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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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The owners of one half of a Bluemont duplex that was destroyed in a December house explosion are attempting to rebuild.

The previous occupants of the currently empty lot on N. Burlington Street went before the Arlington Board of Zoning Appeals yesterday (Wednesday) with a proposal to construct a single-family detached house there.


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An 18-year-old man from Arlington has been charged with DUI Maiming after a crash at the Bluemont 7-Eleven store.

The crash happened just before 8 p.m. this past Saturday, Sept. 14. Police say the teen was drunk when he drove his vehicle through the front of the store at 5122 Wilson Blvd, seriously injuring a woman.


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An Arlington-based pizza chain, now under a new CEO, has set its sights on further expansion in the D.C. area and beyond.

Jim Biafore, who became CEO of Pupatella last month, told ARLnow that the chain — which already operates 10 restaurants in D.C. and Virginia — is in “growth mode.”


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A driver crashed into parked vehicles and flipped his car this morning on a quiet residential street in Bluemont.

Arlington County police and medics are on scene of the crash, which happened shortly before 10 a.m. on N. Jefferson Street near the intersection with 6th Street N.


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An officer responding to a call about a car playing loud music was struck by the driver as he attempted to flee, according to police.

The incident happened around 5 a.m. this past Saturday, on the 800 block of N. Wakefield Street, just west of Ballston.


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