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• JUST IN: Sun Gazette newspaper stops publishing, staff hired by new paper

  06-02-2023 23:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The most recent edition of the Arlington Sun Gazette newspaper
  The Sun Gazette newspaper has not published new articles on its website since Friday and may have printed its last edition.
  Several sources tell ARLnow that the free weekly paper, which has separate editions serving Arlington and parts of Fairfax County, has effectively shuttered, though no notice of a closure was published online.
  Sun Gazette staffers, meanwhile, have been hired for a new local newspaper called the Gazette Leader.
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• JUST IN: Sun Gazette newspaper stops publishing after staff hired by new paper

  06-02-2023 23:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The most recent edition of the Arlington Sun Gazette newspaper
  The Sun Gazette newspaper has not published new articles on its website since Friday and may have printed its last edition.
  Several sources tell ARLnow that the free weekly paper, which has separate editions serving Arlington and parts of Fairfax County, has effectively shuttered, though no notice of a closure was published online.
  Sun Gazette staffers, meanwhile, have been hired for a new local newspaper called the Gazette Leader.
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• Arlington sees more than a third of 2022’s carjacking total in first month of 2023

  06-02-2023 21:50 via arlnow.com
  
  Police on scene of a carjacking in Pentagon City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Carjackings appear to be rising again in Arlington and across the D.C. area.
  An uptick between 2019 and 2020 spurred Arlington County Police Department to focus prevention efforts on robbery, burglary and destruction of property incidents. Increased enforcement in 2021 resulted in fewer carjackings, after ACPD made two significant carjacking arrests, per ACPD’s 2021 annual report.
  “The combination of the c
  
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• After fatal overdose, substance abuse-related dispatches to Arlington schools continue

  06-02-2023 20:40 via arlnow.com
  
  Wakefield High School this morning (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Police and medics have been dispatched to Wakefield High School at least twice for students experiencing suspected substance abuse-related issues since Tuesday’s fatal overdose.
  The dispatches seem to point to administrators taking an extra-cautious approach to the medical treatment of students observed to be under the likely influence of drugs and alcohol in schools.
  Arlington County police and medics were dispatched around
  
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• Arlington’s Wakefield High reopens with extra security presence

  06-02-2023 20:30 via wtop.com
  
  Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, reopened Monday with extra security, because of what the principal called “concerning social media posts circulating.”
  In a message to the school community Sunday, Principal Chris Willmore said Arlington police will provide increased patrols around the school, including during arrival and dismissal times.
  “I understand this continues to pose a significant strain on our well-being as a community,” Willmore said in the message.
  
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• Helicopter called in to search for armed robbery suspects on Columbia Pike

  06-02-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  A pair of suspects, armed with a knife and a gun, robbed a man along Columbia Pike early Sunday, prompting an aerial search.
  The robbery was reported just after 2:30 a.m. on the 3700 block of Columbia Pike.
  “Upon arrival, it was determined the victim was exiting his parked vehicle when two unknown male suspects approached him, brandished a firearm and a knife, and demanded his personal property,” Arlington County police s
  
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• How a local CEO muscled through bankruptcy and pivoted from coworking to software

  06-02-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that highlights Arlington-based startups, founders, and local tech news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring 1515 Wilson Blvd in Rosslyn. 
  A relatively new app that helps startups navigate the labyrinthine government contracting process, collaborate with each other and land contracts has recently nabbed its third state funding round.
  The goal of the app, called FedScout, is to improve the o
  
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• Arlington nearly done migrating land development permits online

  06-02-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Permit Arlington logo (via Arlington County)
  Nearly all land development permits that Arlington County issues are now online.
  Following the launch of the online Permit Arlington in 2019 with 18 digitized permits, county staff have since added others. The last batch of land development permits — Certificate of Occupancy applications — are set to launch the week of Feb. 27.
  Most recently, over last summer, the county migrated the building, trade and land-disturbing activity permits, wh
  
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• The blown up Little Free Library in Arlington Forest was mysteriously rebuilt last week

  06-02-2023 16:55 via arlnow.com
  
  The new Little Free Library in Arlington Forest (photo courtesy of Sharon Bronheim)
  The exploded Little Free Library in Arlington Forest was mysteriously rebuilt last week, much to the delight of the owners.
  It was a cold, overcast, slightly snowy Wednesday morning last week when Sharon Beth Bronheim left her Arlington Forest home to do a quick errand. As it had since November when an unknown assailant blew up the Little Free Library that was once there. As a temporary measure, a plastic box fil
  
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• Police up patrols around Wakefield HS as classes resume but social media threat rumors circulate

  06-02-2023 15:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Police presence at Wakefield High School Thursday afternoon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Wakefield High School is back open, with heavy hearts and extra vigilance.
  Last week a student died in the hospital two days after an apparent overdose in a school bathroom. This is the first day of school since his passing.
  The school was also locked down Thursday and then closed Friday due to a potentially armed trespasser who was reported to be seeking out a specific student as part of an ongoing dispute
  
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