Author: Jared Serre

Jared Serre covers local business, public safety and breaking news across Local News Now's websites. Originally from Northeast Ohio, he is a graduate of West Virginia University. He previously worked with Law360 before joining LNN in May 2024.

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Annual Clarendon Day street festival returning next week

By Jared Serre
Clarendon Day street festival in 2023 (photo courtesy of Clarendon Alliance)

The annual Clarendon Day street festival is coming back next week with a full day of food and fun.

Nearly 90 shops and businesses are on track to be represented at the celebration, which will bring live music, vendors and family friendly attractions to Clarendon from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.

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ACPD recovers AR-style rifle, ammo on domestic dispute call

By Jared Serre
Firearms recovered from a home in Ashton Heights (via ACPD)

Police recovered two firearms, including an AR-style rifle, and numerous rounds of ammunition after responding to a reported domestic dispute near Clarendon.

The incident occurred around 9:18 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday) at an apartment building in the 900 block of N. Ivy Street in Ashton Heights, according to ACPD’s latest crime report.

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UnCommon Luncheonette in Clarendon appears to have closed

By Jared Serre
UnCommon Luncheonette in Clarendon (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A New York-style diner in Clarendon looks to have closed after two years in business.

Signage on the door of UnCommon Luncheonette at 1028 N. Garfield Street states the restaurant is “closed today,” but the sign has been in place for multiple days. Phone calls to the restaurant, which normally opens daily at 7 a.m., also went unanswered.

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ACPD: Robbery suspects park stolen car near police HQ, get arrested

By Jared Serre
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Two 20-year-olds were arrested after allegedly parking a stolen vehicle down the street from the Arlington police headquarters in Courthouse.

ACPD officers said they came across the vehicle on Aug. 31 at the intersection of 13th Street N. and N. Courthouse Road — roughly a block away from the police station.

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Toastique’s new Clarendon outpost eyes opening later this month

By Jared Serre
Toastique in Clarendon (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A new spot for “gourmet toast” is scheduled to start serving customers later this month in Clarendon.

Toastique plans to open its doors on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. It is located at 3100 Clarendon Blvd, a block from the Metro station, in a space subdivided from adjacent running store Pacers.

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Colada Shop set to open next week in Crystal City

By Jared Serre
Signs for six new businesses at The Grace in Crystal City (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A Cuban cafe and bar is the latest storefront set to open under a new apartment complex in Crystal City.

The grand opening of Colada Shop’s latest location — at 244 19th Court S., on the street level of The Grace and Reva apartments — is scheduled this coming Monday, Sept. 9.

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New Citibank in Clarendon expected to open by year’s end

By Jared Serre
Renderings of the new Citibank coming to Clarendon (courtesy of Citibank)

Arlington’s second Citibank branch is scheduled to open in Clarendon by the end of the year.

“Coming soon” signs will appear later this week in the windows at 2879 Clarendon Blvd, signaling the upcoming arrival of the bank’s first new D.C.-area branch in more than a decade, a spokesperson told ARLnow.

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Gas station and auto service center close on Langston Blvd

By Jared Serre
The former site of the Westover Service Center (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A longstanding auto repair shop and attached gas station along Langston Blvd have shuttered.

Westover Service Center and the Liberty gas station at 5618 Langston Blvd have closed “for good,” according to a sign affixed to the convenience store door.

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Arlington man, 22, killed in Sterling double homicide ‘never held a grudge’

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Diego Woollett graduating from Washington-Liberty in 2022 (via APS/YouTube)

An Arlington man and his girlfriend were killed in a shooting in Loudoun County yesterday.

Diego Alexander Woollett, 22, was one of two people shot and killed in the area of Huntington Square in Sterling early Thursday morning, police said.

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Concessions workers at Reagan National Airport set to picket this week

By Jared Serre
Ticketing at Reagan National Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Roughly 150 employees at Reagan National Airport are holding informational pickets this week as they pursue the right to organize a union.

The employees, who work across four concessions operated by Master ConcessionAir, were scheduled to picket from 10-11:30 a.m. today (Monday) as well as from 1-3 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) on the airport’s ticketing level, just outside of Door 6.

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