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Time is running out for 30 residents in Culpepper Garden’s assisted-living wing to find other housing before its planned closure this summer.

With the wing still at 40% capacity, officials at the apartment complex for low-income seniors say they are working with each of those residents to determine the best course of action.


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Arlington’s economic development efforts may need to do more with less over the coming year.

“This is a budget [year] that is very lean. There’s going to be a lot of discussion about that,” acting Arlington Economic Development (AED) director Kate Ange said at the Feb. 10 Economic Development Commission meeting.


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Arlington home sales were down substantially last month, following trends throughout the D.C. area and across the nation.

January typically is one of the softest months of the year in local real estate, but last month was unusually anemic. In Arlington, 97 properties went to closing, down just over 20% from January 2025, according to data reported Feb. 10 by MarketStats by ShowingTime.


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The county manager’s LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee is ready to move beyond the planning stage and start impacting policy decisions.

“We have a really good base” to build on, committee chair Samantha Perez said at the organization’s first meeting of 2026.


Obituary

William Newman Jr., who served as Arlington’s first Black County Board member and as chief judge of the county’s circuit court, has died.

Newman died at his home yesterday (Tuesday), leaving an enduring legacy that some consider one of the most consequential in Arlington’s recent history. As word has spread, tributes have poured in.


Schools

Arlington Public Schools officials are brainstorming ways to encourage special-education teachers to serve as summer school instructors.

A little over half of educators who taught special-ed students at the secondary level during the 2025 summer school program expressed interest in returning for 2026, according to a survey conducted by the school system and reported at the Feb. 5 School Board meeting.


Schools

School Board Chair Bethany Zecher Sutton launched her reelection bid last week with a pledge to fight for students — and against the Trump administration.

“We’re all feeling the impact of this administration’s attacks on our values. We will not back down,” Zecher Sutton said during Wednesday remarks to about 200 people at the monthly Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting.


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U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is taking on challenges about his age and the possibility of a dramatically different constituency as he seeks reelection.

Beyer, who turns 76 in June, addressed the age issue at last week’s meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee. He also discussed potential congressional redistricting in a press release on Friday.


Schools

Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Francisco Durán stands behind decisions to keep classrooms shuttered for more than a week after last month’s snowstorm, but acknowledges shortcomings in the school system’s approach.

Durán said he and other school leaders should have done a better job at keeping the community informed on the reasons behind their decisions.


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Newly proposed maps would split Arlington into two congressional districts as part of a statewide overhaul heavily favoring Virginia Democrats.

The proposal would keep a southern portion of Arlington in the 8th Congressional District, which currently encompasses all of the county and is represented by Rep. Don Beyer (D). This would extend as far south as York County in the Tidewater region.


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Mass layoffs at The Washington Post yesterday (Wednesday) dealt a punishing blow to the newspaper’s storied history of local journalism after decades of declining emphasis on Arlington and Northern Virginia.

Reminiscent of the demises of the Washington Star in the early 1980s, Journal Newspapers in the early 2000s and Sun Gazettes in 2023, the job cuts entail a dramatic downscaling of reporting on the D.C. area.


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Falls Church officials are awaiting developments in Richmond to determine whether the city’s Planning Commission will get back powers that the General Assembly stripped last year.

However, legislation to restore the old arrangement could face an uphill battle.


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