Nearly 3,000 residences and businesses were without power in the Ballston and Virginia Square area Monday evening.
That was according to Dominion’s outage map at 6:45 p.m.
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A third Tortas y Tacos la Chiquita is set to open next week in Virginia Square.
Restaurant Owner David Villalobos said the menu at Tortas y Tacos la Chiquita III on 3811 Fairfax Drive will be a “copy and paste” of other Tortas y Tacos locations on Columbia Pike and in Merrifield.
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Update at 1:35 p.m. — The vast majority of affected customers have had their power restored, according to Dominion’s outage map.
Earlier: Nearly 1,400 homes and businesses are without power in and around Virginia Square.
A man has been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in a Virginia Square apartment last year.
The gruesome crime happened around 5 a.m. on June 19, 2023, at the Terwilliger Place apartments at 3445 Washington Blvd.
It will be a busy summer at George Mason University’s Virginia Square campus.
Joining the slate of events held at The Plaza at Mason Square — located at 3351 Fairfax Drive — this year is an outdoor music series, as well as a reading series and weekly tai chi.
A local chain of New Mexico-inspired restaurants has set its sights on Arlington.
Anita’s, which has served New Mexican cuisine across Northern Virginia for nearly 50 years, intends to open a fast-casual location in Virginia Square later this year, Vice President of Operations Tommy Tellez told ARLnow.
Six years after it opened, Virginia Square’s Extreme Pizza has closed its doors.
The pizzeria, which boasts a unique twist on traditional pizza offerings, shuttered at 3444 Fairfax Drive on Saturday after battling the longstanding effects of the pandemic, franchisee Ernie Harris said.
A new American Legion post with a bar, a conference room, slot machines and an outdoor grill hosted an open house over the weekend.
American Legion Post 13 at 3445 Washington Blvd replaces a previous Legion building with a smaller footprint, which was demolished in 2020. The Virginia Square facility now sits at the foot of 160 units of affordable housing, half of which is set aside for veterans.
The urgent care clinic replacing the former Petco Unleashed store in the Ballston area is already open.
The pet store at 3902 Wilson Blvd closed in late January. Just three months later, the new Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care clinic is open in the freshly renovated space.
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If you are a fan of both pirates and Taylor Swift, then boy does George Mason University have the event for you.
GMU’s campus at 3351 Fairfax Drive in Virginia Square is hosting a Taylor Swift dance party and screening of the film Pirates of the Caribbean tomorrow (Friday) evening.
Books, games and puzzles galore will be up for sale at Arlington Central Library in Virginia Square this week.
The 2024 Spring Book Sale, organized by the Friends of the Arlington Public Library, is starting tomorrow at Central Library’s parking garage at 1015 N. Quincy Street and will continue through the weekend. Below is a list of dates and times.
The Union in Virginia Square has shuttered, possibly for good.
It’s not clear when the McLean-based “casual fine dining” restaurant at 3811 Fairfax Drive last fired up the oven. Responding to reader tips, ARLnow stopped by the restaurant several times over the last two months to find the location closed during regular business hours each time.