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Morning Notes

Published September 25, 2018 at 8:45AM | Updated September 25, 2018 at 9:04AM

Lubber Run Project Budget Boosted — “Arlington County Board members on Sept. 22 agreed to add about $1.4 million to the budget for rebuilding Lubber Run Community Center, which will push the construction cost to $41.14 million and the management fees to $4.11 million.” [InsideNova]

Clarendon Circle Construction Begins — “Things will start looking different in Clarendon and not because of too many cosmos at Don Tito’s. The long-awaited Circle intersection improvements project kicks off today.” [Twitter]

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Affordable Housing Coming to Former Red Cross Headquarters Site

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published April 23, 2018 at 3:45PM

The Arlington County Board has approved a site plan that would bring 97 affordable housing units and two rows of townhouses to Buckingham.

The “100 percent affordable” multi-family building and townhouses will replace the former local Red Cross headquarters.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published April 19, 2018 at 9:55AM | Updated April 19, 2018 at 10:12AM

Petition in Support of Affordable Housing Project — The website Greater Greater Washington is helping to promote a petition that intends to counter resident complaints about a proposed affordable housing project on the former Red Cross site along Route 50. Neighbors are concerned that the project might “defile” the Buckingham neighborhood, with increased traffic and school overcrowding and a loss of green space. [GGW, GGW]

‘A Friend’ Writes Thank You Note to ACPD — From the Arlington County Police Department Twitter account: “To the citizen who left this unexpected note on one of our cruisers, thank you. ACPD is grateful for the support we receive from the community and small gestures like this mean a lot to our officers.” [Twitter]

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Bicyclist Struck on George Mason Drive

By ARLnow.com

Published April 13, 2018 at 10:45AM

A bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and injured yesterday evening in the Buckingham neighborhood.

The crash happened around 5:35 p.m. at the intersection of N. George Mason Drive and N. Pershing Drive. Police tell ARLnow.com that “the driver of the vehicle proceeded through a green light when the bicyclist entered the intersection on a red signal and attempted to turn left.”

Around Town

A Farmers Market May Be Coming To Barrett Elementary School

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 22, 2018 at 4:50PM

An open air market is coming to Barrett Elementary School in Buckingham, pending an Arlington School Board vote on its license agreement tonight.

The market would be run by Field To Table, Inc., the same nonprofit that operates the Westover Farmers Market, and would pay an annual fee of $200 to use the property.

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Buckingham Church Listed For Sale

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 20, 2018 at 10:45AM

Bethel United Church of Christ for sale (photo via Redfin/MRIS)

The Bethel United Church of Christ’s building in Buckingham is on the market for just over $2.1 million.

Per a real estate listing, the church “is priced at [the] county’s assessed value for a fast sale” and stained glass windows will be removed by the church before the sale. It has been on the market for 18 days as of this article’s publication.

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Nude Woman Wanders Into Building Lobby

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published February 5, 2018 at 3:45PM

A nude woman was found wandering around a building lobby on the 4400 block of 4th Street N. in the Buckingham neighborhood this morning.

Arlington County Police declined to comment further than to confirm that the woman was believed to be suffering from mental health issues and has been transferred to an area hospital for treatment.

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Report Shows Disparities in Income, Health Care Across Arlington

By Chris Teale

Published November 30, 2017 at 1:45PM | Updated November 30, 2017 at 2:28PM

A report has shown that areas of wealth and disadvantage exist very close together in Arlington, sometimes just blocks away from each other.

The report by the Northern Virginia Health Foundation, entitled “Getting Ahead: The Uneven Opportunity Landscape in Northern Virginia,” identifies what it calls 15 “islands of disadvantage,” where people face multiple serious challenges.

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Crime Report: Rumble in the Bathroom

By ARLnow.com

Published November 22, 2017 at 2:45PM | Updated February 28, 2020 at 10:13AM

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Two Arlington men in their 20s were arrested following the attacks, which allegedly stemmed from an “unprovoked verbal altercation” inside the bathroom.

The second victim was assaulted after trying to stop the initial fight, police say. The suspects were arrested later, at their home, and are being held without bond.

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Crime Report: Robbers Force Victim into Car in Buckingham

By ARLnow.com

Published October 18, 2017 at 1:30PM | Updated February 27, 2020 at 5:10PM

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A man called them early Monday to report that he had been robbed the night before. The alleged robbery happened as the man was arriving home along 4th Street N. around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

The victim told police that two men approached him, forced him back into his car and had him drive them a short distance before robbing him of valuables and fleeing the scene, about an hour after the initial encounter.

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Police: Man Brandished Knife, Demanded Cigarette from Woman

By ARLnow.com

Published October 2, 2017 at 1:00PM

The incident happened early Friday morning outside a bar in the Buckingham neighborhood, according to an Arlington County Police Department crime report.

The man was detained by a security guard and charged with attempted robbery and drunk in public.

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Man Stabbed ‘Multiple Times’ Along N. Glebe Road

By ARLnow.com

Published September 19, 2017 at 1:30PM

Police say someone approached the victim from behind along N. Glebe Road in the Buckingham neighborhood, just south of Ballston, and stabbed him multiple times. The man was transported to the trauma center at George Washington University Hospital with what were described as “non-life threatening injuries.”

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