

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LGBTQ+ advocates urge APS to defy federal challenges to transgender policies

By Dan Egitto
LBGTQ+ advocates at an Arlington County Board meeting on Jan. 27, 2025 (courtesy of Kellen MacBeth)

Two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are calling for Arlington Public Schools to defy federal attempts to dismantle the school system’s anti-discrimination policy for transgender students.

Both Equality Arlington and the Arlington Gender Identity Alliance (AGIA) issued statements this week on the results of a U.S. Department of Education investigation into five Northern Virginia school districts.

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Education Department pushes APS to strike transgender policy, alleging Title IX discrimination

By Dan Egitto
Arlington is nonbinary button (photo courtesy D. Taylor Reich)

The federal government is pushing Arlington Public Schools to stop allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their gender identity.

The U.S. Education Department announced today that it has completed a five-month investigation into the anti-discrimination policies of five school districts in Northern Virginia, including APS.

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Cardinal Elementary stormwater vault keeps its head above the water amid heavy rains

By Dan Egitto
The Cardinal Elementary ballfield, under which lies a massive stormwater vault (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new stormwater vault at Cardinal Elementary School has been holding up well despite this summer’s heavy rains, county staff say.

The vault under the elementary school’s ballfield in Highland Park-Overlee Knolls, which opened in fall 2023, reached its highest water level yet on June 13 but was never in danger of overflowing.

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Shirlington’s WETA faces multimillion-dollar cuts after Congress slashes public broadcasting

By Dan Egitto
WETA headquarters in Shirlington (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Tough times are ahead for WETA, the Shirlington-based producer of the “PBS News Hour” and other public programming, following millions of dollars in federal funding cuts.

Congress’s decision to withdraw $1.1 billion from public broadcasting nationwide will cost WETA $9 million in previously allocated funds during both of the next two fiscal years — a roughly 7% cut to the station’s budget.

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Arlington ranks as America’s fittest ‘city’ for eighth year in a row

By Dan Egitto
Pickleball at the Walter Reed Community Center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington has ranked as the fittest “city” in the country for the eighth year straight, edging out D.C. at No. 2.

According to the new 2025 Fitness Index, Arlington has the highest percentage of residents “in excellent or very good health” (67.2%), the highest percentage sleeping 7+ hours per day (76.4%) and the lowest percentage of smokers (3.3%).

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Key Bridge Marriott redevelopment plan expires as demolition continues in Rosslyn

By Ryan Cole and Dan Egitto
The Key Bridge Marriott demolition site at 1401 Langston Blvd (staff photo by Ryan Cole)

The site plan to redevelop Rosslyn’s former Key Bridge Marriott has expired, raising even more questions for the future of the Langston Blvd property.

Plans for a renovated hotel and two 16-story residential buildings at 1401 Langston Blvd expired on July 1, county spokesperson Rachel LaPiana told ARLnow.

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Head of ICE targets Arlington sheriff’s office over detainer for twice-deported sex offender

By Dan Egitto
Arlington County courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking aim at the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office following a recent immigration arrest in Courthouse.

David Cabrera, an undocumented immigrant who pleaded guilty to the attempted rape of Arlington teenager in 2014, was detained by ICE agents outside the Arlington County magistrate’s office earlier this month.

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Wilson Blvd intersection in Dominion Hills could get a traffic signal

By Dan Egitto
The intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. Livingston Street (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Arlington County is collecting feedback on possible improvements to a Wilson Blvd intersection near the Dominion Hills Centre strip mall, possibly including a new traffic signal.

Respondents have until Sunday to submit feedback on existing pedestrian crossings, a bus stop and travel lanes at Wilson Blvd’s intersection with N. Livingston Street, as well as the pedestrian signal between Powhatan Springs Park and the strip mall.

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Over a dozen overnight break-ins reported at parking garage off Columbia Pike

By Dan Egitto
The parking garage at Penrose Square (via Google Maps)

Police are investigating over a dozen break-ins at a parking garage in Penrose last night.

This morning (Thursday), the Arlington County Police Department found 19 vehicles that had been broken into overnight, according to a preliminary incident report

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Plans for one-acre RiverHouse park envision pedestrian pathway with gathering spaces

By Dan Egitto
Plans for a one-acre park at the RiverHouse project in Pentagon City (via Arlington County)

Pentagon City’s RiverHouse project is collecting public feedback on a planned one-acre park between S. Lynn Street and S. Joyce Street.

The park, which would be developed in two phases, is meant to facilitate pedestrian traffic and serve as a “vibrant gathering place.” Respondents have until Sunday to submit feedback on the final draft design.

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Police investigating after two ART buses struck by BBs on Glebe Road

By Dan Egitto
Intersection of S. Glebe Road and S. Eads Street (via Google Maps)

Police are investigating two separate reports of someone shooting projectiles at Arlington Transit buses on S. Glebe Road.

Neither bus had any passengers and no one was injured, but both ART buses sustained damage to their windows, according to preliminary incident reports from the Arlington County Police Department.

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