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• ACPD: Pickup truck driver runs red light, almost strikes pedestrian, then threatens him with gun

  20-03-2023 20:55 via arlnow.com
  
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  Arlington County police are investigating a pair of early morning incidents involving guns over the weekend.
  The first happened shortly after midnight on Saturday, when a pickup truck driver allegedly ran a red light, nearly struck a pedestrian who was crossing the road, and then brandished a gun during a dispute with the pedestrian.
  The incident happened near Thomas Jefferson Middle School, at the intersection of 2nd Street S. and S. Glebe Road. That’s a block from where the dr
  
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• Free workouts, music and more at GMU’s Arlington campus starting today

  20-03-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Participants in an outdoor painting workshop (photo via Cristian Torres/George Mason University)
  With Arlington getting some warmer weather, George Mason University is opening up the plaza of its Arlington campus to a series of free activities and events.
  The weekly programs are hosted at Mason Square Plaza at 3383 Fairfax Drive, in Virginia Square. The weekly events started today (Monday) and are scheduled to continue through May 12.
  In addition to the pre-scheduled events, the plaza also offer
  
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• Developer files new long-term plan for redeveloping Pentagon Centre

  20-03-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A new vision for replacing the Pentagon Centre shopping center, including the Costco, is coming into focus.
  Kimco Realty Corporation revised its plans envisioning the long-term redevelopment of the 16.8-acre site, which were first approved by the Arlington County Board in 2015. Kimco submitted documents articulating these changes — which call for new high-rise residential and commercial buildings — in late December.
  “With the redevelopment approvals that have been granted sinc
  
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• Arlingtonian starts pet waste removal service that scoops poop for a cause

  20-03-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
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  A longtime Arlingtonian has launched a company that seeks to provide a more personalized pooch poop removal service.
  Wes Clough, a Gulf Branch resident who is a partner at a handful of local restaurants, founded Poop Patroller this year after running int
  
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• A $100k salary in Arlington feels more like $50k, new study suggests

  20-03-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Hundred dollar bills / money (Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash)
  Arlington ranks near the top of many lists, but it’s near the bottom of a new one looking at purchasing power.
  The county is No. 66 out of 76 on a list of “Where $100,000 Goes Furthest.” The bottom four cities on the list are New York, Honolulu, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., compared to the top-ranked cities of Memphis, El Paso, Oklahoma City and Corpus Christi.
  The 2023 study by financial website SmartA
  
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• Libby Garvey among the notable locals supporting challenger for Commonwealth’s Attorney

  20-03-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Josh Katcher, candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney, at the Arlington Democrats meeting in January (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  A fundraiser for Commonwealth’s Attorney candidate Josh Katcher has drawn some notable local names.
  Katcher is running in June’s Democratic primary to unseat his former boss, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, as Arlington’s top prosecutor. Both bill themselves as justice reformers, though Katcher is associating a local rise in crime — albeit one in l
  
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• The Irish prime minister took in a rugby match at a Pentagon City bar this weekend

  20-03-2023 14:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister, at Mattie & Eddie’s in Pentagon City with owner Cathal Armstrong (via @mattie_and_eddies/Instagram)
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the prime minister of Ireland, took in a history-making rugby match at a bar in Pentagon City over the weekend.
  Varadkar watched the Ireland claim the Guinness Six Nations crown on home soil for the first time in 75 years at Maddie and Eddie’s, the Irish bar at Westpost (formerly Pentagon Row) owned by notabl
  
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