Arlington news

• AWLA: Someone is shooting rabbits with blow darts

  10-04-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  A rabbit (Flickr pool photo by Erinn Shirley)
  Someone in Arlington is apparently shooting rabbits with a blow dart.
  Two rabbits, each with darts stuck in their bodies, were spotted by residents along the 700 and 800 blocks of N. Barton Street in Lyon Park earlier this month, according to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. Animal control officers have been trying to capture the rabbits to provide medical treatment.
  The apparent dart shootings follow an incident in which a crow was shot with
  
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• Suspects arrested after weekend carjacking near Crystal City

  10-04-2023 21:35 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  Two men are in police custody after a carjacking Friday night.
  The carjacking was the tenth reported in Arlington so far this year, and the fifth in which a BMW was taken in the Crystal City and Pentagon City area.
  Police were called from the CVS store on the 2400 block of Richmond Highway shortly before 9 p.m. Friday, after a victim reported the theft to employees, according to scanner traffic. The suspects had knocked the two victims, who tried to flee to the ground and took their k
  
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• Could Arlington National Cemetery get more land?

  10-04-2023 20:33 via wtop.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for a parcel of land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery.
  The cemetery expansion project is expected to add 50,000 to 60,000 burial spaces and extend its ability to accommodate new burials by 19 years — until 2060, under the current eligibility requirements. Work on the expansion has already begun and will not be halted no
  
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• A new park with an enclosed play area for kids has opened in Clarendon

  10-04-2023 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
  A public green space with a play area for kids is now open at Clarendon’s outdoor shopping center.
  The Loop, a central green space in the middle of the Crossing Clarendon, officially opened on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed to ARLnow. Several readers sent tips and photos of locals enjoying themselves in the new public park at 2800 Clarendon Blvd late last week.
  The new park includes walkways, Adirondack chairs, new landscaping and artificial turf, a pipe-like tunnel, small bronze-colore
  
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• Arlingtonian starts company to connect ‘handywomen’ with women homeowners

  10-04-2023 19:00 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. 
  Arlingtonian Akilah Beavers is all about empowering women in their own homes.
  She envisions a future where more women pursue careers as independent “handywomen” and even those not pursuing such work professionally feel better able to replace
  
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• Arlington School Board candidate Angelo Cocchiaro quells ‘rumor’ he is dropping out of race

  10-04-2023 17:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Angelo Cocchiaro (courtesy photo)
  Arlington School Board candidate Angelo Cocchiaro is not dropping out of the race, despite a statement to that effect that briefly appeared on his website Friday.
  In it, Cocchiaro implied that he was experiencing challenges raising money and could not afford an effective campaign. He pledged to continue advocating for students using the network of advisory boards within Arlington Public Schools.
  Sources within the local Democratic party say he might have been ta
  
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• Chase the Submarine now open inside of Pentagon City’s “cube”

  10-04-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Chase the Submarine in Pentagon City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Chase the Submarine is now serving sandwiches inside the cube at Pentagon City.
  The sub shop from local chef Tim Ma reopened to the public in February inside the former Bread and Water “cube” at Westpost on S. Joyce Street. The shop currently has only seven sandwiches on its menu, including banh mi, a meatball sub, and peanut butter and jelly.
  Chase the Submarine was previously in Vienna before shuttering in late 2017
  
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• Rumble Boxing is opening multiple locations in Arlington and Falls Church

  10-04-2023 16:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Rumble Boxing (photo via Instagram)
  A boxing gym is entering the local ring in a big way.
  Rumble Boxing, which has an existing location at 2001 M Street NW in D.C., is planning to open at least three new locations in Arlington and Falls Church.
  The fast-growing, New York City-based fitness chain lists on its website “coming soon” locations of 1900 Crystal Drive, a new apartment tower in Crystal City, and 110 Founders Avenue in Falls Church, also a new apartment building.
  In addition,
  
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