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• NEW: Man arrested for Columbia Pike bank robbery

  05-04-2023 23:45 via arlnow.com
  
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  A 27-year-old Maryland man has been arrested and charged with yesterday’s robbery of the Bank of America on Columbia Pike.
  Police say Jaquan Royal passed the teller a note and implied that he had a weapon, then fled with cash. No one was physically hurt.
  From an Arlington County police press release:
  The Arlington County Police Department has charged a suspect for his involvement in a bank robbery in the 3400 block of Columbia Pike. Jaquan Deandre Malik Royal, 27, of Prince Geor
  
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• Arlington County, nonprofits nab $3M to fund homelessness prevention efforts

  05-04-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A sleeping bag and roll of toilet paper in an alcove of the elevated walkway in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Local nonprofits and the Arlington County government have received $3 million in federal funding to address homelessness.
  Nearly $200,000 will go to two new programs from the organizations Doorways and PathForward, formerly A-SPAN. The rest — save for about $81,000 for the county — will support existing programs provided by Bridges to Independence, Doorways, New
  
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• Brookfield signals renewed intent to redevelop vacant TSA offices in Pentagon City

  05-04-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Developer Brookfield has signaled its plans to redevelop the vacant Transportation Security Administration office buildings in Pentagon City.
  Last month, Brookfield filed preliminary plans outlining how it will redevelop the site. The filed documents are not site plans that illustrate the buildings it intends to construct, but rather, a high-level overview of what it intends to do with the property.
  The real estate company has long had plans to redevelop the TSA buildings, located at 601 and 70
  
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• Arts Focus: Earth Day Every Day Festival returns to Langston Blvd April 23

  05-04-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development.
  Looking for fun ways to engage the whole family in Earth Day?
  A day-long street festival, Earth Day Every Day features live music, great food, kids art activities, a native plant sale, environmental education activities, and even a sustainable art market.
  The event takes place from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, in front of the Lee Heights Shops, 4500 Ol
  
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• Arlington County delays permit parking applications to fix buggy software

  05-04-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Permit parking sign on N. Highland Street (file photo)
  Arlington County is delaying the Residential Permit Parking online application process until next week due to “unexpected technical issues.”
  “Despite testing in advance, our vendor’s Residential Permit Parking online application system is currently down to resolve these technical issues to our satisfaction,” Dept. of Environmental Services spokeswoman Katie O’Brien said this morning (Wednesday).
  She added
  
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• Several local farmers markets are returning for the season this month

  05-04-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The Rosslyn farmers market (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  With the weather warming up, local farmers markets are reopening for the spring season.
  Arlington has eight official farmers markets. Four markets are coming back this month to sell produce, including the following.Ballston on Thursdays from 3-7 p.m. starting April 6
  Cherrydale on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon starting April 15
  Lubber Run on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon starting April 15
  Fairlington on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. starti
  
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• Large power outage reported in Falls Church and parts of Arlington

  05-04-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Power outage map 4/5/23 (via Dominion)
  A power outage has left much of Falls Church, big parts of western Arlington, and a small portion of Fairfax County in the dark this morning.
  More than 5,500 Dominion customers are without power, the utility company reported on its website. As of 9:15 a.m., 2,165 customers in Arlington — including parts of the East Falls Church, Leeway Overlee and Madison Manor neighborhoods — were affected. That includes nearly all of the Langston Blvd corridor
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 4, 2023

  05-04-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 15967 times… so far.
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  The following are the most-read articles for today — Apr 4, 2023.NEW: Police investigating bank robbery on Columbia Pike
  D.C. murder victim was a Yorktown High School alum and Arlington native
  Descendants of Robert E. Lee and local enslaved people to hold reunion in Arlington
  Arlington Public Schools promotes Gunston, Wakefield principals to new posts
  
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• Arlington schools to give parents more control over when students use school-issued devices

  05-04-2023 00:41 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is rolling out a new content filter that will give parents more control over when students use their county-issued devices.
  At Thursday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Francisco Durán said the new tool, called Lightspeed, would replace Global Protect, which the school system currently uses. Lightspeed will be launched on student devices during this week’s spring break, he said.
  The change comes as many families voice concerns about t
  
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