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• What could be behind the rise in youth overdoses across DC region?

  24-02-2023 23:13 via wtop.com
  
  Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region.
  What may be driving a rise in youth overdoses?
  What it is: Several weeks ago, dozens of community members in Arlington, Virginia, rallied outside Wakefield High School, after a student died following an apparent overdose.
  Before that, in January, Montgomery County Public School leaders sounded the alarm in response to a rise in youth overdoses.
  Officials across the D.C.
  
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• Home Buying Seminar: Make the most of your home search!

  24-02-2023 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Are you looking to stop renting and start investing in your financial freedom through homeownership? Expert help is the key.
  The Keri Shull Team, the top-producing real estate team in the D.C. metro area, is hosting a seminar to help aspiring buyers understand the competitive DMV real estate market and enhance their home search.
  Join us on Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. for this FREE first-time home buyer seminar. Attendees will enjoy a light breakfast and will receive $1,000 credit to
  
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• Three Arlington School Board candidates are vying for support of local Democrats this May

  24-02-2023 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Three Arlington School Board candidates are officially vying for the endorsement of the local Democratic party.
  The candidates are Erin Freas-Smith, Miranda Turner and Angelo Cocchiaro, the Arlington County Democratic Committee announced today (Friday). They are running in a party caucus to determine who will advance to the general election and represent the party, though party affiliation is not shown on the ballot for School Board races.
  Their filing deadline was earlier this week.
  Freas
  
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• Adoptable Pet of the Week: Fred Lee

  24-02-2023 19:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Welcome Fred Lee, the newest Adoptable Pet of the Week!
  This gentleman is an 8-year-old Terrier mix who is searching for his forever home.
  His friends at Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation had this to say:
  Meet Fred Lee, also known as Freddie! Does he look familiar? He stole the show last year during a FOX 5 Zip Trip segment.
  This sweet 8 year old senior has undergone quite the medical transformation — his teeth have been taken care of and he has fully recovered from his heartw
  
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• Haute Dogs launches Williamsburg location with unofficial Arlington foodie summit

  24-02-2023 17:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Ahead of an official opening this weekend, Haute Dogs hosted a preview event last night with a coterie of Arlington’s underground “foodie” influencer community.
  Haute Dogs has become a beloved local institution in Alexandria’s Old Town North neighborhood. The new location at 2910 N. Sycamore Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood takes over the spot previously occupied by Smoking Kow BBQ.
  The menu features an array of the eponymous hot dogs, from the classics to the mor
  
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• Pro-pickleball posters pop up in Penrose Park

  24-02-2023 16:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Pock, pock, pock. The local controversy over pickleball continues.
  After strongly anti-pickleball flyers were distributed to residents who live around the Walter Reed Community Center, which is set to become a local hub for the noisy but increasingly popular sport, some tongue-in-cheek propaganda posters have started proliferating.
  Over the last week, meme-y pickleball posters of presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy talking about pickleball have taken over a signboard on the other side
  
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• SCOOP: Starbucks appears to be opening a new Ballston location

  24-02-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  It looks like a new Starbucks is coming to Ballston.
  Construction was underway yesterday in the former LebTav space at 4000 Wilson Blvd, just a couple of weeks after the fast-casual restaurant shut down. Plans for the space, seen by ARLnow, bear the Seattle-based coffee chain’s logo and address, as well as the designation of Store No. 71315.
  An inquiry to the Starbucks media relations office was not returned by publication time.
  There are four existing, walkable Starbucks stores in the ar
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 23, 2023

  24-02-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Thursday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 5489 times… so far.
  📈 Top stories
  The following are the most-read articles for today — Feb 23, 2023.Hotelier floats idea of turning Green Valley hotels into apartments and townhouses
  Morning Notes
  A D.C.-based bookstore and a local burger joint are among the new options coming to DCA this summer
  APS must change protocols for students on drugs to prevent another fatal overdose, some teache
  
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