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To Do This Weekend: Earth Day Edition

Published April 16, 2010 at 10:24AM | Updated April 16, 2010 at 10:44AM

Earth Day is coming up on Thursday and there’s plenty to do this weekend to celebrate. Unfortunately, everything seems to be happening on Saturday, so hopefully you have a fast-but-fuel-efficient car to get you from place to place.

Rain Garden Creation — From 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, volunteers will transform an empty construction site in Rosslyn into a beautiful urban space and rain garden. Volunteers will plant, paint, and install furniture at the site on North Monroe Street and Wilson Boulevard. The temporary urban green space will open on Earth Day.

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DEVELOPING: Hazmat Investigation on Rosslyn

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Published April 14, 2010 at 2:08PM | Updated April 14, 2010 at 3:19PM

Update at 3:18 p.m. — We’re told that the situation is under control. The powder does not appear to be dangerous.

An Arlington County hazardous materials team has responded to an office tower at 1001 N. 19th Street in Rosslyn. Initial reports suggest that an employee on the 12th floor opened a letter from a former employee and white powder fell out.

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Jimmy Smits NBC Pilot Filming in Arlington

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Published April 2, 2010 at 3:33PM | Updated February 13, 2024 at 10:41AM

Film crews were camped out near the Iwo Jima memorial in Rosslyn this morning for the taping of a new TV show starring Jimmy Smits.

The actor, who formerly portrayed a congressman (then a U.S. president) on The West Wing, is playing a Supreme Court justice who leaves the high court to start a law firm that fights constitutional injustices.

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Rosslyn to Screen 90s Movies at Gateway Park

By ARLnow.com

Published April 1, 2010 at 2:56PM

An unsustainable trend, perhaps, but the decade genre promises to bring some great late 20th century movies to Rosslyn’s Gateway Park (1300 Lee Highway), including Clueless, Wayne’s World, Airheads and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.

Some generation-defining classics conspicuously missing from the line-up include Reality Bites, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, PCU, Forrest Gump and Clerks (feel free to add your favorite — there are many to choose from — in the comments).

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Metro Conducting Train Explosion Drill This Weekend

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Published March 23, 2010 at 2:06PM

Originally scheduled for Feb. 13 but postponed due to snow, the drill will simulate an explosion on a Metrorail train in the tunnel between the Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom stations. Arlington police and firefighters — along with emergency personnel from Metro and other jurisdictions — will test out new Mobile Emergency Response Vehicles (left), the first motorized rescue carts used by a U.S. transit organization.

The exercise will begin at 1:00 a.m. Sunday, but first responders and volunteer “victims” should arrive at the Rosslyn station around 11:00 p.m. Saturday. The exercise is expected to run until 5:00 a.m.

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Art Replaces Ads in Rosslyn and Pentagon City Stations

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Published March 22, 2010 at 7:42AM

A provocative series of photographs are on display at six Washington-area Metro stations, including Rosslyn and Pentagon City.

The photographs, displayed in frames usually reserved for advertisements, show the faces of nine American soldiers photographed between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Countdown to Spring

By ARLnow.com

Published March 19, 2010 at 7:03PM

The official start of spring is only a few hours away, but mother nature has been providing abundant evidence of its impending arrival. Here are a couple photos of daffodils and tree buds blooming in Rosslyn today.

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Former Rep. Charlie Wilson Dies

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Published February 10, 2010 at 3:44PM | Updated February 10, 2010 at 5:23PM

In the movie Charlie Wilson’s War, the Wilson character played by Tom Hanks called it “the best view in Washington.” The late Charlie Wilson was indeed said to be fond of the the view from his balcony, especially the view of the Iwo Jima memorial.

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Weekend Rosslyn Metro Closure, Emergency Drill Postponed

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Published February 9, 2010 at 6:23PM

In a stark reversal of a recent trend, the snow has caused something that was supposed to be closed to instead remain open.

The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery Metro stations were supposed to be closed all weekend due to track work and an emergency exercise. Instead, the exercise and the maintenance have been postponed indefinitely, and both stations will be open throughout President’s Day Weekend.