A 25-year-old man is being held without bond after an assault along Columbia Pike that left another man with serious injuries.
A patrol officer was flagged down around 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie Street, on the border of the Columbia Forest and Arlington Mill neighborhoods, according to the Arlington County Police Department.
An Arlington man is facing a charge after police say he accidentally fired a gun through the windshield of a car he was riding in on Columbia Pike.
It happened between 8:45 and 9 p.m. Monday. The 33-year-old was in the front passenger seat, with two other people in the vehicle, when he allegedly fired the gun, near the intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie Street.
Live blues and rock music is coming to Columbia Pike next month, courtesy of Acme Pie Co.
The Bike & Music Fest will return to 2406 Columbia Pike on Saturday, Sept. 19. Pastry chef Sol Schott has been hosting some version of this event at least once a year for about a decade, but he has locked in some bigger names this year as he hosts the event in a field next to Acme Pie.
Two pedestrians, a man and a woman, were killed in separate crashes on a stormy Sunday night.
The first happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Carlin Springs Road and Columbia Pike, just over the Arlington border in Fairfax County. A man was struck by a Metrobus turning right onto Carlin Springs Road from Columbia Pike.
Several lanes of Columbia Pike were blocked tonight after a crash that led to a car flipping on its roof.
The crash happened around 8 p.m. on the Pike near the intersection with S. Highland Street. Initial reports suggested that two people were trapped in the overturned vehicle, but everyone was out by the time firefighters arrived on scene.
Nearly 20 years after its founding, the Columbia Pike Documentary Project has never run out of people, places and events to chronicle.
“The community is still in transition,” Lloyd Wolf, one of the initiative’s founders, said during a July 26 presentation at the Arlington Historical Society.
County Board candidates say economic uncertainties make it unlikely a new branch library for Columbia Pike is on the horizon.
“I would love to see a [new] library on Columbia Pike,” Julie Farnam said at a July 20 candidate forum sponsored by the Douglas Park Civic Association. “But right now, I think that’s not feasible.”
County Board members are asking for residents’ patience as authorities continue an investigation into a fatal police shooting on Columbia Pike in May.
Board Chair Matt de Ferranti responded to a petition drive launched for information and dialogue around the death of 33-year-old Shawn Valn, who was shot and killed by Arlington officers after barricading himself in a 7-Eleven store at 3602 Columbia Pike.
A convenience store on Columbia Pike has been left with a donut hole — and not the good kind.
Dunkin’ has cleared out of its longtime location at 3100 Columbia Pike, leaving a retail void in one half of the storefront at the Shell gas station.
The county government is readying for major expansion of Penrose Square, with funding to start flowing in about three years — an effort bringing accolades from several Columbia Pike organizations.
County Manager Mark Schwartz has included $4.27 million in funding for fiscal 2030 in his proposed 10-year capital improvement plan (CIP) set for a final County Board vote in mid-July.
Arlington’s proposed 10-year capital improvement plan (CIP) includes no funding for planning or building new library facilities near Columbia Pike, despite the desires of some in the area.
Still, County Manager Mark Schwartz says he and his staff haven’t forgotten residents’ wishes for an expanded or brand new community library.
A summer of free outdoor movies is kicking off in Arlington, with screenings planned at George Mason University and along Columbia Pike.
GMU will get the season rolling with a showing of “National Treasure” this Saturday night, and more movie nights will come to Arlington Mill and Penrose Square next month through the Columbia Pike Partnership.
