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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 30, 2025

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 — Jan 30, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌧️ Friday’s forecast

Expect rain with a high near 55, south wind at 9-11 mph, and gusts up to 30 mph. Precipitation is guaranteed, with new amounts ranging from half to three-quarters of an inch. Friday night may bring more rain until 1am, followed by clearing skies and a low of around 42. Southwest wind will be 7-10 mph, turning northwest post-midnight, and might gust up to 20 mph. Precipitation chance is 50%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
– Albert Einstein

🌅 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.

New women’s clothing store replacing Clarendon’s shuttered Jos. A. Bank

By Katie Taranto
Evereve teases a spring 2025 opening in Clarendon (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Clarendon is slated to welcome another option for women’s retail later this year.

Evereve, aiming to help women find fashionable, contemporary wardrobe pieces, expects a spring opening where Jos. A. Bank closed last year at The Crossing Clarendon.

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ARLnow and FFXnow seeking sports section sponsorship

By ARLnow.com
Mockup of ARLnow sports sponsorship

ARLnow and our Fairfax County sister site FFXnow are seeking a major sponsor for our sports coverage.

We started to cover high school athletics in the fall after our acquisition of the Gazette Leader newspaper. The coverage is helmed by longtime local sports editor Dave Facinoli.

As of last week, the Arlington sports coverage is primarily published on Saturday, with some coverage on weekdays.

Now, we’re looking for a presenting sponsor that wants to associate their brand with high school sports coverage on the most-read local news outlets for Arlington and Fairfax County.

This sponsorship opportunity is ideal for healthcare, higher education, financial services and other types of advertisers that want frequent, high-impact consumer touchpoints in a sports context.

The sponsorship package includes:

  • Premium sponsorship placement on ARLnow and FFXnow sports articles
  • Social media amplification including Instagram posts
  • Cross-site ad placements
  • Sponsorship banner and message on new weekly sports email newsletters (~25,000 subscribers)

For more information, contact Lene or Kim on our accounts team at [email protected].

‘Little Tiger Dumplings,’ offering Northern Chinese cuisine, debuts in Rosslyn this weekend

By Katie Taranto
Chef Leopold Liao at Little Tiger Dumplings (courtesy of Upside on Moore)

A new Chinese restaurant will celebrate its grand opening in Rosslyn amid Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend.

Little Tiger Dumplings, offering Northern Chinese cuisine and six kinds of handmade dumplings, is debuting at Upside on Moore above the Rosslyn Metro station. It replaces previous vendor Lucky Danger.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 29, 2025

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 — Jan 29, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

☀️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect sunny skies and a high of 48, with light winds becoming southwest at 5-7 mph in the morning. Thursday night will bring rain, primarily after 1 am, with a low of around 40 and a south wind at 6-9 mph. There’s an 80% chance of precipitation, with potential rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau

🌅 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 dining news: Valentine’s Day specials, ‘aperitivo hour’ & more

By Katie Taranto
New happy hour offerings at Corso Italian in Shirlington (courtesy of Corso Italian)

The local food scene is humming along this month, with D.C.-area Restaurant Week ongoing and Falls Church Restaurant Week approaching.

In coming weeks, diners can expect special Valentine’s Day menus and events, an extended happy hour in Shirlington and wine workshops in Pentagon City. Meanwhile, a new beer garden is confirmed to join Crystal City later this year.

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Falls Church Restaurant Week starts on Friday with discounts and deals

By Katie Taranto
Dishes from Ellie Bird (via Ellie Bird/Facebook)

Dozens of local restaurants, bakeries and cafes are offering “ten days of deliciousness” starting this Friday during Falls Church Restaurant Week.

Restaurants will offer a variety of discounts, prix fixe menus and new or special items through Sunday, Feb. 9. Diners who collect at least eight “Passport” stamps from businesses can also be entered into a $100 gift card drawing.

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It’s ARLnow’s 15th anniversary today

By ARLnow.com
ARLnow 15th Anniversary cover illustration

On this day 15 years ago, in 2010, ARLnow published its first post.

In an era of the internet where blogs were ascendant, Facebook was still a private company and, most people browsed the web on a desktop computer, it was relatively uncommon for a community to have an online-only news source of any kind.

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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 28, 2025

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 — Jan 28, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

☀️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect sunny skies and a high of 56 degrees, accompanied by breezy conditions, including a west wind blowing at 13 to 23 mph and gusts reaching up to 44 mph. The night will be mostly clear, with temperatures dropping to around 30 degrees, a northwest wind at 8 to 16 mph, and gusts peaking at 30 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Every artist was first an amateur.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

🌅 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.

It’s easy and affordable to post an announcement on ARLnow

By ARLnow.com
Screenshots of Announcements on ARLnow

Once upon a time the only way to advertise on ARLnow was by booking ads, posts or blasts with an account rep.

Lene and Kim are great and the advertising options in our Media Kit are really effective, so most people were happy. But it left out some potential advertisers.

If you wanted to publish a post on the site today or if your budget was more Nationals-regular-season than Commanders-playoff-game, you were out of luck. And that didn’t seem right.

So ARLnow and our sister sites launched the Content Hub, a way to submit paid promotions quickly and inexpensively. Now mom-and-pop shops and promotional procrastinators can market their local stuff in 5 minutes for less than the cost of a pair of cheap seats at the ballpark.

Among the options: Announcements. This sponsored content option appears all over, including on our homepage, below articles and in our email newsletters. And it’s only $99 on ARLnow.

As a bonus, thanks to some new AI tech most announcements will get published instantly, including on nights and weekends, unless you opt to schedule it for later.

Place an announcement today and let the community know what’s new with your organization. Announcements can also be used to herald special occasions, find a lost pet, or get the word out about a garage sale, among other things.

Submit Announcement

Large, underground youth baseball and hockey center opens in Clarendon

By Katie Taranto
A large synthetic ice rink at Corobus Sports (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Months in the making, a 22,000-square-foot youth sports complex in Clarendon is now open.

Corobus Sports is equipped with training facilities for baseball, softball and ice hockey. Part of The Crossing Clarendon, the underground center has opened at 2800 Clarendon Blvd, where Jumping Joeys closed in 2021, owner Henry White confirmed to ARLnow.

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