Legal Notice

Notice: Virginia ABC license application by PSM 1, LLC

By Public Notices

PUBLISHING NOTICE

PSM 1, LLC, trading as K1 Beer and Wine, located at 2516 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204-4408.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Gourmet Shop; beer, wine; off-premises consumption license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Rajen Patel/Owner

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200

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Around Town

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 5, 2025

By ARLnow.com

Good Wednesday 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 — Mar 5, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌤️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect partly sunny skies and a high around 49 degrees. The day will be breezy, as a west wind picks up from 9 to 14 mph, increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon, and gusting up to 46 mph. Thursday night will be mostly clear with a low near 33 degrees. The northwest wind will blow at 11 to 18 mph, gusting as high as 34 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”
– Arthur Ashe

🌅 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

State Department building in Rosslyn eyed for federal cuts

By Dan Egitto
The State Department building at 1801 N. Lynn Street in Rosslyn (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A U.S. State Department building in Rosslyn might be going up for sale amid ongoing federal spending cuts.

The office building at 1801 N. Lynn Street, home to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was among 443 federal properties identified as “not core to government operations” in a federal list posted yesterday.

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Events

Where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Arlington and Falls Church: Pubs, music and more

By Katie Taranto
St. Patrick's Day decorations at Ireland's Four Provinces in Falls Church (via Ireland's Four Provinces/Facebook)

Irish pubs throughout Arlington and Falls Church are gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day festivities — some with week-long celebrations in store.

From parties with live Irish dancing and specials on Jameson to a Clarendon bar crawl, here are some nearby destinations where you can toast “sláinte” next week, leading up to Monday, March 17.

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Event

July 18 – Movie Night on the Pike: Miss Congeniality

Penrose Square

909 S Dinwiddie St

Arlington, Virginia 22204

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Join us for a crown-worthy evening at Penrose Square as we celebrate Arlington’s own Sandra Bullock with a special outdoor screening of Miss Congeniality.

Before the movie, create your own tiara with our friends at MOCA Arlington, then settle in for a hilarious night under the stars with one of the most beloved comedies of the 2000s.

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News

Men charged after allegedly BASE jumping from Ballston apartment building

By Jared Serre
The Meridian at Ballston Commons apartment building (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Two alleged thrill-seekers are facing charges after reportedly sneaking onto the roof of a Ballston apartment building and parachuting off of it earlier this year.

Around 10 p.m. on Jan. 2, a 30-year-old and a 26-year-old are alleged to have jumped from the roof of the Meridian at Ballston Commons apartments, descending more than 200 feet before landing on N. Stuart Street.

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Around Town

Thai restaurant plans to open where Hunan Village closed

By Katie Taranto
The former site of Hunan Village on Langston Blvd (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A new Thai restaurant hopes fill the shoes of a longtime Chinese eatery that closed on Langston Blvd in November.

Thai O-Cha Express signed a lease at 4775 Langston Blvd in January and hopes to open there by early April, owner Chugiat Udommana told ARLnow. The space was previously home to Hunan Village for nearly 40 years.

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News

Tenant-landlord panel seeks more engagement with renters, property owners

By Scott McCaffrey
Artistic renderings of a reimagined Barcroft site (via Arlington County)

Members of the Arlington government’s Tenant-Landlord Commission are aiming to forge deeper bonds with both its constituencies.

At the advisory panel’s Feb. 12 meeting, commission chair David Timm said the body was seeking to “cultivate some relationships” among tenant groups at some of Arlington’s larger apartment complexes.

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News

Economic, job uncertainty may be starting to impact Arlington homes market

By Scott McCaffrey
Home for sale sign and Arlington real estate (illustration by ARLnow)

A recent spike upward in the number of price cuts in the Arlington housing market could be connected to local and regional economic anxiety.

A key expert in the field tells ARLnow the data will be worth watching, but it is still too early to tell whether it is a one-time blip or the start of a more significant trend.

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Schools

School Board member questions APS’s decision to stop posting on X

By Scott McCaffrey
School Board member Miranda Turner (screenshot via Arlington Public Schools)

Arlington Public Schools’ recent decision to stop posting on the social-media platform X is getting some scrutiny from a School Board member.

Miranda Turner at the Feb. 27 Board meeting sought clarification of the reasons behind leaving the platform — formerly Twitter — and the 21,000 people who followed APS’s main X account (among smaller school-level accounts).

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