Around Town

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jan 2, 2025

By ARLnow.com

Good Thursday 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 2, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

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

  • No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.

🌧️ Friday’s forecast

Expect rain and snow showers after 1pm, with mostly cloudy skies, a high near 42, and southwest winds of 5-11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. There’s a 50% chance of precipitation. For Friday night, there’s a slight chance of snow showers before 10pm, clearing up to mostly clear skies and a low of 25. The northwest wind will be around 16 mph, gusting up to 26 mph, and the precipitation chance is 20%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
– Jimmy Dean

🌅 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

Wakefield teams combine to win Vic Blue wrestling tournament

By Dave Facinoli
Wakefield wrestlers won the Vic Blue Tournament (courtesy of Wakefield wrestling)

By combining team scores from the girls varsity and boys junior-varsity wrestling squads, the host Wakefield Warriors won the recent third annual Vic Blue Memorial Tournament.

The high-school teams amassed a 158-point total, with Colonial Forge of Stafford finishing second with 146.5. Arlington’s Washington-Liberty Generals were third with 123.

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Sports

Arlington high school sports schedule for Jan. 3-9

By ARLnow.com
Yorktown plays South Lakes on Jan. 3 in boys basketball (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

With the holiday breaks over, the sports schedule for varsity high-school teams in Arlington rebounds in coming days, including this weekend with basketball games, wrestling matches and an indoor track-and-field meet.

In one of those boys basektball games, the Yorktown Patriots play on the road against the defending Class 6 state champion South Lakes Seahawks at 7:30 p.m. in a big non-district showdown.

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News

JUST IN: Glebe Road blocked near Chain Bridge due to emergency water main repairs

By ARLnow.com
N. Glebe Road closed due to water main repairs (via traffic cam)

Expect a days-long closure of N. Glebe Road near Chain Bridge due to emergency water main repairs.

The busy commuter route was closed Thursday afternoon between Chain Bridge Road and Military Road. Outbound traffic from D.C. is being diverted onto Chain Bridge Road, while northbound traffic heading toward the District is being rerouted onto Military Road.

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Event

Rosslyn Jazz Fest

Crowd watching a live jazz band on an outdoor stage at Rosslyn Jazz Fest in a park.

Gateway Park

1300 Langston Blvd.

Arlington, Virginia 22209

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Join the Rosslyn BID and Arlington Arts at the 34th Rosslyn Jazz Fest 2026 featuring live jazz, food trucks, local vendors, and family-friendly activities in the heart of Rosslyn! This year’s lineup is bringing a diverse mix of performers and bands redefining the jazz music genre including Plena Libre, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Parlor Greens, and Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band.

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News

Some signs of progress at former Days Inn slated for redevelopment on Arlington Blvd

By Dan Egitto
The former Days Inn at 2201 Arlington Blvd in early 2025 (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

The old Days Inn sign is down and a new fence is up at an Arlington Blvd (Route 50) site slated for redevelopment.

However, there are still no active construction or demolition permits for 2201 Arlington Blvd, a 251-unit project that the Arlington County Board approved in July 2023.

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Around Town

Synetic Theater continues search for new home after ‘a year of big changes’

By Katie Taranto
Vato Tsikurishvili and Josh Lucas in "Little Comedies" (courtesy of Katerina Kato)

After leaving its 15-year homebase in Crystal City last spring, Synetic Theater has kept up Arlington performances as it continues to seek a new home.

The theater company, which vacated 1800 S. Bell Street in April 2024 amid redevelopment plans, is currently premiering a new comedy at Theatre on the Run in Green Valley and preparing to produce at least two 2025 shows in D.C.

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News

More programs sought to increase Arlington home ownership

By Scott McCaffrey
Home construction (via Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Proposals for new and expanded support of lower- and moderate-income Arlington homeowners could run into budget headwinds in 2025.

County staff closed out 2024 by presenting a host of proposals to County Board members. They aim to support those priced out of the county’s housing market, as well as those who already are homeowners but are having difficulties maintaining their properties.

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Opinion

Morning Poll: Excited about possible snowstorm?

By ARLnow.com
Sledding in Bluemont Park, January 2024 (Flickr pool photo by Dennis Dimick)

Accumulating snow is likely to fall Sunday night into Monday morning.

Chances of the season’s first significant snowfall are increasing, with a near certainty of at least an inch of snow and a roughly three-in-four chance of more than 3 inches, according to a Thursday afternoon forecast update from the Capital Weather Gang.

The timing of the storm, notably, could extend what has already been a two-week winter break for local students.

With just a tenth of an inch of accumulation so far this season, and below average snowfall over the past few years, how are you feeling about this potential storm?

News

ACPD: Woman grabs wallet back from suspect who was rummaging through her car

By ARLnow.com
Arlington County police car (staff photo)

Arlington County police are looking for a man who brandished a gun at a woman whose car he broke into.

The incident happened Monday afternoon in a Ballston area parking garage. Police say the victim confronted the man and grabbed her wallet back from him after finding the suspect rummaging through her car.

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