A 42-year-old man is behind bars after police say he chased a woman through Rosslyn and stole her phone.
The alleged incident happened early Sunday morning along N. Lynn Street. The suspect was later spotted by police in Ballston and arrested after a foot chase, police said.
Arlington Public Schools is implementing a modernized bullying-prevention curriculum beginning next month.
The curriculum, which rolls out on Oct. 1, will include the following lesson topics.
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USCIS administers immigration benefits. In the time-honored tradition of government agencies since the days of Ur and Uruk, USCIS uses forms to collect, store, and interpret information. Immigrants complete these forms in order to obtain benefits. Most U.S. citizens have no idea what reams of paperwork these forms require. An ordinary green card application is comprised of ninety-seven pages of bare forms, which typically are supported by several hundred pages of supporting documents.
In better times, forms are a necessary evil. In the times we actually live in, forms are just another weapon with which to thwack your political opponents.
In the second iteration of the Trump Administration, USCIS has discovered a new, extremely petty way to make immigrants’ lives more difficult – by releasing new form versions which make utterly minute changes, and then decrees that yesterday’s official version is obsolete as of today.
The Office of Management and Budget, by the way, requires that all government forms have an ‘edition date’ and an ‘expiration date.’ USCIS evades this neatly by making the expiration date purely notional – the form can be valid after the expiration date, and it can be decreed obsolete at any time before or after the expiration date. (The edition date is notional, too – in the first months of the Trump Administration, USCIS persistently released forms backdated to January 20, 2025, seemingly just for the inaugural vibes.) The forms altered in the last two weeks are highlighted below.
In less than a month’s time, the Little City will welcome a new Tatte.
The cafe’s extensive D.C.-area presence is expanding to the ground floor of Modera Falls Church apartments next month at 1001 W. Broad Street.
Pentagon MMA has brought a special honor home to Arlington from the birthplace of Muay Thai.
The Arlington Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu Academy is now officially a certified and registered Muay Thai Gym Partner through the Sports Authority of Thailand and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, making Pentagon MMA the only Muay Thai academy on the East Coast to have earned this distinction.
Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time.
In 2023, amid debate about a bill adding 28 daily flights and easing restrictions on long distance flights at Reagan National Airport, ARLnow ran an unscientific poll asking readers what they thought.
For over 400 years, humans have studied the cosmos through telescopes anchored to the ground. That changed with the rise of spaceflight; only in the last 50 years have telescopes escaped the Earth's atmosphere entirely and opened a new window on the universe.
Join us for a talk from two NASA astrophysicists on the space telescopes of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—from Hubble's nearly four decades of discovery to James Webb, Nancy Grace Roman, and more. Learn about some of their most striking discoveries and what the future holds.
History was not on the side of the Washington-Liberty Generals in taking on the Westfield Bulldogs when the two undefeated high-school football teams met Friday night (Sept. 19).
Westfield (3-1) had never lost to W-L — nor had the games been close — in the eight times the non-district opponents played.
County Board members are paying tribute to Daniel Weir, who recently rotated off the Planning Commission after eight years of service.
“Being on the Planning Commission is not for the faint of heart,” Board member Maureen Coffey said at Tuesday’s meeting. “And over the past few years, it has ramped up in terms of a time commitment and a mental-space commitment.”
Pike Is ‘A Hot Mess’ — “Residents we spoke with told 7News that they’re frustrated with what they call a well-intentioned but poorly executed infrastructure project. For Melanie Jaya, the mind-boggling trifecta of noise, navigating unsafe roadways, and a confusing patchwork of incomplete sidewalks has taken a toll on her quality of life… Residents said their gravest concern is safely walking in their own neighborhood.” [WJLA]
Boost in Early Voting — “Big jump in #EarlyVoting today. 396 on 1st day in 2021 -> 865 in 2025. Check out our Dashboard updated daily at 9am to track turnout.” [Arlington Elections/X]
Trash Collection Update — “We are committed to restoring the high-quality, reliable residential collection service our community expects. Please remember to place your carts curbside no later than 6:00 a.m. on your collection day and keep them at the curb until they’ve been serviced. Our contractor is completing routes in a different sequence than residents may be used to, and pickups can occur at any time throughout the day.” [Arlington County]
Beyer Blasts EDVA Resignation — “I represent Alexandria, where the Eastern District of Virginia is based. Trump hates the rule of law and is making all of us less safe by firing seasoned professionals, to replace them with goons and yes men who will bend the law to his whim. This is corrupt as hell.” [Rep. Don Beyer/X]
New ‘Ultra-Luxury Home’ Planned — “The UAE this week acquired a 22,000-square-foot mansion on Bright Mountain Road near Langley High School for $27.5 million in an all-cash, private deal… The seller, Kakar Investments LLC, then paid $15 million for 221 Chain Bridge Road in Arlington, a teardown property, where it plans to build another ultra-luxury home, according to a source familiar with the deal.” [WBJ, WSJ]
Puzzling Crash on I-395 — “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? Watch this full left turn across four lanes of an interstate highway moving at speed. I would love to see one of those sports betting computers give me the odds of making this move successfully.” [Dave Statter/X]
Tax Due Date Approaching — “Arlington County vehicle taxes and second installment real estate taxes are due October 5, 2025. The Treasurer’s Office will operate temporary satellite locations at two convenient local community centers–Arlington Mill & Lubber Run.” [Arlington County/Bluesky]
New Pet Area at DCA — “Traveling with your adorable pets just got better. Our new pet relief area is now available! This spacious area is post-security and offers a clean and safe space for your favorite traveling companion to sniff and stretch before or after your flight!” [Reagan Airport/X]
Award for Arlington Prosecutor — “Congratulations to Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafta, winner of the 2025 Esther Georgia Irving Cooper Civil Rights Activist of the Year Award from NAACP Arlington!” [Arlington Democrats/Bluesky]
Wire Art in Courthouse — “This bit of political art I saw yesterday in Arlington (and which has been there since at least Tuesday) must have required some non-trivial effort to create and put in place.” [Rob Pegoraro/Bluesky]
It’s Monday — Expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures reaching around 80 degrees and a calm wind turning south at 6 mph in the afternoon. The night will be mostly cloudy with lows near 64 degrees and a south wind at around 6 mph. [NWS]
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press
The Pentagon says it will require credentialed journalists at the military headquarters to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been authorized for release — including unclassified information.
The fourth game of the regular season became the biggest and most important so far for the Yorktown Patriots, as a home victory earned the high-school football team a share of first place in the Liberty District.
Yorktown (2-2, 1-0) held on to nip the Langley Saxons, 21-20, the night of Sept. 19. Yorktown, Langley (2-2, 1-1) and the defending champion and undefeated Washington-Liberty Generals (4-0, 1-0) are the favorites to contend for the 2025 league crown.
Looking for a fall activity that gets you moving and builds real confidence? EvolveAll Martial Arts and Training Studio is offer free classes for youth and adults during it’s upcoming Intro Week, September 14-19.
EvolveAll, Arlington’s martial arts and fitness community off Columbia Pike, is once again opening its doors for a full week of free trial classes — and youth classes are one of the highlights. Kids ages 5-15 will get to try hands-on martial arts instruction designed to build discipline, focus, and self-defense skills in a supportive, age-appropriate environment.
