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Published December 14, 2015 at 9:15AM | Updated December 14, 2015 at 9:46AM

Guns Stolen from Nova Firearms in McLean — A burglary has occurred at Nova Firearms, the gun store that wanted to open a location in Cherrydale before residents pressured the store and the landlord to scuttle those plans. Two handguns were stolen from Nova Firearms’ McLean store just after midnight this past Friday. Police are seeking tips in the case. [Fairfax County Police Department]

Taxicab Fares Raised in Arlington — A taxi ride in Arlington will now cost an extra 25 cents per ride and an extra six cents per mile. The County Board on Saturday unanimously approved new taxi rates that also include a $25 cleaning fee for those who “dirty or foul a cab enough that the cab must be removed from service.” [Arlington County, WJLA]

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MakeOffices to Open Huge Coworking Space in Clarendon

By ARLnow.com

Published November 30, 2015 at 3:30PM | Updated September 3, 2018 at 10:01PM

MakeOffices, the recently-renamed shared workspace company that got its start in Rosslyn, is planning to open a new flagship coworking space in Clarendon.

MakeOffices is constructing a new, 40,000 square foot, 550 seat office space on the second floor of 3100 Clarendon Blvd, across from the Clarendon Metro station and the Trader Joe’s.

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Toscana Grill to Reopen This Week on Columbia Pike

By Jennifer Currier

Published November 12, 2015 at 2:35PM

Toscana Grill is all new with its new location (3207 Columbia Pike), new management and new menu, according to general manager Abdul Khalique.

The eatery’s Courthouse Plaza location closed earlier this year and was replaced by a Vietnamese restaurant.

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Surge in New Restaurants This Year Following 2014 Lull

By ARLnow.com

Published October 29, 2015 at 12:00PM | Updated October 30, 2015 at 9:59AM

So far this year, 56 new restaurants have either opened or are expected to open by the end of the year. That includes all types of restaurants, from Oz to Pepita Cantina to Kona Grill to Cinnabon.

The 56 openings this year is compared to a relative lull in new restaurants in 2014, with only 30 restaurant openings.

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County Board Narrowly Votes Against Kicking Out Courthouse Dentist Office

By ARLnow.com

Published October 5, 2015 at 10:20AM | Updated October 5, 2015 at 11:01AM

The little-noticed item came at the end of a long County Board meeting on Monday, Sept. 21.

At issue during the 40 minute discussion of the item: whether the dentist’s office — Courthouse Art of Dentistry — should be allowed to stay in the Courthouse Plaza shopping center at 2250 Clarendon Blvd as part of a regularly-scheduled Site Plan Amendment review.

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Introducing Business Membership from ARLnow.com

By ARLnow.com

Published September 29, 2015 at 3:15PM | Updated September 29, 2015 at 4:25PM

ARLnow.com has a new solution for local businesses that want to break through to new customers without breaking the bank.

For only $99 per month, your local business can become an ARLnow Business Member. Membership includes:

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New Rosslyn Starbucks Will Be Across from the Starbucks and the Starbucks

By ARLnow.com

Published September 16, 2015 at 10:20AM | Updated September 16, 2015 at 1:19PM

(Updated at 1:20 p.m.) Starbucks will be opening a new cafe in Rosslyn this fall, with the opening of the new TargetExpress store.

The coffee shop will be located inside the store, at 1500 Wilson Blvd, which is expected to open next month. A quick peek inside the glass doors yesterday revealed that much of the familiar Target interior is already complete, with workers continuing to work on fixtures like security cameras.

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ARLnow to Hold Events for Local Businesses Next Week

By ARLnow.com

Published September 11, 2015 at 11:35AM

It’s no secret that digital marketing is the future. It allows businesses to reach customers for a fraction of the cost of traditional media — and in ways never imagined before.

Unfortunately the digital landscape is changing quickly and often it’s hard to keep up. The marketing mix in today’s mobile world is substantially different than it was just a year or two ago.

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Morning Notes

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Published September 3, 2015 at 9:45AM | Updated September 3, 2015 at 10:16AM

Investigation into Marine’s Death at Base — The military is investigating the death of a 22-year-old Marine at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Cpl. Jon Gee was reportedly found unresponsive in his room on the base Saturday afternoon, after a night out at “a rave in the District.” [Washington Post]

Rousselot Blasts Lack of Pike Transit Plan — The fact that Arlington County has no transit plan yet for Columbia Pike, after the cancellation of the streetcar last year, is frustrating to Peter Rousselot, who helped to lead the charge against the streetcar. “I think it is a failure of management,” he told WAMU. “The answer on the Pike that our group presented all along… was a regional Bus Rapid Transit system, or BRT, involving Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax County.” [WAMU]

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Hudson Trail Outfitters to Close on Pentagon Row

By ARLnow.com

Published August 31, 2015 at 1:35PM

The Maryland-based company, which has four D.C. area stores, announced today that it will begin winding down its operations after nearly five decades in business.

Among the stores set to close are locations in Fairfax, Rockville, Tenleytown (D.C.) and Pentagon City, the latter of which is at 1101 S. Joyce Street on Pentagon Row.

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Liberty Center Construction Wraps Up, For Now

By ARLnow.com

Published July 31, 2015 at 4:45PM

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Construction on the large, eight-building Liberty Center project in Ballston has been wrapping up this week, but just temporarily.

Construction barriers have been removed from the corner of Wilson Blvd and N. Randolph Street, a new sidewalk is open and construction cranes have come down. However, the project isn’t quite complete: one of the buildings has yet to be built.

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District Taco Founder Hires Company That Once Laid Him Off to Build Rosslyn Restaurant

By Heather Mongilio

Published July 31, 2015 at 3:15PM | Updated July 31, 2015 at 5:23PM

Construction was happening inside the new District Taco location.

(Updated at 5:20 p.m.) District Taco is working with an unlikely contractor for the construction of its new Rosslyn location: a company that once laid the restaurant’s founder off.

In 2008, Osiris Hoil was working as a superintendent for Patriot Contracting, the construction company that is building the new District Taco in Rosslyn and has built locations in Alexandria and Dunn Loring — which is celebrating its grand opening today.