Around Town

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Oct 27, 2025

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 — Oct 27, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌥️ Tuesday’s forecast

Expect mostly cloudy skies with temperatures reaching near 57 degrees, accompanied by a northeast wind at 10 to 14 mph and gusts up to 24 mph. On Tuesday night, there is a 30% chance of showers primarily after 2am, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low around 45 degrees. The northeast wind will be around 9 mph. 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.

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News

Change-of-governance debate might again pit County Board members against state legislator

By Scott McCaffrey
Del. Patrick Hope 2025 campaign kickoff (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

The 2026 General Assembly session could bring another political tug-of-war between some County Board members and a state legislator representing the local community.

The past two years saw debate over the appropriate sequence of events in tackling any major change to Arlington’s governance structure.

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News

Police respond to rollover crash on Glebe Road, three-vehicle pileup up in EFC

By ARLnow.com
Crash with overturned vehicle on S. Glebe Road (staff photo by James Cullum)

A pair of notable crashes Sunday morning temporarily closed lanes and kept Arlington first responders busy.

The crashes happened amid preparation for, and then during, the 2025 Marine Corps Marathon, which closed numerous roads in other parts of the county.

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News

ACPD: Man with boxcutter tased after threatening officer in Ballston Metro station

By ARLnow.com
Police in the Ballston Metro station in June 2025 (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

A 32-year-old man is facing charges after police say he made threats while wielding a boxcutter in a Metro station over the weekend.

It happened just before 7 a.m. Saturday at the Ballston Metro station. Police say they were dispatched after reports that a man was “throwing items at people” in the station. The man allegedly threatened an arriving officer while holding a boxcutter, leading to a taser being used to subdue him.

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Sports

Yorktown routs Herndon, remains tied for first in district football

By Dave Facinoli
Nate Randles, right, and the Yorktown offense were productive against Herndon (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

A blowout victory over the visiting Herndon Hornets has given the Yorktown Patriots the chance to win the Liberty District football championship in their final regular-season contest.

Yorktown (6-3, 5-0) will host Arlington rival Washington-Liberty Generals (7-1, 4-0) in a showdown Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.

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News

McDonald’s ‘actively working’ to replace Black history mural after demolition in Hall’s Hill

By Katie Taranto
The former Black history mural in Hall's Hill (photo courtesy of @cindykanephotography)

McDonald’s is coordinating with Hall’s Hill residents to replace a local Black history mural after the company’s contractor demolished it earlier this month.

In a new response to residents’ questions and concerns, the fast food chain acknowledged the significance of the 33-year-old brick and cinder-block wall on its property at 4834 Langston Blvd.

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Around Town

Workshop offers teens, tweens tips and techniques for Halloween transformations

By Scott McCaffrey
Olivia Wolfe transforming herself into a Halloween jack-o-lantern (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

They entered as a typical group of Arlington teens and tweens. Within 90 minutes, they had been transformed into, among others, a monster, princess, a pumpkin and a unicorn.

The metamorphosis came courtesy of Encore Stage & Studio, which on Oct. 25 hosted its first-ever Halloween-makeup workshop at Cherrydale United Methodist Church.

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News

Plan to keep DCA’s ‘Fly Quiet’ effort in-house draws flak from regional noise panel

By Scott McCaffrey
An airplane takes off from Reagan National Airport (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A decision to keep noise-mitigation efforts at Reagan National Airport in-house, rather than outsource them to independent experts, is drawing criticism from an advisory panel.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (WMAA) announced its decision on “Fly Quiet” efforts at the Oct. 23 meeting of the Reagan National Community Working Group, which works to reduce the impacts of noise from airport operations.

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Schools

APS to offer parents more info on how students are using school-distributed devices

By Scott McCaffrey
Students at computer (via Anastassia Anufrieva/Unsplash)

Arlington Public Schools is expanding an initiative that provides parents with information on how, and for how long, their children are using school-distributed devices.

In November, APS will move from an opt-in to an opt-out model for the Lightspeed Parent Portal, which provides families with weekly summaries of web-browsing activities for students in grades 2 to 12.

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