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For the second time in less than a week, a person was struck and injured at an intersection along Wilson Blvd in Bluemont.

The latest happened Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. George Mason Drive, less than a mile from the scene of last week’s crash involving a cyclist at the intersection of Wilson and N. Lexington Street.


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A man on a bike was injured in a crash along Wilson Blvd in the Bluemont neighborhood this afternoon.

The incident happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the intersection with N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that a driver struck the cyclist in the intersection, sending him hurtling to the ground.


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Two individuals who were once enslaved in the Bluemont neighborhood were honored during an Aug. 2 ceremony at St. Ann Catholic Church.

The ceremony honored Henry Speaks and Lidia, whose last name is unknown. They are among about 100 individuals being honored this year with commemorative brass markers, or “stumbling stones,” as part of the Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington initiative.


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A trio of townhomes is hitting the market at the site of a former duplex destroyed in a house explosion in December 2024.

An open house for the townhomes will take place on Aug. 15 on the 800 block of N. Burlington Street, developer J. Alex Wilson told ARLnow. Wilson lives nearby in the Bluemont neighborhood and will be moving into one of the new homes.


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A new Finnish-style sauna and cold plunge is seeking to open in the Bluemont neighborhood this winter.

Sauna Jungle, previously known as Arlington Sauna, has filed a building permit at 5210 Wilson Blvd with the goal of opening late this year or in early 2027.


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A trio of townhouses is coming to the site of a duplex destroyed in an explosion in the Bluemont neighborhood two years ago.

Construction on the project at the end of a cul-de-sac off of Bluemont Junction Trail is well underway, with an expected delivery in late summer, according to signage posted at the property. Each of the three townhomes, located at 836, 840 and 844 N. Burlington Street, are advertised with over 4,000 square feet.


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Two people were hospitalized after a lunchtime crash near Ballston.

Police and firefighters were dispatched around 12:40 p.m. to the intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. Wakefield Street, in the Bluemont neighborhood just west of Ballston, for an overturned vehicle.


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A new Syrian restaurant has opened for business in Bluemont, serving traditional cuisine straight from the kitchen of a Damascus native.

Alshami Restaurant offers a wide array of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, platters and flatbreads at 5216 Wilson Blvd. It takes the place of Ya Hala Bistro, a Middle Eastern restaurant that closed last year.


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Dozens of Arlington road signs have reportedly been vandalized with the word “fascism” under the word “stop.”

A tipster has reported at least 28 intersections in the area of Bluemont, Dominion Hills and Boulevard Manor that have received graffiti in recent days.


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A new restaurant is preparing to replace the now-shuttered Ya Hala Bistro in Bluemont.

The forthcoming tenant, Al Shami Restaurant, hopes to open at 5216 Wilson Blvd in the next couple weeks, serving dishes similar to its predecessor, owner Basima Chouban told ARLnow.


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Waking up one morning earlier this month, a Bluemont resident found himself down a backpack and a pair of shoes.

The items were airing out on a porch on 6th Street N., having been sprayed with bug spray, and were nowhere to be found come daybreak, the victim told ARLnow. Surveillance footage captured a suspect approaching and walking off with the items after midnight.


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Arlington County police are looking for a pair of suspects who robbed the 7-Eleven in Bluemont Saturday night.

The suspects went behind the store’s counter, threatened to kill an employee unless they opened the registers, and then ran off with cigarettes and cash, according to an ACPD crime report and scanner traffic.


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