While you might be more focused on preparing for snow and keeping warm than looking ahead at summertime, now is the time to be thinking about summer camps in Arlington.
If your New Year’s resolution was to get more fit, Arlington has plenty of personal trainers to help.
Whether you’re looking to build strength, improve your endurance or finally nail that perfect form, Arlington has no shortage of skilled trainers ready to push you to meet your goals.
As the end of the year approaches, this week we’re taking a step back to look at something many residents say they love about Arlington: its community.
Year after year, Arlington’s community events help to bring people together and offer an opportunity to share in experiences that can’t be found anywhere else.
Here are the nominees for “The Best Community Event in Arlington” as part of our ARLnow Readers’ Choice awards.
Did we miss your favorite event? Write it in!
Voting will close in two weeks.
Voting for Best Spa in Arlington is still taking place. Be sure to cast your vote before voting closes next Friday at 8:30 a.m.
Whether you’re looking to unwind with a massage, refresh with a facial or treat yourself to a full day of pampering, Arlington has plenty of spas ready to melt your stress away.
Here are the nominees for “The Best Spas in Arlington” as part of our ARLnow Readers’ Choice awards.
From Lebanese falafel and kabob to Turkish doner, Arlington’s Middle Eastern restaurants offer an array of flavors to match the county’s multicultural diversity.
Here are the nominees for “The Best Middle Eastern Restaurants in Arlington” as part of our ARLnow Readers’ Choice awards.
Did we miss your favorite spot for Middle Eastern food? Write it in!
Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
Mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
Mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
In a 2023 ARLnow poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents said they would pay more or compromise on schedule in order to fly out of National Airport instead of Dulles.
In the comments, several people mentioned the “super lame” and “interminable” people movers at IAD as being a key factor.
Well, those lumbering, decades-old “mobile lounges” may be on the way out, just months after airport officials said they could be in operation for another 15-20 years. Following a crash involving a people mover that injured more than a dozen people, President Trump says the federal government will be leading an effort to “rebuild” the airport, with a likely focus on eliminating the 1960s-era vehicles.
More from the Associated Press:
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will embark on a reconstruction of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.
“We’re also going to rebuild Dulles airport because it’s not a good airport,” Trump said during a meeting of his Cabinet members at the White House. “It should be a great airport, and it’s not a good airport at all. It’s a terrible airport.”
Dulles is one of the three Washington-area airports and its quality is a hotly-debated topic among Washingtonians.
Trump, a former real estate mogul, said the Dulles building was “incorrectly designed.” He nonetheless praised Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect who designed the main terminal at Dulles.
“We’re going to turn that around and we’re going to make Dulles airport — serving Washington and Virginia, Maryland, etc. — we’re gonna make that into something really spectacular. We have an amazing plan for it.”
His motorcade took an unannounced drive through Dulles in early November. At the time, the White House said Trump wanted to take the detour to the airport to assess potential future projects.
During Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy singled out the controversial “people movers” that ferry travelers in between concourses. One of the vehicles, which are also called “mobile lounges,” crashed in November. […]
The Transportation Department announced later Tuesday that it is inviting bids for a Dulles project that would build “completely new terminals and concourses” at the airport. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement that it will work with the Transportation Department to build upon the existing $7 billion plan to improve Dulles.
This morning we’re wondering: would significant updates to the airport, beyond those already made or under construction, make you more likely to fly out of Dulles?
A Christmas tree at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (file photo)
It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. Are you going to be among the throngs?
There is a bit of a Yogi Berra “nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded” phenomenon where the mental images of crowded mall parking lots or swarmed big box stores keep some people away. But Black Friday’s reputation is well earned and many will end up doing some holiday shopping or discount hunting today.
We’re wondering what percentage of ARLnow readers will be Black Friday shoppers, either in person or online. Check any of the options below that apply.
Whether you’re planning drinks for a Thanksgiving meal or selecting a holiday gift for the beer or wine lover in your life, Arlington has plenty of options for picking out the perfect splash of cheer.
Alexandria as seen in the distance from Arlington (file photo)
Yesterday, Arlington County Board member Maureen Coffey sparked a debate on Bluesky.
“Among my most important and treasured duties as a board member is making sure everyone knows: a) they can submit names for our snow plows and b) we are having more fun than our neighbors in Alexandria,” Coffey wrote on the social network, while linking to our article about Arlington’s snowplow naming contest.
