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Morning Notes

Published February 18, 2015 at 9:30AM

Police Investigating Apartment Break-In, Fire — A man has been arrested and accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and starting a small fire. The incident happened on the 1200 block of S. Scott Street, just off of Columbia Pike, Monday morning. [Washington Post]

Arlington Trying to Keep TSA — After losing the National Science Foundation and the Fish and Wildlife Service to Alexandria, Arlington County officials are stepping up their efforts to keep the Transportation Service Administration. The TSA currently has offices in Pentagon City, but at least one office owner is trying to lure the agency to Alexandria. [Washington Business Journal]

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New Hourly Coworking Space Opening in Rosslyn This Month

By Ethan Rothstein

Published February 17, 2015 at 4:55PM

The building that will house cove, at 1735 Clarendon Blvd (photo via Google Maps)

Cove, a pay-by-the-hour coworking space and “coffee shop alternative,” expects to open its first Arlington location in Rosslyn this month.

“We call ourselves a network of neighborhood productive spaces,” cove Brand Director Erin Gifford told ARLnow.com today. “It’s an alternative to working at home, a coffee shop or even your office.”

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Flat Rate, Bottomless Food and Drink Cafe Coming to Rosslyn?

By Ethan Rothstein

Published February 10, 2015 at 3:15PM | Updated February 10, 2015 at 5:11PM

A rendering of the possible interior of The Third Place (photo via Facebook)

(Updated at 3:25 p.m.) Would you pay $25-30 for a day of unlimited coffee and snacks in a place that offers video games, board games, poker, foosball and the occasional standup comic or musician?

A husband and wife team are banking that the answer is “yes.” Vitaliy Hayda and Kseniia Shnyreva, immigrants from Ukraine and Russia, respectively, are planning on starting a new type of coffee shop, called The Third Place, in Arlington.

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Video: More Car Break-Ins in Rosslyn

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2015 at 12:40PM

Nearly 20 cars were broken into in the Rosslyn area over the weekend.

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No-Turn-On-Red Signal Installed at ‘Intersection of Doom’

By Ethan Rothstein

Published February 6, 2015 at 11:00AM

The new no right turn signal at the Intersection of Doom

For mere seconds at a time, a sign flashing the symbol for “no right turn” illuminates next to the red light on the off-ramp of westbound I-66 at the intersection with N. Lynn Street.

The intersection has been labeled the “Intersection of Doom” because of its numerous accidents over the years. The confluence of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists from I-66, Lee Highway and Lynn Street trying to reach both points west, the GW Parkway and the Key Bridge has created a critical mass of safety hazards.

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Protest Planned in Rosslyn This Afternoon

By ARLnow.com

Published February 6, 2015 at 10:00AM

The group DC Stampede is organizing the protest in conjunction with a national protest campaign that’s fighting a planned animal research lab at the University of Washington. The protests are targeting Skanska, the construction company selected to build the new lab.

DC Stampede is asking protesters to gather at the Rosslyn Metro station at 4:00 p.m. before marching to Skanska’s office at 1776 Wilson Blvd. There, protesters will hold signs, chant slogans and pass out flyers, until about 5:30.

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Firefighters on Scene of Rosslyn Apartment Fire

By ARLnow.com

Published February 5, 2015 at 5:00PM | Updated February 5, 2015 at 8:43PM

Arlington County firefighters are on the scene of an apartment fire in the River Place condo complex in Rosslyn.

The fire broke out in the kitchen of a 12th floor unit in the River Place building at 1021 Arlington Blvd. It was quickly extinguished once firefighters were able to ascend the stairs and reach the apartment.

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Crime Report: Woman Bound, Robbed in Buckingham

By ARLnow.com

Published February 4, 2015 at 1:45PM | Updated February 27, 2020 at 4:07PM

Arlington police car outside police headquarters (file photo)

Police say the woman had just left her N. George Mason Drive apartment Thursday afternoon when a masked man forced her back into the apartment, bound her hands and stole her money and cell phone. After the man fled the scene, the woman managed to escape, hail a cab and go to a friend’s house, from which she called police.

From the crime report:

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 3, 2015 at 9:15AM | Updated January 16, 2018 at 2:33PM

New Chinese Restaurant? — Noted chef Peter Chang appears to be planning to open a new Chinese restaurant at the Lee Harrison Shopping Center on Lee Highway. [Washington Business Journal]

Rosslyn: Hub of Hillary Intrigue — Rosslyn is home to an organization devoted to helping Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects, an organization that spends much of its time trying to dig up dirt on Hillary, and a news organization that is covering the 2016 presidential race. This has created some awkward moments at Rosslyn’s few after-work watering holes. Concludes a magazine article: “The epicenter of the country’s great Hillary debate remains a small, charm-deficient enclave across the river from D.C.” [National Journal]

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Metro Contractor Arrested for Stealing Copper in Rosslyn

By ARLnow.com

Published February 2, 2015 at 11:10AM

Police say 42-year-old Daniel Groseclose of Edgewater, Md. was employed by Kone, a company that does elevator and escalator repair work for Metro, when the thefts were discovered. He’s accused of stealing copper that was located on a construction site near the Rosslyn Metro station. The copper was owned by the electrical contractor M.C. Dean.

Metro Transit Police announced Groseclose’s arrest Friday afternoon.

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Pastor’s Phone Stolen in Rosslyn

By ARLnow.com

Published January 30, 2015 at 3:35PM | Updated January 30, 2015 at 4:39PM

File photo

The incident happened around 5:00 p.m. on January 25 at the Arlington Temple Methodist church in Rosslyn, also known affectionately as “Our Lady of Sunoco” in reference to the gas station below it.

Police say a man was rummaging through the church’s kitchen and trying to steal items when the pastor confronted him. The pastor pulled out his cell phone to call 911, and that’s when the suspect snatched the phone and ran off, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.

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Kona Grill Coming to Rosslyn

By Ethan Rothstein

Published January 21, 2015 at 1:30PM | Updated January 21, 2015 at 2:16PM

Photo via Facebook

Kona Grill, an Arizona-based sushi and seafood restaurant chain, is planning to open its next location in Rosslyn, across from the Colonial Village Shopping Center.

Building permit applications were filed in November and are undergoing review by county planning staff. If it opens as planned, the location could be Kona’s second in Virginia and first in the D.C. area. The chain has one restaurant near Richmond and one in Baltimore.