Field events were where Arlington athletes enjoyed the biggest success during the recent 6D North Region and Class 6 state indoor track and field high-school meets.
In those competitions — held in Landover, Md. (region) and Virginia Beach (state) — county athletes won three events and had top-10 finishes in many more.
A new grocery store off of Langston Blvd is expected to open later this year.
Sprouts Farmers Market is targeting a September opening at 3115 Langston Blvd, the former home of a Giant supermarket that closed two years ago, in March 2024.
Claudia Tordini’s journey to entrepreneurship began long before she opened her Arlington business. As a teenager growing up in Argentina, a summer job sparked an interest in the human side of work and leadership. Years later, that interest evolved into the Experiential Learning Lab, where she helps professionals become more confident, authentic and effective leaders.
Founded in 2018, the Experiential Learning Lab offers a different approach to leadership development. Through experiential and art-based learning, Claudia helps managers and professionals strengthen skills such as communication, empathy, resilience and decision-making through hands-on experiences rather than traditional lectures.
Her signature Experiential Leadership Development Program, now welcoming its third cohort, is designed for professionals seeking to grow as leaders while learning alongside a supportive community of peers.
Like many entrepreneurs, Claudia has built her business one step at a time. Along the way, she participated in BizLaunch’s ReLaunch and SOAR programs and credits Arlington’s strong small business ecosystem for helping her continue to grow.
“We are enormously grateful to BizLaunch for their service and support to small businesses in Arlington,” she shared.
Beyond her professional work, Claudia is dedicated to strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem through education, mentorship and community engagement. She has contributed as a panelist for Entrepreneurship for Latinas and partners with BizLaunch en Español as the presenter and sponsor of Desayuno Empresarial: El Liderazgo se Aprende, helping entrepreneurs build the leadership skills needed to grow and sustain successful businesses.
Arlington is a natural place to build her business.
“I live in Arlington, and I believe in its people,” she said. “There is an energetic and growing professional and entrepreneurial community that attracts innovation and creative thinking.”
Through her unwavering commitment to entrepreneurs and her leadership in local programs, Claudia continues to champion innovation, fuel business growth and make a lasting impact on Arlington’s business community.
Learn more about Experiential Learning Lab at www.experiential-learning-lab.com.
Five suspects have been arrested after two men were allegedly beaten with a baseball bat while soliciting sex workers in Pentagon City last month.
Two male suspects have been charged with malicious wounding, abduction and robbery-related crimes in the Feb. 15 incident on the 1400 block of S. Eads Street.
County staff are defending a controversial cost-saving proposal to eliminate gymnastics programming and shutter Barcroft Sports & Fitness Center for up to a year.
“We need to make sure that we’re using our funding and resources to serve the most people and those in need,” County Manager Mark Schwartz told County Board members in a March 5 budget work session focused on the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Event location
Woodson High School
9525 Main Street
Fairfax, Virginia 22031
Northern Virginia Fairfax Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) cordially invites you to attend and support our upcoming World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims.
World Day of Remembrance is an annual event where we honor those whose lives were prematurely ended after being struck by a person driving. This year is particularly painful and sad as we think about the recent death of a 13-year-old Frost middle school student who was struck and killed by a person driving a truck on Pickett Road. We will also honor the nearly 30 other people (as of today’s date) who have been killed on Northern Virginia streets while, walking, biking, or rolling since last year’s day of remembrance.
It’s still far from clear what the district boundaries will be, but two more congressional candidates pitched their case to Arlington Democrats last week.
Del. Dan Helmer (D-10), of Fairfax County, became the first candidate seeking the redrawn 7th Congressional District seat to launch a bid in front of county Democrats.
Telephone Scam Alert — “The scam has been around for years, but we’re hearing about Arlington residents again getting “jury duty” calls from someone falsely claiming to be local law enforcement. Reminder: this is a scam, do not pay them or give them personal information.” [ARLnow/Bluesky]
ACPD St. Paddy’s Event — “As part of the Department’s anti-drunk driving educational efforts, the Arlington County Police Department is hosting an interactive event highlighting the impacts alcohol has on motor skills — because even one drink is one too many to get behind the wheel. This event is free and open to the public. DATE: Saturday, March 14, 2026. TIME: 8-10 p.m. LOCATION: N. Hudson Street at Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon.” [ACPD]
Driver Flees After Crash — “Hit & walk crash: Here’s the crash at Army Navy & S. Joyce in Pentagon City around 1 a.m. After sitting in his car for more than 4 minutes, the driver in the intersection got up and walked away. @ArlingtonVaPD
found him on Columbia Pike after he passed the Air Force Memorial.” [Dave Statter/X]
Serious Assault on the Pike — “Officers located the injured victim in the lobby residential building. The preliminary investigation indicates at approximately 6:30 p.m., the victim was inside a residence with two male suspects, who are known to him, when they became involved in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical altercation. The suspects subsequently fled the scene. The victim sustained serious, non-life threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.” [ACPD]
Metro Assault Suspect on Bail — “A Maryland man accused of assault and battery on a Metro train was released on bail after being arrested by Metro Transit Police, according to court records… Betancur had an active arrest warrant through the Arlington County General District Court for assault and battery offense on a Silver Line train at the Clarendon Metro Station around 10:09 p.m. on March 1.” [WJLA]
Data Center Budget Debate — “Virginia Democrats wield total control over state government, but leaders of the state Senate and House of Delegates are heading for a showdown over a few key provisions of the biggest legislation the General Assembly will consider this year: the budget. At the heart of the dispute is a disagreement over how to tax data centers — those high-tech facilities that provide the backbone of the internet.” [Washington Post]
Va. Bill on Jan. 6 Teaching — “Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the first Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught. Democrats, who control the state House and Senate, expect Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) to sign the measure.” [Washington Post]
New Legal Notice — Application for on/off-premises beer, wine, mixed-beverage restaurant license; objections due. [Public Notices]
It’s Monday — Expect sunny skies and a high temperature near 72 degrees, accompanied by a calm wind shifting to the south at around 5 mph in the afternoon. As night falls on Monday, the sky will remain mostly clear, with the temperature dropping to a low of around 48 degrees. [NWS]
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Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Mar 6, 2026.
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
Showers are possible before 7am, followed by cloudy skies clearing gradually, and a high near 69. Light southeast winds will become south at 5-10mph in the morning, with gusts up to 20mph. There is a 30% chance of precipitation. Saturday night brings another chance of showers, primarily after 7pm, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low around 64. Southwest winds will be around 10-13mph, gusting to 22mph, and a 50% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A cold and snowy winter has produced large numbers of potholes in Arlington, though perhaps not as many as some might expect.
About 190 pothole fill requests have been filed in Arlington since Feb. 1, Peter Golkin, a spokesperson for the Department of Environmental Services, told ARLnow. About 50 were pending as of Wednesday.
Falls Church officials this week sketched out more details in what would be the largest affordable-housing effort in city history.
“What you’ve laid out today is really exciting,” said Jim Coyle, vice chair of the city’s Economic Development Commission, at a March 2 joint work session between that body, the City Council and Planning Commission.
