Arlington’s first deer cull resulted in 26 deer being shot and removed from local parks, despite challenging winter conditions.
The cull — which lasted from Feb. 2 to March 20 in seven parks along Four Mile Run and near the Potomac in North Arlington — resulted in 1,500 pounds of venison donated to the Arlington Food Assistance Center after being tested and processed, according to a program update from the Department of Parks and Recreation.
A new program using sharpshooters to control Arlington’s deer population is firing up in the new year.
The hunting operation, which will take place in the Four Mile Run area and in some wooded parks north of Langston Blvd, may cause some parks to close an hour or two early some evenings this February as professional sharpshooters armed with sound-suppressed rifles take their place in tree stands.
One side of a 1950s-era bridge over Four Mile Run will close for reconstruction beginning next week.
The west side of the Arlington Ridge Road bridge, which crosses from Arlington into Alexandria just south of S. Glebe Road, will close next Wednesday to all vehicle and sidewalk traffic. It will remain inaccessible for about 11 months while crews demolish and reconstruct the southbound side.
The Arlington Police Department (ACPD) and Virginia State Police carried out a parking enforcement operation on Four Mile Run Drive and S. George Mason Drive following complaints about abandoned cars.
ACPD tweeted yesterday (Thursday) that “neighborhood concerns” spurred on the stepped-up enforcement. Virginia State Police assisted with identifying fraudulent inspection stickers.
A water main break on Columbia Pike resulted in a mass fish kill in Four Mile Run this weekend.
The infrastructure failure took place on Saturday at Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie Street, county spokesperson Peter Golkin told ARLnow.
A vegan soul food institution is living on just east of Shirlington, even after its original location in D.C. closed last year.
NuVegan Cafe — formerly Everlasting Life — used to attract long lines in Columbia Heights, with locals and visitors alike lining up to get soul food from an entirely vegan menu.
The Arlington County Board is considering a $9.6 million repair project on a 1950s-era bridge over Four Mile Run.
Officials are set to vote this Saturday on a contract for Fort Myer Construction Corporation to replace the superstructure and repair the substructure of the Arlington Ridge Road bridge.
The spotlight is on South Arlington in an upcoming episode of WETA’s local real estate television series, “If You Lived Here,” which airs next week.
The episode and season finale showcases three homes in the Four Mile Run area and in the Fairlington and Claremont neighborhoods. Part of the series’ fourth season exploring D.C.-area homes, the episode premieres this Monday, March 24.
A car was driven into the Four Mile Run creek near Shirlington this afternoon.
The crash happened shortly after 2:30 p.m., near the intersection of S. Walter Reed Drive and Arlington Mill Drive.
Changes could be coming to a segment of the Four Mile Run Trail in East Falls Church as a streetscape improvement project moves forward.
The new design, according to a staff report for the Arlington County Board meeting on Saturday, would create a straighter trail spur that directly connects to the intersection of N. Sycamore and 19th Street N.
A robbery suspect led police on a bike and then a foot chase Tuesday afternoon.
The incident started with a robbery of the Target store on N. Glebe Road in Ballston around 3:15 p.m. The suspect allegedly pushed an employee to the ground and then fled on a bicycle, with the stolen goods in tow.
A drone, a helicopter and at least three police agencies helped to apprehend a driver who crashed during a chase early Monday morning.
The crash happened just after 1 a.m. as Virginia State Police chased a black Chevy Camaro from I-395 to Arlington Mill Drive, near Shirlington. State troopers originally tried to stop the Camaro for reckless driving on southbound I-395, according to a VSP spokesperson.
