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• W-L student on scooter struck by driver while crossing intersection

  21-03-2023 20:55 via arlnow.com
  
  A teenage girl on an electric scooter was seriously injured after colliding with a driver near Washington-Liberty High School earlier this afternoon.
  Shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, police were dispatched to Washington Blvd and N. Quincy Street, in the Virginia Square area, for the report of a crash with injury, a police spokeswoman told ARLnow.
  “The preliminary investigation indicates a juvenile on an electric scooter was travelling southbound on N. Quincy Street when she proceeded throu
  
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• County Board to receive Narcan training today, helping to promote free training sessions for residents

  21-03-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A training session for how to administer naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, to reverse opioid overdoses in 2019 (staff photo)
  Arlington County is offering residents free training on the anti-overdose drug Narcan.
  The sessions are available as an hour-long online training course or an abridged, 10-minute training over the phone.
  To help promote the trainings, County Board members will be trained on the use of Narcan at their meeting this afternoon, the county said in a press release.
  
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• A second Democratic hopeful launches bid for District 2 House of Delegates

  21-03-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Kevin Saucedo-Broach, a candidate for Virginia’s 2nd District in the House of Delegates (courtesy photo)
  A second candidate has emerged for the open seat in Arlington’s new 2nd District in the Virginia House of Delegates.
  Last week, Kevin Saucedo-Broach, a former Chief of Staff for Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), announced his candidacy for the district, created after a 2021 redistricting process.
  Saucedo-Broach, the treasurer for the Democratic Latino Caucus of Virginia, will run
  
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• Ask Eli: The real estate market whiplash is crazy

  21-03-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This regularly scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Video summaries of some articles can be found on YouTube on the Eli Residential channel. Enjoy!
  Question: How much has the market changed in the last six months?
  TL;DR (0:56)Answer: Sometimes I write columns for myself as the audience, this is one of them&h
  
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• Police investigating tire heist, vehicle theft and tip jar larceny in Cherrydale

  21-03-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  Arlington County police are on scene at the Dunkin’ Donuts in Cherrydale for a report of a stolen tip jar and a stolen car.
  Initial reports suggest that a man swiped the tip jar at the restaurant, located at 3520 Langston Blvd, then hopped into someone else’s car and drove off in the direction of Rosslyn. Police are on scene investigating.
  This is at least the second larceny involving a Cherrydale business in as many days.
  Accordin
  
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• Carjacking suspect in custody after vehicular mayhem in Falls Church spills over into Arlington

  21-03-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Falls Church carjacking suspect (photo courtesy City of Falls Church)
  A man accused of going on a days-long assault, vehicle theft and property destruction spree that extended into Arlington is in custody.
  City of Falls Church Police said the man, who is uncooperative and has not revealed his name, was arrested Sunday after leaving a multi-jurisdictional trail of injury and destruction in his wake.
  The incidents started around lunchtime Friday, when the suspect made a U-turn on the 1200 block of
  
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• Arlington ranks No. 2 on new list of “Best Cities to Live in America”

  21-03-2023 14:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The Rosslyn skyline in the spring (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
  Arlington County is the second best “city” to live in the U.S., according to a new set of rankings.
  The school-and-place ranking website Niche is out with the 2023 edition of its Best Places to Live in America, and Arlington is second only to Cambridge, Massachusetts — home of Harvard and MIT — on the cities list.
  “Living in Arlington offers residents an urban feel and most residents rent their homes,&r
  
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• Future of free virtual tutoring service in Arlington schools unclear

  21-03-2023 10:21 via wtop.com
  
  What is going to happen to the free digital tutoring service made available to all Arlington, Virginia, middle and high school students?
  The school system’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget doesn’t include funding for the program called Paper, which provided sixth through 12th graders in Arlington Public Schools with free virtual, on-demand tutoring help.
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  Paper launched in August, and has been used by 23% of the county’s 26,
  
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• Today’s local news reporting is supported by the Junior League of Washington’s Tossed & Found Rummage Sale

  21-03-2023 10:00 via arlnow.com
  
  ARLnow.com’s local news reporting today is supported by the Junior League of Washington’s Tossed & Found rummage sale.
  More on the event:
  You’re invited to shop at the 31st Annual Tossed & Found rummage sale brought to you by the Junior League of Washington! The sale on March 25-26, 2023, features gently used name-brand items, children’s clothes and toys, men’s and women’s clothing, luggage, household items, furniture and more at bargain prices.
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 20, 2023

  21-03-2023 01:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 16319 times… so far.
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