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Morning Notes

Published January 29, 2018 at 9:15AM

ARLnow’s Eighth Birthday — Today is the eighth anniversary of the founding of ARLnow.com. Here is our first post ever.

Sexual Harassment FOIA Folo — In a follow-up to our FOIA request seeking any records of sexual harassment or assault allegations against senior Arlington officials since 2000 — no such records were found — we asked about any such cases, against any county employee, that were handled by the County Attorney’s office over the past decade. The response from the county’s FOIA officer: “There are no records responsive to your request because no such cases exist.” The last publicly reported case was that against an Arlington police officer in 2007.

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County to Receive $17 Million in State Grants for Transit Projects

By Chris Teale

Published January 24, 2018 at 1:45PM

Arlington County is set to receive more than $17 million in grant funding from state agencies for various transportation and transit projects.

The Arlington County Board will vote on Saturday (January 27) on whether to accept the funds, totaling $17.8 million, from the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

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Work Underway on ‘Five Points Intersection’ in Cherrydale

By Chris Teale

Published September 26, 2017 at 1:15PM

Crews digging at Lee Highway and Military Road

Drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians alike should start seeing changes soon to the busy and confusing “Five Points Intersection” in Cherrydale.

Crews are currently digging up areas of the intersection of Lee Highway, Military Road, Old Dominion Drive, N. Quincy Street and N. Quebec Street.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published September 11, 2017 at 9:30AM | Updated September 11, 2017 at 9:47AM

American flag over the start of the Arlington 9/11 Memorial 5K

Sixteenth 9/11 Anniversary — A flag was unfurled at the Pentagon this morning as the nation marked the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford were among those expected to attend a ceremony at the Pentagon, honoring the 184 people killed in the attack there. Arlington County also hosted its own remembrance ceremony and is posting recollections from Sept. 11, 2001 on social media. [ABC News, Twitter, Twitter]

Another Police-Impersonation Phone Scam — Local residents are again getting calls from a scammer claiming to be a law enforcement officer, demanding a fine be paid over the phone. As a reminder, police never call on the phone to collect fines. [Twitter]

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Survey Says: Millennials Favor More Transit, Less On-Street Parking

By Chris Teale

Published August 3, 2017 at 10:15AM

The findings come from the county’s Engage Arlington website, which launched a millennial-focused forum about county issues earlier this summer.

The forum is part of a wider push by the county to get more millennials involved in local government and civic life. Arlington was named the best city for millennials in the U.S. by the website Niche, with the millennial generation making up between 30-40 percent of the county’s population of just over 220,000.

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County Celebrates Opening of Crystal City Multimodal Center

By Chris Teale

Published May 18, 2017 at 4:30PM

Current and former County Board members are joined by NVTA officials at the ceremony

Representatives from the county and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority came together this morning to celebrate the Crystal City Multimodal Center‘s completion.

The center on 18th Street S. between S. Eads and S. Clark streets — next to the Crystal City Metro station — now has more bus shelters for use by local and regional buses, wider sidewalks, improved lighting, bike lanes and a kiss and ride zone where shuttle buses can also load and unload.

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County Board Approves Cherrydale ‘Five Points Intersection’ Changes

By Chris Teale

Published April 24, 2017 at 1:30PM | Updated April 24, 2017 at 1:50PM

Five-way intersection in Cherrydale (via Google Maps)

The busy and confusing “Five Points Intersection” in Cherrydale is set for an overhaul after the County Board awarded a construction contract Saturday.

Board members unanimously awarded a contract worth just under $1.7 million to A&M Concrete Corporation to improve the streetscape at the intersection of Lee Highway, Military Road, Old Dominion Drive, N. Quincy Street and N. Quebec Street.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published March 22, 2017 at 9:10AM | Updated June 29, 2018 at 10:57AM

Metro PD Searching for Sexual Battery Suspect — Metro Transit Police are trying to identify a man who may have touched another rider inappropriately on an Orange Line train near the Clarendon station last week. [NBC Washington]

Local Tax Relief for Seniors — Last year 929 Arlington residents took advantage of the county’s real estate tax relief program for seniors, together saving $4.1 million in taxes. [Falls Church News-Press]

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Park Service Picks Plan for Memorial Bridge Rehabilitation

By Tim Regan

Published February 7, 2017 at 5:00PM

Memorial Bridge design Alternative 1B side view (rendering via NPS)

(Updated at 5:10 p.m.) The National Park Service now has a plan to rehabilitate the deteriorating Memorial Bridge.

Officials announced today the selection of a comprehensive plan that would replace and refurbish some of the bridge’s components to keep it from closing by 2021. The plan was one of several others considered for the project.

Feature

A Day in the Life: Bringing Local News to the Community

By Katie Pyzyk

Published November 15, 2016 at 2:30PM

The following is the fifth and final article in a weekly series about a “day in the life” of companies at the MakeOffices coworking space in Clarendon. The series is sponsored by MakeOffices.

Although coffee is readily available at the office when Local News Now Founder Scott Brodbeck arrives, he typically brings his own. He knows that he’ll need the earlier jump start before leaping right in at the office and turning on the police scanner while sifting through readers’ news tips.

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Deteriorating Memorial Bridge Receives $90 Million for Repairs

By ARLnow.com

Published July 5, 2016 at 6:30PM

Deteriorating beam underneath Memorial Bridge (photo courtesy National Park Service)

It appears that the threat of Memorial Bridge closing by 2021 due to deterioration and neglect has been averted.

The Northern Virginia and D.C. congressional delegation announced today that a proposed Memorial Bridge restoration project has been awarded a $90 million federal transportation grant.

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Military to Hold Public Meeting on Columbia Pike Realignment, Cemetery Expansion

By ARLnow.com

Published April 20, 2016 at 4:55PM

Arlington National Cemetery Southern Expansion Project Map

Arlington National Cemetery will brief Arlington residents next week on its plan to expand around the Air Force Memorial and realign the eastern end of Columbia Pike.

The “scoping meeting” is being held at the Sheraton hotel at 900 S. Orme Street from 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27.