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• Arlington man arrested shots fired at car near Barcroft Park

  17-04-2023 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  An arrest has been made after a vehicle was damaged by gunfire along S. Four Mile Run Drive this past Thursday night.
  Police say a 20-year-old Arlington man was arrested Friday night in the Aurora Highlands neighborhood. He’s now facing numerous charges in connection to the incident, which happened in the area of Barcroft Park and started as a dispute among four acquaintances, according to police.
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• Arlington man arrested after gunfire near Barcroft Park

  17-04-2023 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  An arrest has been made after a vehicle was damaged by gunfire along S. Four Mile Run Drive this past Thursday night.
  Police say a 20-year-old Arlington man was arrested Friday night in the Aurora Highlands neighborhood. He’s now facing numerous charges in connection to the incident, which happened in the area of Barcroft Park and started as a dispute among four acquaintances, according to police.
  Shots were fired at two people in the ca
  
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• Arlington School Board candidates nab endorsements from sitting chair, former administrator

  17-04-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Outgoing Arlington School Board chair Reid Goldstein has endorsed School Board candidate Angelo Cocchiaro in the race to replace him.
  While Goldstein is the first sitting School Board member to endorse a candidate thus far, his opponent Miranda Turner was endorsed by a former top-level administrator for Arlington Public Schools.
  Cocchiaro announced news of the endorsement today (Monday), less than a week after quieting talk that he was pulling out of the race. He will be going up against Turner
  
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• Bordeaux and Dordogne: The two best regions of France you haven’t been to

  17-04-2023 21:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Want to know the best place to find Parisian city vibes, the most prestigious wines in the world, and the most incredible countryside scenery in France?
  Look no further than Bordeaux and Dordogne.
  The city of Bordeaux is considered by many a smaller version of Paris. It boasts the same style of grand architecture, a variety of neighborhoods with their own identities, scores of Michelin starred restaurants, and wonderful plazas and streets for walking, dining, and shopping. Outside the city you c
  
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• Arlington to allow students to carry naloxone in schools as part of opioid prevention efforts

  17-04-2023 20:53 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is moving forward with a plan that will enable students to carry naloxone — the generic form of the overdose-reversing drug Narcan — in school by the end of May.
  At Thursday’s board meeting, Superintendent Francisco Duran said the county is aiming for students to be able to carry naloxone by May 26.
  Schools in Arlington, Virginia, detail plans to allow students to carry naloxone in schools. (Courtesy Arlington Public Schools)
  The announcemen
  
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• NEW: Police release photos of suspect in sexual assault case

  17-04-2023 20:35 via arlnow.com
  
  Break-in and sexual assault suspect (photos courtesy ACPD, photo composition by ARLnow)
  Arlington County police have released photos of a man suspected of trying to break into apartments in a building where a woman was sexually assaulted.
  Police stopped short of calling the man a suspect in the April 2 sexual assault in Virginia Square and the April 12 sexual battery in Courthouse. In both instances, a suspect broke into a woman’s apartment and then fled on foot.
  “The investigation i
  
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• Rosslyn-based Association Analytics adds new leadership to pursue new AI tools

  17-04-2023 19:30 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. 
  A local data analytics company is bringing on new leadership as it plans to find new uses for artificial intelligence.
  Rosslyn-based Association Analytics (1560 Wilson Blvd) hired a new Chief Product Officer and Executive Chairman, Rob Wenger, and a new
  
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• UPDATED: Red Flag Warning issued for Arlington

  17-04-2023 18:35 via arlnow.com
  
  Updated at 9:40 a.m. — The earlier watch has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning. From the National Weather Service:
  …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR VIRGINIA, SOUTHERN MARYLAND, AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE…
  The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.
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• ‘Fire Weather Watch’ issued for Arlington

  17-04-2023 18:35 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County, along with much of the D.C. area, will be under a Fire Weather Watch tomorrow.
  Small brush fires are not uncommon in Arlington, though at no point in recent history has one threatened a home, as happened in D.C. last month.
  Forecasters say Tuesday’s weather will be windy with low humidity — ideal for the spread of brush fires.
  More from the National Weather Service:
  …FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN AND
  
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• Good Company Doughnuts to fill a hole at Amazon’s HQ2 early this summer

  17-04-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Company Doughnuts and Cafe is looking to open its new location at Amazon’s HQ2 in early summer.
  Construction is nearly complete on the 3,000-square-foot second location of the Ballston-based donut shop, which is coming to 1400 S. Eads Street, managing partner Charles Kachadoorian told ARLnow. The plan is to open there in late May or early June, he said.
  Like Peruvian Brothers, that hoped-for debut aligns with Amazon’s schedule for the first phase of its new Pentagon City office
  
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• Office vacancy rates are in a ‘transition’ phase, analyst says

  17-04-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Office buildings, including the Nestle building, in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  The newest trend in office leasing may be painful for Arlington County’s office vacancy rate in the short term — but it could be beneficial in the long run.
  As companies try to coax employees enjoying remote work back to the office at least part of the time, some are trading spacious leases for smaller agreements with more amenities. Landlords are responding with more investments in renovations.
  
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• Car runs into house, another overturns in Sunday crash

  17-04-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A car crashed into the side of a house as a result of a crash that also left an SUV overturned (photo courtesy anonymous)
  Arlington County police responded to a major crash along S. Glebe Road yesterday afternoon.
  The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. Sunday on Glebe near the intersection with 6th Street S., about a block south of Fire Station 1. An SUV overturned and a sedan ran into the side of a house as a result of the crash.
  Initial reports suggest that the sedan driver was at first unrespons
  
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