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• Local NAACP leaves CivFed amid fallout over resolution to improve confidence in county government

  15-03-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Voting during the CivFed meeting on March 14, 2023 (via CivFed/Facebook)
  A battle over how to improve public confidence in county government has driven a wedge between two large community organizations in Arlington.
  The Arlington branch of the NAACP is leaving the Arlington County Civic Federation after a bitter battle over two resolutions intended to recommit the local government to the “Arlington Way.”
  The clash came to a head last night (Wednesday) when delegates to the federation
  
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• Arlington Public Schools is hosting an Educator’s Job Fair March 25!

  15-03-2023 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington Public Schools (APS) will host an Educator’s Job Fair on March 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at their Syphax Education Center (2110 Washington Blvd. Arlington, VA 22204).
  Interested teachers from all subject areas are invited for on-the-spot interviews. APS will also be conducting substitute and teacher assistant interviews on this day.
  There is no registration required but interviewers should bring with them a complete resume, college transcripts and/or a copy of their current t
  
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• JUST IN: Large gas leak shuts down I-66 ramps in Ballston

  15-03-2023 19:00 via arlnow.com
  
  (Updated at 2:20 p.m.) A busy set of highway ramps are being shut down in Ballston due to a reported construction mishap.
  Initial reports suggest that a construction crew accidentally ruptured a large, 6-inch gas line along the 4600 block of Fairfax Drive, in front of the Holiday Inn hotel.
  The fire department has requested Arlington County police and Virginia State Police to shut down all of Fairfax Drive between N. Glebe Road and I-66, including the ramp from the highway.
  Firefighters are als
  
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• APS staff to vote on making Arlington Education Association their official union

  15-03-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington Education Association members wearing red in the May 26, 2022 School Board meeting, when a collective bargaining resolution was passed (courtesy of AEA)
  Local teachers union Arlington Education Association is vying to become the exclusive collective bargaining representative for public school staff.
  Arlington Public Schools educators, led by AEA, will hold an election to certify AEA as the official union for teachers and support staff. Currently, the membership-based organization advoc
  
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• Arts Focus: The Arlington theater scene

  15-03-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development.
  Arlington has one of our region’s most vibrant theater scenes. The next several weeks offer a number of opportunities to step-out and enjoy a wide range of theater offerings right here in Arlington!
  Chalice Theatre: The Pirates of Penzance
  Now through March 18 | Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington | BarcroftNo matter if you are the Very Model of a Modern Maj
  
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• UPDATED: Police investigating gunfire last night near Columbia Pike

  15-03-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  1000 block of S. Wayne Street (via Google Maps)
  (Updated at 12:45 p.m.) Arlington County police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire near Columbia Pike last night.
  The incident happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday on the 1000 block of S. Wayne Street, near several high-rise apartment and condo buildings.
  Initial reports suggest that multiple shots were fired, possibly in a parking garage, where arriving officers found a dissipating cloud of smoke. Callers also reported seeing several peo
  
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• Police investigating possible gunfire last night near Columbia Pike

  15-03-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  1000 block of S. Wayne Street (via Google Maps)
  Arlington County police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire near Columbia Pike last night.
  The incident happened around 11 a.m. on the 1000 block of S. Wayne Street, near several high-rise apartment and condo buildings.
  Initial reports suggest that multiple shots were fired, possibly in a parking garage, where arriving officers found a dissipating cloud of smoke. Callers also reported seeing several people running from the scene, acco
  
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• NEW: Maury Park could be renamed during planning process slated for later this year

  15-03-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Maury Park (via Google Maps)
  The namesake of Maury Park in Virginia Square is Matthew Fontaine Maury, a pioneer of oceanography and a Confederate commander.
  That could change, however, if renaming is included in a planning and renovation process slated to begin at the end of 2023.
  “It is likely that the renaming of Maury Park may be considered during its upcoming master planning process, similar to other park renaming efforts,” Jerry Solomon, a spokeswoman for the Arlington Dept. of
  
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• ‘They’re desperate’: Some Arlington parents ask courts to intervene in teen fentanyl addiction treatment

  15-03-2023 14:30 via wtop.com
  
  A growing number of Arlington County, Virginia, parents are looking for drug abuse treatment for their children, leading to a boom in petitions filed in juvenile court seeking the court’s intervention.
  “A large majority of the petitions we’ve seen are fentanyl cases, children with severe substance addictions and they’re desperate,” Michael Chick, a judge at Arlington Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, said during a Monday night panel at Thomas Jefferson Middle S
  
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• Morning Poll: How do you describe where you live to out of towners?

  15-03-2023 14:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Aerial view of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor at left, the Crystal City-Pentagon City corridor at right, and the Four Mile Run Valley at bottom (staff photo)
  For those who travel, especially, it’s a common experience.
  Someone not from the D.C. area will ask where you live. And if you’re an Arlington resident, you then face a mini dilemma.
  You can tell them you’re from Arlington, Virginia — not to be confused with the other Arlingtons in Texas, Massachusetts and elsewhere.
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 14, 2023

  15-03-2023 01:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 8640 times… so far.
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