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• Washington-Liberty students built technology that is set to be launched into space this week

  24-04-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  In one year, a group of Washington-Liberty High School students built a subatomic particle detector from scratch, teaching themselves everything from a new coding language to how to solder.
  Now, that hardware and software are set to get launched into space this week, though a date has yet to be set.
  “I feel ecstatic,” senior Ava Schwarz tells ARLnow.
  Their project, originally scheduled to launch on Friday, will help scientists who are researching particle physics understand the kind
  
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• Local taxi companies request higher fares to offset increased costs

  24-04-2023 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A Red Top cab in 2013 (file photo)
  All six taxi companies authorized to operate in Arlington County are asking for rate increases.
  The companies say this would help offset rising business costs — including fuel and insurance expenses — and keep them competitive with rideshare operators. Arlington, which regulates taxis (while rideshare drivers are regulated by the state) last raised rates in 2016, per a county report.
  The Arlington County Board voted over the weekend to a hold a publ
  
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• Workplace dispute leads to stabbing at Arlington hotel

  24-04-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  A 25-year-old man is in jail after he allegedly stabbed a former coworker at a local hotel over the weekend.
  The stabbing happened around 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hotel Pentagon, on the 2400 block of S. Glebe Road, near I-395. According to initial reports, a former employee stabbed the hotel manager at least twice, including in the back.
  Police arrived and reportedly took the suspect, who was still on scene, into custody at Taser-point.
  “The known suspect entered an office inside
  
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• App developed by locals lets users document their travels and share them with friends

  24-04-2023 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. 
  Anna Sullivan remembers when she used to mark out her travels on a physical map using push pins.
  It helped her visualize everywhere she had ever been — but, being a map, she could not just pull it out if a friend planning a trip asked her where to
  
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• The Columbia Pike Blues Festival is returning in June

  24-04-2023 18:00 via arlnow.com
  
  17th Annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival (photo courtesy Columbia Pike Documentary Project)
  The Columbia Pike Blues Festival is returning this summer for its 26th edition.
  The annual summer music festival is set to take place on June 17 this year and will span several Columbia Pike blocks. It will feature a collection of performances, local food, beer, and family-friendly activities, as it usually does.
  This year’s headliner is Judith Hill, a singer and songwriter featured in the Oscar-win
  
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• ACPD: Armed man who threatened bar bouncer arrested at gunpoint in Clarendon

  24-04-2023 17:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Police response to reported gun brandishing in Clarendon on Sunday night (photo courtesy anonymous)
  Police swarmed Clarendon last night after a man who was kicked out of a bar allegedly flashed a gun at a bouncer.
  The incident started at Don Tito (3165 Wilson Blvd) around 8:45 p.m., according to scanner traffic. Two people were kicked out of the bar, leading to one of them to brandish a gun and make threats, responding officers were told.
  Numerous officers responded to the scene. One officer rep
  
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• Board approves $1.55 billion budget, holds property tax rate steady and boosts member pay

  24-04-2023 15:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County Board meeting on April 22, 2023 (via Arlington County/YouTube)
  The Arlington County Board has approved a budget that hikes the salaries of county employees — as well as Board members themselves.
  The $1.55 billion budget is a 3.3% increase over the current fiscal year’s $1.5 billion budget, funded in large part thanks to rising residential property assessments. The property tax rate was held steady at $1.013 per $100 of assessed value, but the average Arlington homeow
  
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