Numerous venues in Arlington and Falls Church are ready for football fans as the 2025 season kicks off.
Need a go-to spot this season? These local sports bars and restaurants offer happy hour deals and screens aplenty for watching with friends, in addition to hosting local fanbases and alumni groups.
A new high-rise Hilton hotel opened for business yesterday (Tuesday) in Rosslyn, bringing new events spaces and an American restaurant to the former Holiday Inn site.
Guests are now welcome at the 36-story Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key, equipped with new amenities including a bar and two eateries: the Locket restaurant and Scott’s Coffee Shop & Mart.
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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– by releasing new form versions which make utterly minute changes, and then decrees that yesterday’s official version is obsolete as of today.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.
Gertie is a delightful ‘foodie’ rabbit that’s friendly with other household pets.
Gertie is a five year old brown rabbit in foster care with the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA). While many rabbits can be skittish around other pets, especially cats and dogs, the AWLA said Gertie has a track record of living peacefully with them.
There’s something a little bit magical about picking up a foil for the first time — or drawing back a bow and watching your arrow fly true. It’s why fencing and archery have such a hold on kids and adults alike: real focus, real skill, and a thrill you don’t get from the usual sports lineup.
This fall, Nova Fencing & Archery Club in Bailey’s Crossroads is opening registration for both, with beginner classes for every age starting the week of September 12th. Fencing welcomes ages 7 to 12 and teens and adults 13 and up. Explore Archery, coached by USA Archery certified instructors, welcomes ages 8 to 12 and meets Tuesdays or Saturdays. And for our youngest fencers, ages 4 to 6, ABC’s of Fencing meets on Saturdays. All classes run eight sessions for $195, equipment provided, no experience needed — yes, even for grown-ups who’ve never held a sword or a bow before.
Google’s self-driving taxi arm, Waymo, is coming to D.C. — but making some pit stops in Arlington along the way.
The company announced in March that it would start operating in the District in 2026. Before it starts picking up ride-hailing passengers, however, Waymo has been conducting tests on D.C. streets.
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*Mamistad Groups meet IN PERSON-only the introductory Zoom call is virtual. :)
Pregnancy and new mom groups are a lifesaver when it comes to normalizing those feelings we just can’t be prepared for.
Leaders of the NAACP Arlington branch acknowledge they are walking a fine line in the era of Donald Trump.
The group will continue to press its values while refraining from direct political activity, the Rev. DeLishia Davis, president of the Arlington NAACP, said at a Monday meeting.
New Food Distribution Site — “The Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), in collaboration with True Ground Housing Partners and Affordable Homes & Communities (AHC), has opened a new public food distribution site in Arlington’s Westover neighborhood to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. This initiative enables access to free, supplemental groceries for Arlington residents in an area where access to food assistance is limited.” [Press Release]
Flyover This Morning — From AlertDC: “The U.S. Military will conduct a flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at approximately 9:04AM.”
Brandishing in East Falls Church — “At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 21, the male victim and male suspect became involved in a dispute while they were driving their vehicles in the area of N. Sycamore Street and 17th Street N. When the vehicles subsequently came to a stop on N. Roosevelt Street, the suspect exited his vehicle, brandished what appeared to be a firearm at the victim, reentered his vehicle and fled the scene.” [ACPD]
Beyer Blasts Fed Firing — “Prices are rising because of Trump’s tariffs. Now Trump is trying to illegally fire Fed leaders to stop them from using interest rates to fight inflation. If Trump gets his way, confidence in our economy will fall, the value of your dollars will go down, and prices will go up.” [Rep. Don Beyer/X]
Trump Wants Apology from GMU — “George Mason University’s efforts to diversify its workforce violate a civil rights law intended to end segregation, according to the Trump administration… To resolve the alleged violation, the department has proposed an agreement that would require Mason President Gregory Washington to issue a statement and ‘personal apology.'” [FFXnow]
Governor’s Race Ad Battle — “The candidates in Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race are staking out new and unusual ground for their parties as voters start to narrow their focus on the election this November. In their campaign events and new television ads, on the air as of Tuesday morning, their contrasting strategies are becoming clear.” [NBC 4]
Nearby: New Tysons Stores — “A busy August at Tysons Corner Center is expected to spill over into the fall with a slew of store openings… Newcomers slated to open in this year’s third quarter include the electric vehicle maker Rivian, artisan cookie shop Chip City and the shoe retailer Kizik.” [FFXnow]
GSA Looking for New NSF Home — “The General Services Administration has launched an official search for office space in Alexandria to relocate the National Science Foundation after the agency was displaced from its Eisenhower Avenue headquarters. In a presolicitation notice posted to the federal contracting website SAM.gov on Thursday, GSA is seeking between 240,000 and 280,000 square feet of Class A office space for a 48-month lease term.” [ALXnow, WBJ]
Dry Weather Continues — “Through Monday, D.C. had tallied only 8 percent of average rainfall to date in August. The monthly total of 0.20 inches will probably set a record for the driest August on record. The current low point is 0.55 inches of rain in August 1962.” [CWG]
It’s Wednesday — Expect sunny skies and a high of 77°F, accompanied by a northwest wind blowing at 7 to 10 mph, with gusts reaching up to 20 mph. As night falls on Wednesday, clouds will increase, and the temperature will drop to around 59°F. [NWS]
Good Tuesday 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 — Aug 26, 2025.
Here is what’s going on Wednesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect sunny skies and a high of 77°F, accompanied by a northwest wind blowing at 7 to 10 mph, with gusts reaching up to 20 mph. As night falls on Wednesday, clouds will increase, and the temperature will drop to around 59°F. The northwest wind will slow to about 6 mph, becoming calm as evening progresses. See more from Weather.gov.
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.”
– Arthur C. Clarke
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The Arlington Historical Society is calling on local writers to bring key aspects of the county’s history to life as the nation’s 250th birthday approaches next year.
The new writing project, “250 by 2026,” aims to round up 250 stories that may not be in the public consciousness.
Efforts to provide more funding for Arlington’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) will require buy-in from elected officials, the development industry, the General Assembly, activists and the broader community to be viable, an advisory panel believes.
“We should take the time and get it right,” said Joe Ventrone, a member of the Housing Commission’s working group on revisions to the government’s affordable-housing ordinance.
