Better Sports Club to host annual monthly evening event
The guest speaker at the Better Sports Club of Arlington’s Sept. 11 dinner meeting will be Torey Ortmayer, the head coach of Yorktown High School’s swimming and diving team during the winter and the Tuckahoe Tigers of the Northern Virginia Swimming League in the summer.
Tony Uccellini looks forward to continuing the team’s strong tradition
The big challenge of taking over as the girls head softball coach of the highly successful Bishop O’Connell Knights high-school team is certainly recognized by, but doesn’t scare, Tony Uccellini.
Arlington County Board members on Aug. 27 fired all current members of their Human Rights Commission, opting for a nuclear-option response in addressing the long-running feud between the two bodies.
The dueling entities had “a fundamentally different set of expectations” about the Human Rights Commission’s responsibilities, County Board member Matt de Ferranti said, necessitating a fresh start.
As it looks back on a year of achievement, the Crystal City-Pentagon Rotary Club has installed new officers and is forging ahead into the future.
Dr. Marina Theodotou has been elected to serve as president for 2024-25. Board members will include Kamel Frozanfar, Joseph Garland, Jade “Jax” Garnett, Christine Kras, Maria Kuecken, Stephen Leisge, Grace Mukupa, Susan Sheats and Alejandra Underwood.
Arlington Advance (formerly Arlington Committee of 100) will open its 2024-25 program season with candidate forums featuring contenders for Arlington County Board and School Board.
The event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at Lubber Run Community Center, with an online option also available. In addition to candidate statements, there also will be time for audience questions.
Mirroring a national and regional trend, unemployment rates rose in July for both Arlington and Fairfax counties.
According to data reported Aug. 29 by the Virginia Employment Commission:
Apartment rents in Arlington continue to rise, with the median monthly price for two-bedroom units now more than $3,000 a month, according to new data.
Rents in Arlington increased 0.8 percent month-over-month in August, compared to a 0.1-percent decline nationally. Rents in Arlington now stand 4.7 percent higher than a year before – the seventh largest percentage increase among the 100 large urban areas tracked by Apartment List.
At least it had company: The Washington metropolitan area was among 350 of the nation’s 389 metros that had higher year-over-year jobless rates in July, according to figures reported Aug. 28 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
With 3,557,972 counted in the civilian workforce and 122,865 looking for jobs, the local region’s unemployment rate of 3.5 percent was up from 2.7 percent a year before.
Maybe there has been a major change of opinion. Or maybe it was just a different group of people responding.
But a new survey of residents by the Arlington County government, focused on the best ways to control the deer population in the county, has come out strongly in favor of the government’s preferred option.
Gathering was held outdoors for the second straight year
The Optimist Club of Arlington hosted its annual Coaches Night Out under the outdoor pavilion at the Knights of Columbus on Aug. 28 for the second straight summer.
Games will be play at Barcroft and Jeanie Dean parks in Arlington
As September arrives, that means it’s time for the annual First Responders Cup girls fastpitch softball tournament in Arlington.
Virginia’s 8th Congressional District is among the most consistently Democratic in the nation, making it unlikely that U.S. Rep. Don Beyer – who was first elected in 2014 – will face a significant threat to his incumbency.
But the ballot also will include Republican Jerry Torres and independents Bentley Hensel and David Kennedy, who will be making their case to the voters between now and Nov. 5.
