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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 14, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Wednesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 14, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Thursday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

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☀️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect sunny conditions and a high near 88, accompanied by a mild north wind at about 5 mph. The evening will transition to partly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 68 and a gentle south breeze. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Do not wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”
– Zoey Sayward

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

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Free car washes tomorrow at Mr Wash for back-to-school season

By Dan Egitto
Busy day at Mr. Wash on N. Glebe Road in 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Mr Wash is offering free car washes tomorrow — Thursday, Aug. 15 — in honor of back-to-school season.

All 11 Mr Wash locations in Northern Virginia, Maryland and Delaware — including the Arlington spots at 4148 S. Four Mile Run Drive and 101 N. Glebe Road — are participating in the promotion. To claim the offer, customers don’t need to do anything other than visit a Mr Wash, the company said.

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Dumpling District and Kung Fu Tea open doors at Pentagon City mall

By Katie Taranto
Kung Fu Tea and Dumpling District in the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

After eight months in the making, Dumpling District opened its “flagship” location alongside a new Kung Fu Tea in Pentagon City last week.

The two businesses share a space in the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, next to Häagen-Dazs on the mall’s Metro level entrance. Though Dumpling District has four other spots across the D.C. area, this is its first ever dine-in location with sit-down service.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 13, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 13, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Wednesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

☀️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect sunny conditions with a high near 86 and a north wind of 5 to 8 mph. Wednesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 66 and a light northwest wind. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”
– Nikos Kazantzakis

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

At the Eden Center, historic businesses stand tall and new ones plant roots

By Katie Taranto
The main entrance of Fall Church's Eden Center (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Forty years since its founding, the Eden Center remains a community pillar of Falls Church and thriving destination for visitors from throughout the D.C. area and beyond.

Known for its immigrant-run restaurants and grocery stores, the expansive commercial center — situated just over the Arlington border on the 6700 block of Wilson Blvd — is a landmark of Northern Virginia’s Vietnamese community.

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New airport donation program provides gently used toiletries to local nonprofits

By Dan Egitto
Sorting toiletries at Reagan National Airport (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new donation program at Reagan National Airport is providing local charities with unopened and gently used toiletries that would otherwise be thrown away.

Since April, the “Donate Don’t Discard” initiative has collected 2,913 items that failed to comply with TSA restrictions and would otherwise have gone to the landfill. Instead, products such as toothpaste, lotion, hair gel and sunscreen now go to D.C.-area charities that distribute products to unhoused people, domestic violence survivors and other people in need of basic necessities.

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Meet the 87-year-old Arlingtonian who cleans Glencarlyn Park every morning

By James Jarvis
Alan Wile picks up trash along the Long Branch Trail in Glencarlyn Park (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Nearly every morning for the past four years, an Arlington 87-year-old has made the trek from his apartment in Ballston to Glencarlyn Park to scour the recreation area for litter.

Alan Wile typically leaves his home around 7 a.m. and spends the next two to three hours combing the trails and picnic areas of the 100-acre park. He collects an average of three to four bags of trash each day — everything from beer bottles and cans to discarded diapers and plastic bags.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 12, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Monday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 12, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

☀️ Tuesday’s forecast

Expect a mostly sunny day with highs around 83 degrees and a gentle northwest wind at 6 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly clear, with lows near 65 degrees and a light northwest breeze. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.”
– Confucius

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

Arlington’s own Pupatella eyes further growth in D.C. area under new CEO

By Jared Serre
Pupatella's first location, located at 5104 Wilson Blvd in Bluemont (staff photo by Jared Serre)

An Arlington-based pizza chain, now under a new CEO, has set its sights on further expansion in the D.C. area and beyond.

Jim Biafore, who became CEO of Pupatella last month, told ARLnow that the chain — which already operates 10 restaurants in D.C. and Virginia — is in “growth mode.”

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 9, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 9, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. ACPD on scene of barricade situation in Westover (19507 views)
  2. Three new grocery stores are coming to Falls Church (14978 views)
  3. Arlington County Fair returns next week with classic attractions and a new eating contest (8459 views)
  4. Upcoming nightlife spot in Clarendon eyes ‘elevated’ cocktails, food options (6779 views)
  5. Shirlington ‘clubhouse’ with 1969 theme shoots to open below Astro Beer Hall (6180 views)
  6. Turkish coffee cart seeks to transform Ballston courtyard into ‘urban oasis’ (6078 views)
  7. ACPD: Suspect fires officer’s gun after Ballston Target theft (6004 views)
  8. Falls Church is nation’s healthiest community in new rankings, and Arlington is No. 19 (5915 views)
  9. NEW: Police investigating bank robbery in Crystal City (4822 views)
  10. Summer Restaurant Week is approaching, offering discounted gourmet eats in Arlington (4799 views)
  11. Anita’s New Mexico-style restaurant in Virginia Square plans late-summer opening (4786 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

☀️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect mostly sunny skies and a high of 87 degrees, accompanied by a northwest wind blowing at 6 to 8 mph. As night falls on Saturday, the sky will turn mostly cloudy and the temperature will drop to about 67 degrees, while the north wind maintains a speed of around 5 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

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