Arlington news

• Broyhill mansion demolition kicks off with owners fending off vigilante neighborhood preservationists

  03-04-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Demolition began this weekend on the 70-year-old Broyhill mansion in the Donaldson Run neighborhood.
  The lengths to which some have gone to oppose it, including allegedly impersonating a photographer and stealing tile today (Monday), has left a bitter taste in the mouths of the owners.
  The 10-bedroom home at 2561 N. Vermont, near the Washington Golf and Country Club, went on the market last November for $3.6 million after the previous owner died and the beneficiary, the Catholic Prelature of Opu
  
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• ACPD: Victim managed to escape carjacking attempt

  03-04-2023 21:05 via arlnow.com
  
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  Three armed men attempted — unsuccessfully — to carjack someone in Pentagon City late last night.
  That’s according to the latest Arlington County Police Department crime report.
  The attempted carjacking happened just before midnight Sunday on the 700 block of 12th Street S., near the Pentagon Centre shopping center and the Pentagon City Metro station entrance.
  “At approximately 11:56 p.m. on April 2, police were dispatched to the report of a suspicious person,&
  
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• Axios HQ raises $20M to expand AI software taming the ‘Wild West’ of internal corporate communications

  03-04-2023 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. 
  Corporations are increasingly turning to a new type of worker for simplified, elevated internal communications: artificial intelligence.
  One local company championing this new teammate is Clarendon-based Axios HQ (3100 Clarendon Blvd). The startup was sp
  
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• An Easter egg hunt for adults is coming to Ballston this weekend courtesy of Quincy Hall

  03-04-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Quincy Hall in Ballston (photo courtesy of Tin Shop)
  An all-ages Easter egg hunt is coming to Ballston, giving hunters chances to win free pizza, wings, and beer.
  Pizza and beer hall Quincy Hall at the corner of Fairfax Drive and N. Quincy Street is hosting its first-ever weekend Easter egg hunt starting Friday.
  More than 40 eggs will be hidden “in the general blocks around Quincy Hall in trees, on sidewalks between buildings, parks, benches, and wherever else an Easter Egg may hide,&rdquo
  
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• Audrey Clement says she is again running for County Board, on an anti-Missing Middle platform

  03-04-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  County Board candidate Audrey Clement in Virginia Square on Election Day — Nov. 7, 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Audrey Clement is again tossing her hat in the ring for the upcoming Arlington County Board race.
  Clement said in an email to supporters this morning that she is planning to run as an independent in the race, which will fill the seats of Chair Christian Dorsey and member Katie Cristol, who are not seeking reelection.
  The repeat candidate, who has unsuccessfully run for vari
  
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• Crash-prone intersection near Lubber Run Community Center still awaiting school slow zone markings

  03-04-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A troubled intersection near Lubber Run Community Center clocked another vehicle crash last week.
  The collision at N. George Mason Drive and N. Park Drive last Tuesday happened as neighbors await the installation of street markings and, eventually, signage, alerting drivers to a lower speed limit of 20 mph in the area.
  “A Porsche SUV gunned it through a busy intersection and collided with another SUV,” said Phillip Berenbroick, who saw the crash. “[It] happened right as kids a
  
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• Morning Poll: High school sports coverage?

  03-04-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Yorktown High School’s MJ Stewart in 2011 (staff photo)
  ARLnow has long avoided covering high school and youth sports, instead deferring to the coverage of the Sun Gazette (now the GazetteLeader) and the Washington Post.
  While we’ll link to sports stories of particular note in the Morning Notes, by and large the decision has been to focus on general local news coverage.
  There are two main drivers of this: there is a limited audience for high school sports coverage, relative to those
  
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• ‘Underground’ tech aims to help Arlington drivers find parking

  03-04-2023 14:11 via wtop.com
  
  A new pilot program in Arlington, Virginia, is aimed at saving drivers time, using new underground technology that will track parking spaces.
  The Performance Parking Pilot Program will track parking across the Rosslyn-Ballston and Richmond Highway corridors and will provide drivers with real-time updates, according to a news release from the county government.
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  The project will include 4,500 metered parking spaces.
  The county
  
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• Arlington Co. teens to learn about careers in law enforcement during police academy

  03-04-2023 12:53 via wtop.com
  
  Teens in Arlington, Virginia, who are interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement can now apply to attend a free police academy.
  The program launched last year and according to a news release from the county, it was popular enough to add a second two-week session this summer.
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  The academy teaches participants through presentations, hands-on learning, scenario training and field trips. It aims to “educate participa
  
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• JUST IN: Police trying to identify suspect in Va. Square break-in and sexual assault

  03-04-2023 01:30 via arlnow.com
  
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  A man broke into a woman’s apartment in Virginia Square early this morning and sexually assaulted her.
  That’s according to a press release just issued by the Arlington County Police Department.
  The break-in happened on the 3900 block of Fairfax Drive, which corresponds with the address of the Quincy Plaza apartment tower. After sexually assaulting the resident, the man fled on foot.
  The suspect remains at large and police are asking for the public’s help in identifyi
  
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