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• Arlington police investigating weekend carjacking near Courthouse

  27-02-2023 23:05 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car speeding to a call at night (staff photo)
  Arlington County police are investigating a carjacking that happened Saturday night near the Courthouse neighborhood.
  Police were dispatched to the 2000 block of N. Adams Street, just north of Langston Blvd, around 9:40 p.m.
  “Upon arrival, it was determined the victims were exiting their parked car when two unknown male suspects approached, brandished a firearm and stole the keys to the vehicle and two cell phones,” ACPD said today
  
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• Inside PBS’s still-looking-new headquarters in Crystal City

  27-02-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  The PBS headquarters at 1225 S. Clark Street in Crystal City still gleams and smells as if it’s new, despite it being about three years since the national public broadcasting network first hoped to move in.
  That’s what happens when a pandemic puts well-laid plans on ice.
  “It was crazy,” PBS’s Chief Executive Officer Paula Kerger told ARLnow, sitting inside the company’s headquarters and by big windows with the Potomac in the distance. “We had designed th
  
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• APS highlights spending on staff, security and student health in proposed budget for next school year

  27-02-2023 20:50 via arlnow.com
  
  School Board member David Priddy holds a copy of the proposed 2023-24 budget for Arlington Public Schools (via APS)
  Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Francisco Durán has proposed an $803.3 million budget — an increase of more than 7% over the current budget.
  And the messaging around the budget picks up on some themes, including the mental and physical health of students and more support for teachers, which arose from major events this school year, including a series of student
  
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• Zero-waste delivery startup launches home deliveries in Pentagon City and Crystal City

  27-02-2023 19:45 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. 
  Zero waste delivery service The Rounds is continuing to expand its reach into Arlington with another zip code eligible for direct-to-door deliveries.
  This week, the startup announced delivery will serve residents in the 22202 zip code, which covers
  
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• Corner Bakery closes in Courthouse after company declares bankruptcy

  27-02-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Corner Bakery Cafe has closed its last remaining Arlington location, in the Courthouse neighborhood.
  Closed signs were posted on doors of the restaurant at 2111 Wilson Blvd this morning and employees could be seen inside organizing items. The fast-casual bakery-slash-cafe chain just declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has struggled amid the pandemic and work-from-home trends.
  Known for serving breakfast and lunch to an office-dwelling crowd, and for catering meetings and other workplace events, C
  
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• The new Shirlington Jeni’s Ice Cream is giving away free ice cream next week

  27-02-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The new Jeni’s ice cream shop in Shirlington (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Jeni’s Ice Cream in Shirlington is giving away free ice cream next week.
  While the new shop at 4150 Campbell Ave has already been open for a couple of weeks, there will be a “grand opening” event on Wednesday, March 8.
  At the event, employees will be scooping free ice cream starting at 7 p.m. until closing at 11 p.m, the company announced in a press release.
  “All ice cream, up to and includin
  
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• To fight flooding, Arlington is offering to buy homes in Cherrydale and Waverly Hills

  27-02-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A still from a video showing flooding in the Waverly Hills neighborhood on May 22, 2018 (via YouTube)
  Arlington County is looking to buy homes within the Spout Run watershed for flood mitigation.
  Since last fall, the county has notified some three dozen property owners in the Cherrydale and Waverly Hills civic associations by letter of its interest in buying their properties for stormwater management. The letters targeted areas that were hit hard by recent flooding events, like the floods s
  
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• Coffee shop Slipstream hopes to begin brewing next month in Ballston

  27-02-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Ballston’s newest coffee shop is looking to start pouring next month.
  The D.C.-based Slipstream is looking to open on the ground floor of the Ballston Point building, at 4300 Wilson Blvd, within the first two weeks of March, co-owner Ryan Fleming told ARLnow. It will be near the intersection with N. Glebe Road, next to World of Beer, and across the street from the new Silver Diner.
  When ARLnow stopped by there earlier this week, construction on the cafe appeared to be closer to being fini
  
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