A Maryland man is facing attempted murder charges after reportedly showing up to the Arlington home of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russ Vought while armed.
Colin Demarco, 26, was taken into custody Jan. 22, five months after the Aug. 10 incident.
Mass layoffs at The Washington Post yesterday (Wednesday) dealt a punishing blow to the newspaper’s storied history of local journalism after decades of declining emphasis on Arlington and Northern Virginia.
Reminiscent of the demises of the Washington Star in the early 1980s, Journal Newspapers in the early 2000s and Sun Gazettes in 2023, the job cuts entail a dramatic downscaling of reporting on the D.C. area.
Address: 1621 N Quincy Street
Neighborhood: Cherrydale
Type: 4 BR, 2 BA single-family detached – 2200 sq. ft.
Listed: $1,250,000
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Exterior improvements include HardiePlank siding, updated roof, gutters, and masonry. Outdoor spaces feature a private brick patio, composite deck, and curated gardens with mature plantings. Notable upgrades include Andersen windows (2024), roof (2021), two-zone Mitsubishi HVAC, custom built-ins, new door hardware and lighting throughout.
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Firefighters are on scene of a fire at a garden style apartment complex in the Buckingham neighborhood, near Ballston.
The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. on the 4300 block of N. Henderson Road. Initial reports suggest the fire broke out in the kitchen of an apartment and at least one building occupant is being evaluated for injuries.
This Sun. April 19 we have a fabulous opportunity to spend a day with master artist Teresa Oaxaca painting a rose, start to finish! We’ll create life-like, expressive flowers with an iridescent, lush petal and pigment pattern. Teresa is an exceptional teacher who narrates her steps and process as she goes and gives incisive feedback to guide each student.
Art House 7 offers other short sessions you’ll love. Art Night: Matisse-Inspired Flower Painting provides a relaxed evening to create a vibrant painting that incorporates Matisse’s cut-out organic shapes. Wed. April 22, 7-9pm. See all our workshops and Art Nights:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D) has reintroduced legislation to remove the reference to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Arlington House.
The legislation would rename Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery as the Arlington House National Historic Site. Rep. Don Beyer (D), who represents Arlington in Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, has introduced companion legislation in the House.
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Your credit score can shape your financial future. This session breaks down how credit scores are calculated, how they’re used, and what you can do to improve them — whether you’re just starting out or rebuilding.
It’s about to get even colder in Arlington this weekend.
An Extreme Cold Watch has been issued for Arlington County and the D.C. area, with “dangerously cold wind chills” as low as -10 expected Saturday, amid windy conditions that could also cause power outages.
A hardware store off of Langston Blvd has been burglarized for the second time in the space of two weeks.
Police officers were dispatched to Bill’s Ace Hardware (2213 N. Buchanan Street) just after 7 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) after an employee found that the glass on the front door was broken, according to scanner traffic.
A convicted sex offender accused of indecent exposure in multiple girls’ locker rooms in Arlington has been found guilty of possessing child pornography.
Richard Kenneth Cox — who is still awaiting trial for other instances of allegedly claiming to be transgender in order to access girls’ locker rooms at Arlington Public Schools pools and remain there while naked — was found guilty of two counts of possession of child pornography yesterday (Wednesday).
Banging drums and shouting into megaphones to the blares of a trumpet, protesters broke the stillness of a sleepy morning in a North Arlington neighborhood today (Thursday).
The crowd of about 50 anti-ICE activists arrived at the home of Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta around 7 a.m. They were protesting the hotel chain allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to stay at its properties in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the country.
Falls Church officials are awaiting developments in Richmond to determine whether the city’s Planning Commission will get back powers that the General Assembly stripped last year.
However, legislation to restore the old arrangement could face an uphill battle.
