Next year’s Arlington 8th-graders with a passion for geography won’t have the chance to take intensified coursework in the subject.
But those arriving after the 2025-26 school year likely will.
With the holiday season coming to a close, Arlington’s main political parties already are focusing on another election season.
And the cash that will be required to compete in it.
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The opening month of the girls basketball season was an accomplished and championship time for the Washington-Liberty Generals.
In December, the high-school team compiled a 7-4 overall record, including a 3-0 mark to win the Boltball Holiday Invitational tournament Dec. 26-28 at Lightridge High School in Aldie.
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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.
🕗 News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Jan 3, 2025.
- 5:00 am: Notice: Virginia ABC application for Green Pig Bistro | 🗣️ Comments
- 5:30 am: Notice: Virginia ABC application for Dudley’s Sport and Ale | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for January 3, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Spain breaks streak of special elections in seat he will occupy | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Poll: Best gym/fitness studio in Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Park Police investigating fatal New Year’s Day crash on GW Parkway | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Open houses this weekend: Updated brick home with a garden view in Arlington Ridge | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:00 pm: NEW: Trash collection canceled Monday as Arlington preps for first blast of snow today | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:00 pm: Drybar opens new blowout hair salon in Crystal City | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:00 pm: GW Parkway road closures scheduled for tomorrow | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:45 pm: Arlington chef and New Orleans native reflects on New Year’s Day terror attack | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Two W-L fall athletes selected to VHSL Class 6 all-state teams | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: O’Connell wins annual Beach Ball Classic boys basketball tourney | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- NEW: Pair of vacant office buildings to be converted to hotel and apartment building (24094 views)
- JUST IN: Stabbing suspect charged with murder after victim dies (21108 views)
- D.C. man arrested, two wounded after shots exchanged in Ballston building (18308 views)
- Trail connecting Arlington View and Crystal City via Army Navy Country Club will be steep (10758 views)
- Morning Notes for December 30, 2024 (7854 views)
- ACPD: Woman grabs wallet back from suspect who was rummaging through her car (7822 views)
- JUST IN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for part of Arlington (7474 views)
- Top Arlington stories of 2024: #1-10 (5174 views)
- Some signs of progress at former Days Inn slated for redevelopment on Arlington Blvd (4154 views)
- JUST IN: Glebe Road blocked near Chain Bridge due to emergency water main repairs (3960 views)
- Park Police investigating fatal New Year’s Day crash on GW Parkway (3633 views)
- Morning Poll: Excited about possible snowstorm? (2772 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Warmth Within Winter: Reconnecting with Nature on Earth’s Perihelion
- 10:00 am: NoVA Sports Card Show
- 3:00 pm: Prisoner Express
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect sunny skies and a high of 32 degrees accompanied by a breezy west wind ranging from 16 to 20 mph, gusting up to 33 mph. For Saturday night, clear conditions will persist with a low of 21 degrees, and a west wind of 9 to 11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋
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The longstanding Beach Ball Classic holiday high-school basketball tournament in Myrtle Beach is one of the most well-known in the country.
The Bishop O’Connell Knights of Arlington added to the lore of that competition in recent days by winning the top-division (Traditional Bracket) of the boys tournament for the third time.
Two Washington-Liberty High School athletes in different sports have been chosen to all-state teams for their performances during the fall season.
Generals’ junior golfer Finn Watson and senior cross-country runner Emmett Engelhardt earned those Virginia High School League Class 6 all-state honors.
An Arlington chef and business owner from New Orleans is feeling both pain and hometown pride in the aftermath of the city’s terror attack on New Year’s Day.
David Guas, owner of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery in Courthouse, first heard about the tragedy on Wednesday morning. Hours earlier, an attacker had driven a truck into a New Year’s Eve crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and wounding about 30 others.
A local stretch of GW Parkway will be closed to northbound traffic on two Saturdays this month.
Northbound lanes between Spout Run Parkway and Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road) will be closed from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. tomorrow and Jan. 11.
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A nationwide hairdressing chain known for its blowout hairstyles has opened a second Arlington location in Crystal City.
Drybar opened last month at 269 19th Court S., on the ground floor of The Grace and Reva apartments. The salon specializes in blow-dry styles with “top-notch customer service,” franchisee Brittany Brom told ARLnow.