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• Listing of the Day: 5303 18th Street N.

  31-03-2023 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Address: 5303 18th Street N.Neighborhood: TaraType: 5 BR, 7 (+1 half) BA single-family detached — 5,000 sq. ft.Listed: $2,395,000
  Open House: Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2 from 1-4 p.m.
  Noteworthy: New Spring Street home near Westover Village, 2 home offices, screened porch
  Spring Street Development responds to market demand with two offices and four levels of flexible space in this light filled new home.
  Located in the leafy Tara neighborhood, the home is an appealing blend of co
  
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• County tax rate hearing had two speakers and neither talked about the tax rate

  31-03-2023 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Empty seats during the Arlington County Board tax rate hearing on March 30, 2023 (via Arlington County)
  Have you ever showed up to a date and realized you had been stood up?
  The Arlington County Board nearly did yesterday (Thursday) during a hearing on the proposed property tax rate.
  The county proposes a rate of $1.013 per $100 in assessed value. While flat over last year, the average Arlington homeowner would still see taxes go up $454, owing to rising residential property assessments and oth
  
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• Car care like you always wanted: easy, transparent, convenient

  31-03-2023 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
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• UPDATED: Arlington under High Wind Warning on Saturday

  31-03-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Flags blowing in the wind at Arlington County government headquarters (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  (Updated at midnight) Batten down the hatches, it’s going to get pretty windy tomorrow.
  The National Weather Service has upgraded the earlier High Wind Watch for Arlington to a High Wind Warning, in effect Saturday from noon to midnight.
  Forecasters say gusts of up to 60 mph could fell trees, knock out power to parts of the area, and make travel treacherous.
  More from NWS:
  …HIGH WIND
  
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• Arlington under High Wind Watch on Saturday

  31-03-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Flags blowing in the wind at Arlington County government headquarters (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Batten down the hatches, it’s going to get pretty windy tomorrow.
  The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Watch for Arlington, in effect Saturday from noon to midnight. Forecasters say gusts of up to 60 mph could fell trees, knock out power to parts of the area, and make travel treacherous.
  More from NWS:
  1148 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
  …HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
  
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• Arlington teachers blast decision to remove outside locks from staff bathrooms

  31-03-2023 18:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Men’s restroom sign at Sequoia Plaza (staff photo)
  A controversial decision by Arlington Public Schools to change staff bathrooms so they do not lock from the outside has incited backlash from a number of teachers.
  APS is embarking on a “lock and key” project to maintain the safety and security of buildings and “improve the key inventory process” at its 42 school buildings, per an email sent from Washington-Liberty High School Principal Antonio Hall to staff, shared
  
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• Arlington teachers blast decision to remove outdoor locks from staff bathrooms

  31-03-2023 18:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Men’s restroom sign at Sequoia Plaza (staff photo)
  A controversial decision by Arlington Public Schools to change staff bathrooms so they do not lock from the outside has incited backlash from a number of teachers.
  APS is embarking on a “lock and key” project to maintain the safety and security of buildings and “improve the key inventory process” at its 42 school buildings, per an email sent from Washington-Liberty High School Principal Antonio Hall to staff, shared
  
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• Crumbl Cookies aims to be ready by fall at the Lee Harrison Shopping Center

  31-03-2023 17:10 via arlnow.com
  
  The new Crumbl Cookies coming to Lee Harrison Shopping Center hopes to be fully baked by the fall.
  The franchised cookie bakery will “likely” be ready to open in early autumn, co-owner Dovy Paukstys told ARLnow. It is moving into the former Starbucks space at 2441 N. Harrison Street, next to the Wild Birds Unlimited store. The coffee shop closed in 2019.
  It was first reported in June 2022 that Crumbl was making its way to Arlington, joining a cadre of cookie shops across Northern Vi
  
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• Morning Poll: Have you ever been treated as if you didn’t belong in your neighborhood?

  31-03-2023 16:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Duplexes in Westover (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  An article this week about an arguably historic, 70-year-old mansion in Arlington possibly being set for demolition had a subplot that could have been a story all on its own.
  From Charlie Clark, reporting in the Falls-Church News Press (emphasis ours):
  The purchasers, Mustaq Hamza and Amanda Maldonado, said in interviews, however, that so far their experience in the neighborhood has been unpleasant, in part because of the county’s current
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 30, 2023

  31-03-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Thursday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 6850 times… so far.
  📈 Top stories
  The following are the most-read articles for today — Mar 30, 2023.Morning Notes
  Two Chefs Pizza nearing 40 years in the community
  County encourages residents to reimagine Arlington Neighborhoods Program
  These are some of the older Arlington roads getting new pavement this year📅 Upcoming events
  Here is what’s going on Friday in Arlington, fro
  
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