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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 3, 2024

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 — Dec 3, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

🌤️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect a mostly sunny day with temperatures reaching up to 42°F and gentle southwest winds in the morning, increasing to 10-15 mph and gusts up to 24 mph. On Wednesday night, there’s the possibility of rain and snow showers after 1 am, coupled with mostly cloudy skies and a low of 34°F. The southwest wind will maintain at around 16 mph, with gusts reaching 26 mph, and a 40% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The purpose of life is not to be happy—it’s to be fulfilled, to be constantly striving to create. That’s what life is.”
– Hugh MacLeod

🌅 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.

Sports

W-L club ice-hockey team has four wins through first six matches

By ARLnow.com
Washington-Liberty has a 4-1-1 record (courtesy of W-L ice hockey)

Through six matches, the Washington-Liberty Generals club ice-hockey team has had ups and downs — mostly ups.

To date, the high-school squad has compiled a 4-1-1 record. Two of the wins are shutouts by 5-0 and 4-0 scores. The Generals also have a 7-2 blowout victory, have tied a match at 4, have a close 4-2 win and lost by a tight 5-4 margin.

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Arlington home appreciation by property type: a 10-year analysis

By Eli Tucker

This regularly scheduled column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. If you would like to work with Eli and his team in Northern Virginia and the greater D.C. Metro area, you can reach him directly at [email protected].

Question: How does home value appreciation vary in Arlington by property type?

Answer: The Arlington VA housing market has appreciated by an average price of 49% and a median price of 39% over a ten-year period, but that appreciation is not evenly distributed across all property types.

Detached Homes Appreciate Over 60%

Those who spend the most on a home benefit from the highest appreciation rates, with detached home appreciation of 60%+ over the course of a decade, and new detached homes appreciating the most of any property type, at 65%.

Condos Appreciate 1-2% Annually

The worst performing category over ten years in Arlington is the one-bedroom condo, with appreciation close to 1% annually and just 15% over ten years. Two-bedroom condos perform moderately better, with an average annual appreciation closer to 2% at 28% over ten years.

Townhouses are the Goldilocks Property Type

More expensive than condos and less expensive than detached homes, townhouse/semi-detached properties fall right in the middle of cost and ten-year rate of appreciation, coming in at 40% over ten years. (more…)

Sports

Two W-L football players enjoyed standout seasons on offense

By Dave Facinoli
Matthew Abramson, left, and Jon Malatesta (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Even though their team lost in the region final, Liberty District offensive football standouts Jon Malatesta and Matthew Abramson amassed big numbers in the game, as the seniors often did for the Washington-Liberty Generals during the 2024 high-school season.

At wide receiver, Malatesta had one last hurrah by catching nine passes for 97 yards and a touchdown in W-L’s 48-21 loss to the Madison Warhawks in the 6D North Region championship game Nov. 30.

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Schools

ACPD: Student arrested after bringing loaded gun to high school

By ARLnow.com
Gun, bullet and magazine allegedly recovered from a student's backpack (courtesy ACPD)

A 17-year-old Arlington high school student has been arrested and charged with bringing a loaded gun to school Monday.

The incident happened at Arlington Community High School, which is currently located on Fairfax Drive in Ballston. The school was placed on lockdown after police say a security guard spotted the gun in a student’s backpack.

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Event

Choral Evensong for Pride Month

Saint George's Church

915 N Oakland Street

Arlington, Virginia 22203

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Great music, scripture, and prayer mingle together in this ancient evening service as we celebrate Pride and the all-embracing love of God. Join us for this 45 minute service in the beautiful Saint George’s sanctuary. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm and the service is followed by a festive reception. Everyone is welcome at Saint George’s.

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Around Town

Former Whitlow’s building declared unsafe over nonfunctional fire alarms

By Dan Egitto
Coco B's at 2854 Wilson Blvd (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A Clarendon nightlife spot has been declared unfit for occupancy over safety issues.

Notices prohibiting activity at Coco B’s and the B Live site — formerly home to the longtime local bar Whitlow’s — were posted last week at 2854 Wilson Blvd.

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News

Vehicle recovered after Pentagon City parking garage carjacking

By ARLnow.com
Arlington County police cars (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A vehicle carjacked on Sunday by a pair of suspects in a Pentagon City parking garage has been located.

Arlington County police said today in a crime report that the vehicle was “recovered in Washington, DC” but the suspects are still at large.

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Around Town

Introducing group and gift subscriptions to the ARLnow Press Club

By ARLnow.com

Want to give the gift of local news this holiday season?

Now you can support local journalism and give a friend or family member an early look at our daily coverage plan, with a 6-month gift subscription to the ARLnow Press Club.

Want useful daily intel and local news summaries for your organization? We also just introduced group subscriptions to the Press Club, with pricing optimized for groups of three or more.

And, of course, we welcome new members who want to sign up for themselves and support our Arlington coverage on this Giving Tuesday.

With Press Club membership up more than 75% on the year, your support has allowed us to significantly expand our local coverage in recent months. Thank you, Arlington, for supporting local news in our community.

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News

Fmr. defense attorney sentenced to seven years in prison after local burglaries

By Vernon Miles
Arlington County police car (staff photo)

A 44-year-old former attorney was sentenced to seven years in jail after a series of burglaries in Arlington and Alexandria.

Patrick L. Edwards was arrested last March for a stealing credit cards from an Alexandria office building multiple times in 2022. He was convicted of felony statutory burglary and other charges and sentenced to six years of incarceration, with all of that time suspended on conditions including supervised probation.

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News

Neighbors again press for safety upgrades to S. Carlin Springs Road

By Scott McCaffrey
Glencarlyn Civic Association president Brandon Hemel discusses recent accidents (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

A recent near-tragedy again has returned the spotlight to safety on S. Carlin Springs Road.

“People after the pandemic are driving like crazy,” Arlington County Board member Takis Karantonis said at a meeting last night (Dec. 2) of the Glencarlyn Civic Association. “There is no way to sugar-coat it.”

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