The Arlington County Police Department has rolled out a new crime dashboard with up-to-date data on offenses and arrests.
The data hub, which went live today (Friday), includes interactive maps of offense locations, which users can sort by neighborhood, offense category, timeframe and police beat. It also delineates crime data by month and includes granular breakdowns of arrests based on offense codes and date.
Four Arlington schools will be distributing cellphone storage pouches to students this year as part of an effort to restrict mobile phone use on campus.
The pilot program will kick off in mid-September at Wakefield High School, H-B Woodlawn (middle school only), Swanson Middle School and Thomas Jefferson Middle School, APS announced in an email to parents Thursday.
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Amazon and Toby’s Homemade Ice Cream have partnered to serve free banana splits outside HQ2 this afternoon (Friday).
From noon to 2 p.m. today at Metropolitan Park, 510 14th Street S., the community is invited to celebrate National Banana Split Day with a free scoop of chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice cream and customized toppings. This is in addition to the free bananas passersby can ordinarily snag near HQ2.
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Jury Duty Questionnaires Going Out — “The Arlington Circuit Court, which includes the City of Falls Church, will soon begin its annual juror qualification process. Juror questionnaires will be mailed in late August to approximately 35,000 randomly selected residents of Arlington County and Falls Church City. These questionnaires are used to qualify residents for jury duty which begins Jan. 1, 2025, and ends Dec. 31, 2025.” [Arlington County]
Rosslyn Office Building Sells — “Brookfield Corp. sold an I.M. Pei-designed office tower across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., for $143 million to the building’s largest tenant… the energy company Venture Global LNG.” [CoStar]
Flyover Planned Today — From AlertDC: “The US Military will conduct a flyover in the area of the Washington Navy Yard on Friday, August 23rd, 2024 at 10:00am.”
Modest Job Growth in Arlington — “Year-over-year employment increased in 300 of the 369 largest U.S. counties in new data. And while Arlington and Fairfax counties were among those rising, their rates of growth were less than that of the nation as a whole. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Aug. 21 reported that, for the quarter ending in March, Arlington recorded total employment of 175,200 and Fairfax 628,400 – increases of 1.1 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively.” [Gazette Leader]
New Heart Monitors for ACFD — From the Arlington County Fire Department: “ACFD becomes first fire department in Virginia to acquire new LIFEPAK 35 cardiac monitors. Training on the new devices is on-going, with the devices set to hit the field shortly.” [Twitter]
Shirlington Bus Station Feedback — From Arlington’s Dept. of Environmental Services: “Share your feels on the Shirlington Bus Station and they could be used for expansion planning. Comments about the actual buses need to be sent directly to those transit agencies.” [Twitter, Arlington County]
More Funding for F.C. Company — “Falls Church’s Retension Pharmaceuticals Inc. has secured millions of dollars in funding to help get a new therapy for high blood pressure through clinical trials and to patients. The company said Wednesday it closed a $10.4 million Series A round to fuel a study for its lead drug candidate, designed to address hypertension — or high blood pressure — that’s resistant to other treatments.” [Washington Business Journal]
It’s Friday — Expect a sunny day with temperatures reaching up to 84 degrees and light, variable winds. As night falls on Friday, the skies will be mostly clear with temperatures dropping to around 61 degrees, accompanied by a south wind blowing at 3 to 5 mph. [NWS]
Join Arlington for Palestine and NAACP Arlington Branch for a movie night and community discussion about Israeli apartheid.
We will watch two short Palestinian films about life under Israeli apartheid, hear from a member of Arlington for Palestine about their trip to Palestine last year, and discuss together what all this means to us living in Arlington .
Good Thursday 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 22, 2024.
Here is what’s going on Friday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect a sunny day with temperatures reaching up to 84 degrees and light, variable winds. As night falls on Friday, the skies will be mostly clear with temperatures dropping to around 61 degrees, accompanied by a south wind blowing at 3 to 5 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
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Willemssen led the Knights to five state championships
Suzy Willemssen’s highly-successful tenure as the head girls softball coach at Bishop O’Connell High School has ended after six seasons.
Renovations are in the works at the Costco in Pentagon City, possibly including a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the food court.
At a minimum, a store representative told ARLnow, the wholesale retailer is expanding its bakery. A permit application at 1200 S. Fern Street refers to new bakery equipment, as well as a “revised sushi layout” and possible plans for a new deli, new rotisserie, new coolers for meat and produce and “an expansion to the existing electrical mezzanine.”
In tender memory of a former student, Montessori Public School of Arlington is receiving two “buddy benches” meant to comfort kids and encourage friendships.
Lola Adeyiga, 6, was “the most full of life, outgoing, kind, friendly, smart” kid, her mother Lindsay Adeyiga shared with ARLnow.
Arlington’s Dept. of Environmental Services has been on a scatalogical mission: to keep anything other than human waste and toilet paper out of county sewers.
The campaign has included flyers, social media posts and — most recently — a temporary art installation that made its big debut at the Arlington County Fair.
