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Plans for redeveloping a key Langston Blvd parcel have sidestepped a potentially lengthy historic preservation battle.

That removes one impediment to razing the existing office building on the 1.3-acre site in the North Highlands community near Rosslyn, replacing it with upscale condominiums.


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A host of new regulations related to towing off of private property are likely to be considered by Arlington County Board members later in the year.

But first, Board members have to approve advertising a future public hearing for the proposals put forward by County Manager Mark Schwartz and staff. That procedural step is expected to come this Saturday, Oct. 19, with the hearing to follow in November or December.


Schools

Arlington school leaders are likely to lobby the General Assembly to permit standardized testing in languages other than English to determine student achievement.

Allowing a language option would be helpful in jurisdictions, like Arlington, where there is a significant percentage of English-language learners, advocates believe.


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Arlington County Board members are expected to take another step toward the culling of deer in the county.

Board members are slated to approve a public hearing, likely to be held Nov. 16, to make changes to the county code allowing for the use of professional sharpshooters on public land.


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Arlington’s recent commemoration of World War II hero Doris “Dorie” Miller came with a homework assignment.

Miller, from whom one of Arlington’s American Legion posts takes name, was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. But likely owing to the prevailing racial attitudes of the time, he did not receive the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration.


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Battery-powered bikes are helping to propel Capital Bikeshare to record passenger totals in Arlington and across the D.C. area.

In August, ridership on e-bikes for the first time exceeded that of traditional (pedal-only) bicycles in the county and across Capital Bikeshare’s service area, members of the county’s Bicycle Advisory Committee were told Oct. 7.


Schools

Would Arlington students and staff be safer if the county school system returned to having resource officers from the county police department in its halls?

The final tally among the four contenders for two open School Board seats: One yes, three no.


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Cue Willie Nelson, as Arlington Democrats will be on the road again for the final weekends of campaign season.

The Arlington County Democratic Committee is dispatching volunteers to both North Carolina and Pennsylvania, two battleground states that remain tossups in the presidential race.


Schools

Gerald Ford was in the White House the last time Arlington voters rejected a school bond in a local referendum.

But the two local residents tasked with making sure such ancient history doesn’t repeat itself are taking no chances as they make the case for passage of the 2024 school bond.


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Arlington’s two main political parties are putting the finishing touches on their greet-the-voters strategies.

Democrats plan to staff all 54 county precincts from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, and have had volunteers at early-voting locations since balloting began on Sept. 20.


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