Falls Church property owners are probably getting a tax cut, though it’s not as high as initially proposed.
City Council has tentatively settled on a rate of $1.20 per $100 assessed valuation, down from $1.21 in the current fiscal year.
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Fundraiser for Firefighter — “On May 5, 2025, we lost Firefighter Lloyd Edwards a dear friend, brother and overall great person. To know Lloyd was to know a gentle and kind soul. He leaves behind to grieve, his family, fitness community, and fire service family… Now it’s our turn to show up for him.” [GoFundMe]
Small Earthquake Felt Locally — “A magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattled the Farmville area Tuesday afternoon, with people as far away as Leesburg, Culpeper and Arlington reporting they felt it, too, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 1:08 p.m. in Buckingham County, about 12 miles from Farmville and about 40 miles from Charlottesville.” [InsideNoVa/WTOP]
Big New Office Tenant — “Jamestown, a design-focused real estate investment and management firm, today announced Gilbane Building, one of the largest privately owned construction companies in the world, signed a lease for a 27,000-square-foot office at Ballston Exchange, a mixed-use retail, dining, and office development in Arlington’s Ballston neighborhood.” [Press Release]
Fentanyl Supplier Sentenced — “A Maryland man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, Mamud Sesay, 36, of Bowie, was a source of supply for fentanyl… On November 27, 2023, Sesay met Mosby and distributed the pills to him. Mosby redistributed the pills in Arlington County later that day.” [Press Release]
Candidate Criticizes Permit Delay — “Three years to receive a permit to build is frankly absurd. We need to streamline the permitting process so projects like this no longer fall through the cracks!” [Arjoon Srikanth for Delegate/X]
Pentagon City Crash on Camera — “Another one at Army Navy, S. Hayes and the I-395 ramp in Pentagon City, VA. There is a very lucky motorcyclist in the video who then stopped to help. Make note of the car making the left turn. It didn’t come from the only left turn lane on that ramp. The red car was in the left turn lane. That’s a common issue.” [Dave Statter/X]
Ruling in Khan Suri Case — “A federal judge has ruled that Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s habeas case will stay in Virginia. The case, which alleges violations of his constitutional rights, will be heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.” [ALXnow]
Today is VE Day — An local event is planned tonight: “The Arlington Sister City Association (ASCA) presents an engaging educational panel discussion on Victory Day in Europe. Panelists will highlight the role that our sister cities of Aachen, Germany; Reims, France; and, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine played at this significant moment in world history.” [Event Calendar]
New Marymount Provost — “Since stepping into the role of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs in February, Dr. Pamela Slaven-Lee has wasted no time charting a strategic path forward… Under her leadership, Marymount has also launched new academic offerings such as its Master of Social Work degree, increased both research grant submissions and external grant funding by 10 percent and is trending toward an increase in first-year student retention.” [Marymount University]
It’s Thursday — Expect partly sunny skies and a high near 78 with calm winds turning southeast at 5 mph. Showers are possible after 2pm, with a 50% chance of precipitation. Thursday night brings likely showers and a potential thunderstorm, with otherwise mostly cloudy skies, a low around 58, and a northeast wind at 3-6 mph. Precipitation probability is 70%. [NWS]
A planned redevelopment project at a busy Columbia Pike intersection has reportedly been canceled.
Developer Christopher Companies has abandoned years-long plans to turn the Elkins Building at 2801 Columbia Pike into a multifamily building with 88 units, Angela Kostelecky, senior architect at Devereaux and Associates, told ARLnow.
A ceremony honoring fallen officers and a 5K race are coming to Arlington in coming days in honor of National Police Week.
The annual celebration of law enforcement officers, which often brings motorcades and busy hotels, is next week.
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A large contingent of FBI personnel and unmarked vehicles have blocked off a street in an otherwise quiet north Arlington neighborhood.
An armed standoff involving someone inside a house on the 3600 block of N. Abingdon Street, in the Old Glebe neighborhood, started early Wednesday morning.
An 85-year-old woman escaped with a broken wrist, a lucky dog and a scary story after she fled a falling tree branch in Virginia Square last weekend.
According to her son Malcolm Beith, Marianne Beith “narrowly escaped serious injury” when walking through Hayes Park with her dog Xoco on Saturday.
Protected bike lanes, a new stop light and improved bus stops along S. Walter Reed Drive are included in a proposed $7 million county contract.
The transportation improvement contract, slated for County Board consideration on Saturday, is for part of the “Complete Streets” project on Walter Reed between 5th Street S. and Columbia Pike.
Crowds descended on the Arlington Historical Museum on Saturday as the facility reopened after months of renovations.
Hundreds of people filtered through the six-hour open house, appreciating the new facelift to the museum’s physical presence and exhibitions. The building at 1805 S. Arlington Ridge Road had been closed since the summer of 2024 to allow for the restoration of 47 original windows.
ACFD Firefighter Remembered — “The Arlington County Fire Department is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Firefighter Lloyd Edwards, who died May 5, 2025. Firefighter Edwards joined the department on 11/18/2002 as a member of Recruit Class 58. Throughout his career, he served with dedication and distinction, most recently assigned to Fire Station 4 in Clarendon.” [ACFD/Facebook]
Video of Machete Arrest — “This is video of a man being arrested who police say had a machete at N. Kirkwood Road and Washington Blvd. on Sunday. According to @ArlingtonVaPD, people had seen him and the machete inside a nearby apartment building.” [Dave Statter/X]
ACPD Preps for Police Week — “Ahead of #PoliceWeek, members of ACPD’s Honor Guard proudly attended the 31st annual Blue Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor those who have died in the line of duty while praying for the continued protection of police officers and first responders.” [ACPD/Facebook]
Beyer Blasts Pentagon Flights — “This is ridiculous, the Secretary of Transportation shouldn’t have to go on FoxNews to get answers from @SecDef about a safety issue at our airports when we just lost 67 people in a collision in January. My constituents need @DeptofDefense to fix this immediately.” [Rep. Don Beyer/X]
It’s Wednesday — Expect mostly sunny skies and a high temperature near 76 degrees, accompanied by a northwest wind at 6 to 9 mph. Moving into Wednesday night, the skies will turn partly cloudy and the temperature will drop to around 59 degrees, with calm winds. [NWS]
A house fire in Westover sent one person to the hospital Thursday night.
The blaze was reported around 7:30 p.m., in the basement of a home on the 5900 block of 16th Street N., about two blocks away from Westover’s shops and restaurants.
An Arlington County Board candidate claims to have begun placing “tracking chips” in his campaign signs after he says many of them were stolen.
James DeVita, who is challenging incumbent Takis Karantonis in the Democratic primary, spent over $10,000 on campaign signs in March alone, according to campaign finance records.
Newly resurrected redevelopment plans for an abandoned Columbia Pike strip mall have leaders optimistic that an end to a long and embarrassing saga is in sight.
Developer Toll Brothers filed plans last week to rebuild the 2600 block of Columbia Pike as a mixed-use project with 262 housing units and 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. It’s the successor to The Elliot, a planned development at the Fillmore Gardens Shopping Center that fell through last year after a ground-floor grocery tenant backed out.