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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 6, 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 — May 6, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

⛈️ Tuesday’s forecast

Showers and possible thunderstorms after 11am, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 78. Light winds becoming southeast at 6 mph in the afternoon, and a 50% chance of precipitation. Tuesday night: cloudy with a low near 65, and southeast wind around 6 mph, with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
– Dalai Lama

🌅 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 ‘buy nothing’ group survives turmoil, expands to host meetups and free yard sale

By Dan Egitto
A free yard sale hosted by Buy Nothing Arlington (Northwest), VA (photo by Roxanne Davis)

On the recent anniversary of an online referendum on the fate of one of Arlington’s largest “buy nothing” groups, some 400 people gathered in a Rock Spring back yard.

Wandering among tables set with everything from gardening items to designer purses, members of Buy Nothing Arlington (Northwest), VA perused and picked out finds from dozens of people last month. It was like a big yard sale, organizers said — except, in keeping with the Facebook group’s identity of giving and receiving at no cost, everything was free.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 3, 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 — May 3, 2024.

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

  1. BREAKING: All remaining Crystal City Underground shops to close (94843 views)
  2. Arlington and Falls Church spots make NYT list of ‘D.C.’s Best Restaurants’ (47132 views)
  3. CoComelon coming to Pentagon City for ‘Party Time’ event (20821 views)
  4. ACPD: Man seriously injured after being attacked while walking through Ballston (10182 views)
  5. Missing Middle critic subpoenaed as county seeks to ‘know what forces’ are behind lawsuit (6822 views)
  6. Alpacas to spice up happy hour outside HQ2 (5799 views)
  7. New Rosslyn apartment tower starts renting as Hilton hotel construction continues next door (5656 views)
  8. NOW: Firefighters battling apartment blaze in Crystal City (4890 views)
  9. Police arrest serial peeper along the Pike (4243 views)
  10. Path connecting Mount Vernon Trail and Long Bridge Park opens amid interchange upgrades (3694 views)
  11. JUST IN: Fmr. swim club board president sentenced for sexually exploiting children (3631 views)
  12. Man injured in scooter crash near Westover (3560 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 a mostly sunny day with highs around 79 degrees and an east wind of 9 to 11 mph. Moving into Friday night, there is a 30% chance of showers as clouds increase. Overnight lows will be near 54 degrees with east winds around 8 to 11 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

🌅 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. 👋

SoberRide returns this weekend for free Cinco de Mayo rides

By Vernon Miles
Platter for Cinco de Mayo (image via Heather Ford/Unsplash)

Anyone planning on imbibing on Cinco de Mayo may want to bookmark this page: the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is offering its free SoberRide program for the upcoming holiday.

Cinco de Mayo is, as the name suggests, this Sunday, May 5. The SoberRide program will start at noon on Sunday and continue until midnight.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 2, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Thursday 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 — May 2, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌤️ Friday’s forecast

Expect a mostly sunny day with highs around 79 degrees and an east wind of 9 to 11 mph. Moving into Friday night, there is a 30% chance of showers as clouds increase. Overnight lows will be near 54 degrees with east winds around 8 to 11 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu

🌅 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.

Public art installed outside new Ballston Harris Teeter

By Dan Egitto
Artist Olalekan Jeyifous with 'Present Pastimes' (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new piece of public art celebrating Ballston’s past and present has appeared outside the recently relocated Harris Teeter.

“Present Pastimes,” a window installation by Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous, draws inspiration from the surrounding neighborhood to depict bygone buildings, signage and leisure activities, such as playing golf at a departed putt-putt on Wilson Blvd.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 1, 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 — May 1, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

☀️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect sunshine and a high of 91 degrees during the day, accompanied by a light west wind blowing at 3 to 7 mph. The evening will bring partly cloudy skies and a low of about 64 degrees, with calm winds shifting to come from the northeast at approximately 6 mph after midnight. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
– Dalai Lama

🌅 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.

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By ARLnow.com
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