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.
Arlington County is looking for a new poet.
Applications for the county’s fourth poet laureate — responsible for writing original poems to be presented at public readings and displayed on ART buses — are due by June 2.
Recently constructed apartments in Arlington are among the smallest in the country — and they’ve been getting smaller over time, a new report finds.
The average new Arlington apartment has shrunk by 70 square feet over the past decade, according to data from the real estate site RentCafe. At an average of 809 square feet, the county’s apartments rank as the 20th smallest out of 100 U.S. localities analyzed.
The Columbia Pike Partnership has a new look meant to reflect leaders’ goals for economic growth and cultural vibrancy on the South Arlington road.
The new logo, consisting of a stylized rendition of the words “The Pike,” includes nods to several elements that organizers hope will steer the highway’s future.
One of the safest neighborhoods in Arlington is getting additional security patrols for the next few months.
The Rosslyn BID is deploying new personnel to conduct patrols, support law enforcement and otherwise assist local residents and visitors.
A Georgetown fellow arrested in Rosslyn last month remains in immigration custody and is getting treated as a “high-security” detainee, new court filings say.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen detained on the basis of his and his family’s ties to Palestine, has variously been denied food, a bed, clean clothing and contact with his family since March 17, his lawyers said in a federal court filing yesterday (Tuesday).
An Arlington resident received a citation late last month after driving their SUV over a fire hose that firefighters were using to put out a blaze.
The Arlington County Fire Department posted photos of the vehicle straddling a hose at the intersection of 15th Street N. and N. Randolph Street on March 26.
Fatal crashes on Arlington roads dropped to a six-year low in 2024 as the Vision Zero team says its efforts have begun yielding tangible results.
Only one person died in an Arlington vehicle crash last year, the lowest number the county has seen since 2018, according to a Vision Zero annual report published last week. Between 2019 and 2023, the number of fatal collisions varied between three and five.
Demolition is in full swing at the Key Bridge Marriott site in Rosslyn, but it’s expected to take some time.
While a portion of the derelict hotel at 1401 Langston Blvd has already been reduced to rubble, people shouldn’t expect to see the whole structure come down at once.
A high-visibility traffic enforcement initiative is kicking off next week in Arlington.
The region-wide Street Smart campaign, which runs from Monday, April 7 through Sunday, May 4, focuses on reducing traffic-related crashes and educating drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists about the law.
A plan to redevelop a Lyon Village church as affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors has been canceled.
Clarendon Presbyterian Church and True Ground Housing Partners announced yesterday evening (Thursday) that a proposed 102-unit development at 1305 N. Jackson Street is “not financially viable.”
A new Arlington Blvd safety project aims to reduce crashes at one of the road’s most hazardous intersections.
The pilot project will install new right-turn-only signs at N. and S. Highland Street, along with flex posts preventing vehicles in both directions from either turning left or driving through the intersection.
An Arlington-based venture capital firm has announced it will pour $32 million in funding into cybersecurity startups.
Runtime Ventures, based out of Arlington and Austin, Texas, officially announced the capital commitment today (Wednesday).
