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Arlington summer camps offer greater flexibility to help terminated federal workers

Published March 26, 2025 at 9:45AM

Campfire (Image via Flickr/Kevin Smith)

Arlington summer camp programs are offering more flexible cancelation and payment options this year to help families dealing with job losses.

The Department of Parks and Recreation is offering more generous refund options and cancelation fees and has pushed back the date for final payment deductions from May 1 to June 2.

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Burst pipe damages Arlington County Board room, causes meetings to relocate

By Dan Egitto

Published March 25, 2025 at 2:30PM

Clean-up efforts following a burst pipe at the Bozman Government Center (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Damages from a burst pipe at Arlington County’s government headquarters have caused several public meetings to relocate and reduced hours at Courthouse Library.

Flooding at 2100 Clarendon Blvd resulted in “extensive water damage to portions of multiple floors of the Bozman Government Center, including the Arlington County Board Room,” county spokesperson Ryan Hudson told ARLnow.

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Arlington again ranks among the best ‘cities’ to live in America

By Dan Egitto

Published March 25, 2025 at 11:15AM | Updated March 25, 2025 at 11:42AM

Blossoms in Colonial Village (staff photo)

Arlington has once again ranked among the best “cities” to live in the United States — and an Arlington neighborhood stands at No. 1.

The county has maintained its No. 4 spot in the 2025 Niche ranking of the nation’s most liveable neighborhoods. That’s the same spot it held in 2024, but is below its No. 2 ranking in 2023.

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Rep. Beyer backs permanent air traffic changes near National Airport

By Dan Egitto

Published March 24, 2025 at 2:30PM

Reagan National Airport (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Arlington’s congressman is throwing his support behind permanent flight traffic changes at Reagan National Airport following January’s fatal midair crash.

In a Friday letter, Rep. Don Beyer (D) and nine other lawmakers supported ending helicopter operations along the Potomac River between Hains Point and the Wilson Bridge when runways 15 and 33 are in use.

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NEW: Two measles exposures reported traveling through DCA last Friday

By Dan Egitto

Published March 21, 2025 at 9:45AM | Updated March 21, 2025 at 11:35AM

A vaccine shot (via Arlington County/YouTube)

Two measles exposures were reported at Reagan National Airport and on the Yellow Line last Friday.

Exposures were possible on the airport’s terminal shuttle bus between noon and 2:30 p.m., the Virginia Department of Health announced in a press release yesterday. They were also possible between 12:15 and 3:15 p.m. on the Yellow Line train from the airport, transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Silver Line train heading toward Downtown Largo.

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Economic headwinds could bring wave of Arlington restaurant closures, group warns

By Dan Egitto and Katie Taranto

Published March 21, 2025 at 8:15AM

A sign indicating a business closure in Crystal City in 2023 (courtesy anonymous)

The D.C. area’s restaurant community is warning of closures as economic pressures and federal actions raise fears of less spending and higher costs.

Impacts may be less severe in Arlington and Falls Church than in D.C., as some businesses are considering leaving the District for “better deals” in Northern Virginia. However, Shawn Townsend, president of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), cautioned that Arlington restaurants remain vulnerable to issues involving federal job cuts, rising costs and a possible meals tax increase.

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Arlington tap water might taste different as annual cleaning starts next week

By Dan Egitto

Published March 20, 2025 at 1:15PM

Tap water in a kitchen sink (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington County’s water pipes are receiving their annual cleaning starting next week, bringing temporary changes to tap water’s taste and odor.

Starting Monday and continuing through May 5, tap water will be treated with chlorine instead of chloramine “to clean water mains and clear them of any flow issues.”

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Neighbors continue pushback on church’s plans to build affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

By Dan Egitto and Scott McCaffrey

Published March 19, 2025 at 3:50PM | Updated March 19, 2025 at 5:50PM

Clarendon Presbyterian Church at 1305 N. Jackson Street (staff photo)

A proposal to redevelop a Lyon Village church as affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors continues to get pushback from some neighbors.

Clarendon Presbyterian Church has been seeking to redevelop its property at 1305 N. Jackson Street in partnership with True Ground Housing Partners. Conceptual site plans filed last May depict a six-story building with 102 units, as well as a church and childcare center totaling 8,530 square feet.

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Arlington speed camera relocates to near Swanson Middle School

By Dan Egitto

Published March 18, 2025 at 11:15AM | Updated March 18, 2025 at 11:42AM

A speed camera on Washington Blvd, east of N. Glebe Road in August 2024 (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

The speed camera on Lorcom Lane has relocated to another school zone.

The camera installed in January on the 4100 block of Lorcom Lane, near Dorothy Hamm Middle School, has moved to the northbound 1100 block of Patrick Henry Drive near Swanson Middle School in Westover Village.

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With chants and boos, activists press Arlington County Board to end cooperation with ICE

By Dan Egitto

Published March 17, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated March 17, 2025 at 4:09PM

Members of the public at an Arlington County Board meeting on in March 2025 (via Arlington County/YouTube)

Forceful debate over Arlington County’s approach to a recent surge in immigration enforcement dominated a County Board meeting this weekend.

Following extensive public comments and shouted chants and boos from dozens of advocates, several Board members raised the possibility of once again revising county policy on when local police can contact federal law enforcement.

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Amid federal layoffs, Arlington sees surge in people looking for jobs

By Dan Egitto and Katie Taranto

Published March 13, 2025 at 3:45PM

A town hall for federal workers and contractors at Central Library in February (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Amid mass federal layoffs, local businesses and resource centers are responding to a surge in Arlington residents seeking jobs.

While business owners say they’ve received a flood of inquiries from people now out of work, the Arlington Employment Center has seen a 45% year-over-year increase in people accessing services.

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Arlington seeing a bump in potholes after snowy winter

By Dan Egitto

Published March 13, 2025 at 1:15PM | Updated March 13, 2025 at 4:02PM

A pothole on 10th Street N. near Courthouse in 2025 (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Arlington drivers may be experiencing some bumpier-than-usual commutes as the county continues to fix potholes formed during a cold and snowy winter.

Between Nov. 1 and March 1, the county’s Water, Sewer and Streets team recorded 499 potholes — the highest number since the winter of 2022, county spokesperson Kiara Candelaria Nieves told ARLnow.