You may have noticed some political ads on ARLnow.com over the past couple of days. Those ads have appeared in spaces that are filled by Google AdSense, an advertising network. We do not control the ads that appear in those spaces.
Starting today, however, you will see a political ad that was sold directly by ARLnow.com. Here are some quick facts about political advertising on ARLnow.com:
Advertisers make this site possible. Help us thank them by checking out what they have to offer.
ADORE Child and Family Services — Adore is an agency that helps place children in loving homes. Find out more about adoption or becoming a foster parent by attending a special breakfast at Metro 29 Diner (4711 Lee Highway) from 7:00 to 8:30 tomorrow morning. Guest speakers will include Jack Dalaba and county board member Barbara Favola.
Click here to go to the ABBIES nomination form and — if you think we’re doing a good job — write in “ARLnow.com” in the category for “Arlington’s Best Place to Learn Something New.”
With the long list of bars, bakeries and restaurants that have opened in the past 12 months, we couldn’t possibly expect to win a nomination for “Arlington’s Best New Business.” But hey, if you’re feeling inspired, we’re not going to stop you.
In no particular order:
The 2010 ABBIES — The annual Arlington business awards ceremony is looking for nominations. If there’s a local business that you think is doing a bang-up job, give them props by filling out a nomination form.
First of all, I want to thank all of you for sticking with us last week when we were experiencing some major server problems. The site struggled with capacity problems all week and went down multiple times.
Over the weekend we upgraded to a new server with a new host. Accessing the site should now be faster and more reliable. That’s the good news.
ARLnow.com is seeking professional photographers to help cover special events in Arlington.
In exchange for photographing Arlington’s movers, shakers and entertainers at exciting events around the County, you’ll receive prominent credit on the site and you’ll be free to sell high-res prints.
If you subscribe to our Afternoon Update, you may have gotten a blank email from us today in lieu of the usual summary of the day’s posts. We’ve diagnosed the problem and assure you that we’ll work to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
Instead of attempting to send the email again, we’re going to stick to our no spam rule and let the newsletter pick up tomorrow where it left off today.
Let’s step back and take a quick breather. The past several days have gotten a little crazy on the comment sections. While I appreciate a vigorous discussion of the day’s stories, I think we need to be clear about what is and is not appropriate conduct here.
Here’s what is appropriate: Discussion of the article. Passionately arguing a relevant point. Criticizing companies, government entities or other organizations.
The program provides police departments with LoJack-like tracking equipment and training courses that allow them to find wander-prone people who have been outfitted with specialized wrist or ankle transmitters.
The program is especially geared toward those with Alzheimer’s, autism, Down syndrome, dementia, and similar cognitive conditions.
Smartphone users can now view ARLnow.com in a format designed specifically for their phone. Just navigate your phone’s browser to ARLnow.com and you’ll automatically be directed to the mobile edition.
If you have any trouble with the site please describe the problem in the comments section so we can fix it.
I’m very proud to announce tonight that ARLnow.com is the first site to partner with new D.C. local news site TBD.com.
TBD is helmed by former washingtonpost.com executive editor Jim Brady and backed by Allbritton Communications, parent company of ABC7, NewsChannel 8 and Politico. We’re excited to be working with Jim and his team, including Erik Wemple, Steve Buttry, Jeff Sonderman, Lisa Rowan, Julie Westfall, Steve Chaggaris and Mandy Jenkins (who did I forget?).
Our regular readers may have noticed that we have a new banner across the top of the site. The photo was taken by Flickr pool contributor brianmka.
Love the new look? Hate it? Let us know in the comments section.
