Around Town

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jul 8, 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 — Jul 8, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

⛈️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect showers and thunderstorms mainly after 4pm, with mostly sunny conditions and a high near 91. The calm wind will become south around 6 mph in the afternoon, with a 30% chance of precipitation. Wednesday night, anticipate likely showers and thunderstorms before 2am followed by a slight chance of showers between 2am and 5am, and again after 5am. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 72, south wind at 3 to 5 mph, and a 60% chance of precipitation. New rainfall amounts could range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle

🌅 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.

News

Construction on Long Bridge rail project begins later this month over the Potomac

By Dan Egitto
A rendering of the Long Bridge North project (courtesy of Skanska)

Construction on a new four-track bridge, meant to expand rail traffic between Arlington and D.C., is expected to get underway later this month.

The $1 billion undertaking by the development firm Skanska and infrastructure company FlatironDragados is on track to begin in the coming weeks, Skanska announced in a press release yesterday (Monday).

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Sponsored

Arts Focus: Earth Day Every Day returns to Langston Boulevard

By Sponsor
Upcycled jewelry by Alana Rivera Studios at Earth Day Every Day on Sat., April 26.
Henry Dunbar's Cycle Killer Accessories turns bike parts into jewelry and art at Earth Day Every Day on Sat., April 26.
Mary Pike, aka: "The Recycled Bag Lady," crochets totes from plastic bags at Earth Day Every Day on Sat, April 26.
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This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development.

Looking for engaging Earth Day activities for the whole family?

Look no further than Earth Day Every Day on Langston Boulevard, a day-long street festival filled with live music, delicious food, children’s art activities, environmental education opportunities and a sustainable art market. The event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at the Lee Heights Shops, 4500 Cherry Hill Rd.

Hosted by the Langston Boulevard Alliance, with programming and marketing support from founding partner Arlington Arts, Earth Day Every Day on Langston Boulevard offers a chance for the entire Arlington community to unite in celebrating our local environment and the planet itself. Take a look at a news segment on last year’s festival below! (more…)

News

Arlington Democrats shoot for 3-to-1 victory margin to help Spanberger

By Scott McCaffrey
Abigail Spanberger will be inaugurated on Saturday, Jan. 17. (staff photo by Jared Serre)

For Arlington Democrats, the number to beat on Nov. 4 is 51,465.

That’s the difference between the number of votes cast in the county, in 2021, for Democrat Terry McAuliffe (73,013) over Republican Glenn Youngkin (21,548). McAuliffe lost that race, falling short by about 64,000 votes statewide.

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Events

Summer movie nights on Columbia Pike start this Friday

By Katie Taranto
Outdoor movie on Columbia Pike in 2024 (via Columbia Pike Partnership/Facebook)

A series of free outdoor movie nights on Columbia Pike begins this Friday with “The Wizard of Oz.”

Columbia Pike Movie Nights are coming to two outdoor plazas on Fridays and Saturdays this summer. Hosted by the Columbia Pike Partnership, the series will provide weekly movie screenings at the Arlington Mill Community Center and Penrose Square Apartments until late August.

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Event

Breaking the Silence: Faithful Resistance to Sex Exploitation

The Falls Church Episcopal

115 E Fairfax St

Falls Church, Virginia 22046

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The morning will begin with a panel discussion featuring professionals working directly with survivors, legal experts engaged in shaping policy, trauma-informed psychologists, and pastoral care specialists. Together, they will help us consider how to respond faithfully and responsibly to the realities of sexual exploitation.

Following the panel, we will offer breakout sessions that allow participants to engage more deeply with these topics. We will conclude with a closing prayer liturgy centered on a call to action.

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News

Arlington rent rose again in June, remaining priciest outside of California

By Scott McCaffrey
Pentagon City apartments in February (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

With the cost of a two-bedroom apartment above $3,000 for another month, Arlington rent continued a gradual upward trajectory in June.

The county’s median rent for an apartment was up 0.3% month-over-month, contributing to an increase of 3.6% since the start of the year and 2.6% year-over-year, according to data reported by Apartment List.

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News

UPDATE: Arlington under Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Flood Watch and Heat Advisory

By ARLnow.com
Storm clouds, as seen from Rosslyn (file photo by Jay Westcott)

Hot, humid and stormy weather is on tap today.

Arlington County and much of the D.C. area is under a Heat Advisory, a Flood Watch and — as of 1:45 p.m. — a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today (Tuesday).

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News

Cuts to Medicaid and food assistance raise alarm bells for Arlington’s safety net

By Vernon Miles, Scott McCaffrey and Katie Taranto
An Arlington Free Clinic nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Federal cuts to Medicaid and food-assistance programs are expected to place greater strain on Arlington’s most vulnerable residents and the social services that support them.

Arlington County officials, health-care workers and nonprofits are still scrambling to determine the local impacts of the new federal spending bill approved last week.

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News

‘One Rosslyn’ development project wins commission’s support but new skywalk does not

By Scott McCaffrey
Renderings of the proposed One Rosslyn project at 1901 and 1911 Fort Myer Drive (courtesy of Penzance)

A proposed 845-unit redevelopment project in Rosslyn has won the support of the Arlington Transportation Commission.

The commission voted 11-0 in support of the project on a 2.3-acre site at 1901 and 1911 Fort Myer Drive, near Gateway Park.

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Around Town

Rep. Beyer is spelling bee champ in annual contest between politicians and press

By Ryan Cole
Congressman Don Beyer holds spelling bee trophy (via National Press Club/X)

Arlington’s congressman took home the title at the latest annual spelling competition between politicians and members of the media.

Rep. Don Beyer (D) won the National Press Club’s annual “Press & Politicians Spelling Bee” on June 25. His winning word was “stygian,” meaning “of or relating to the river Styx” or “extremely dark, gloomy or forbidding.”

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