Roughly 1,500 shoppers are expected at the I-66 parking garage tomorrow (Saturday) for Arlington’s monthly flea market.
More than 150 vendors will set up across multiple levels of the covered garage, next to Washington-Liberty High School at 15th Street N. and N. Stafford Street, according to the Arlington Civitan Club. The market runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and admission and parking are free.
The Arlington NAACP has begun laying the groundwork for leadership elections for 2027-28.
“We welcome anyone and everyone who would like to serve,” incumbent president Rev. DeLishia Davis said at the organization’s monthly meeting on Monday night.
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Around this time 80 years ago, Arlington residents celebrated the community’s 100th anniversary with a week’s worth of special events.
The 2026-27 chair of Advance Arlington wants to maintain some of the organization’s traditional elements while adding new ways to connect with the community.
Tony Weaver described his plans as “aspirational.”
An Arlington environmental organization is recruiting a new class of “EcoAmbassadors” to lead grassroots efforts and build community coalitions.
The initiative is a joint effort of EcoAction Arlington and Virginia Cooperative Extension. The five-week training program begins in September for volunteers ages 16 and older.
A $17.5 million donation to VHC Health, the largest philanthropic gift in the organization’s history, is supporting a new cancer center expected to open in 2028.
VHC Health is renaming its outpatient pavilion the “Arlene Evans and Barry Dewberry Outpatient Pavilion” in honor of the donors, who previously contributed $3 million to the hospital that helped establish a simulation center on the hospital’s main Arlington campus.
The grounds of Cherry Hill Park played host to Falls Church’s first “Civic Jam” on Friday evening.
The event, postponed from July 3 due to severe heat, featured civic engagement activities along with fun for all ages.
Dr. Alfred O. Taylor, Jr., a local leader who chronicled the history of his beloved Green Valley community and served as a fatherly mentor to many in civic life, died last week at age 91.
“So much of the strength, pride and community spirit of Green Valley today is built on the foundation he helped lay through a lifetime of dedicated service and steady leadership,” the Green Valley Civic Association said in a statement upon his death.
One of Arlington’s largest neighborhoods is seeking to update its look.
The Douglas Park Civic Association has asked its residents to submit ideas for a new neighborhood logo by the end of July. A final selection is expected later in the year.
The Clarendon Alliance’s new executive director plans to spend the coming months learning about the neighborhood.
“I’m on a listening tour,” Galin Brooks told ARLnow. “I want to understand what the priorities are, the challenges and the opportunities.”
It was the end of an era Sunday (July 5), as Metro 29 Diner concluded 31 years of dinner service.
The Langston Blvd landmark is keeping breakfast and lunch service starting at 6 a.m. daily, but will now close at 4 p.m. daily rather than 10 p.m.
A number of hometown-style events marked Arlington’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4.
They went on despite some of the hottest temperatures in recent years descending on the local region.
