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• Arlington asking residents to weigh in on potential transportation upgrades in Courthouse

  02-05-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County is looking to make a three-block stretch in Courthouse safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
  Specifically, it is looking for ways to improve conditions along a three-block stretch of Wilson Blvd and Clarendon Blvd between N. Uhle Street and N. Adams Street.
  The county says the overall project goal is to “create a safe and consistent travel experience for people walking, taking transit, biking, and driving through the Courthouse section of the Rosslyn-Ballston corr
  
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• Civil rights icon Joan Mulholland honored at the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington

  02-05-2023 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  When living civil rights legend Joan Trumpauer Mulholland participated in sit-ins, she carried a Bible with her.
  She kept her birth certificate inside “so that they could identify the body,” her son, Loki, said during an event on Saturday at the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington honoring his mother’s activism.
  Joan piped up: “I didn’t have a driver’s license or anything like that. So I needed some way for them to know who I am.”
  For protesting segregati
  
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• Someone keeps masturbating near the Walter Reed pickleball courts

  02-05-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Pickleball at the Walter Reed Community Center (file photo by Jay Westcott)
  Police are on the lookout for a man who has been spotted masturbating multiple times near the Walter Reed pickleball courts.
  Cops have been called to the Walter Reed Community Center at 2909 16th Street S. at least two times in the past two weeks, each time in the late morning, according to Arlington County police crime reports.
  “At approximately 10:49 a.m. on April 21, police were dispatched to the report of an ex
  
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• Ask Eli: How much do good schools cost?

  02-05-2023 18:15 via arlnow.com
  
  This regularly scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Video summaries of some articles can be found on YouTube on the Eli Residential channel. Enjoy!
  Question: How much of a difference do schools make in the value of homes in Arlington?Answer: Nothing drives home values like schools and for most buyers around
  
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• Woman slapped, stabbed and robbed near Key Bridge in Rosslyn last night

  02-05-2023 17:05 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  A woman walking near the entrance to the Key Bridge in Rosslyn last night was assaulted, stabbed and then robbed.
  Police were dispatched just before 9 p.m., after a 911 caller reported a woman being attacked near some bushes at the Arlington end of the bridge. Arriving officers reported that she had been stabbed and requested medics.
  “The preliminary investigation indicates the female victim was walking in the area when the male suspect
  
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• BREAKING: Katie Cristol stepping down from Arlington County Board to lead Tysons booster org

  02-05-2023 15:50 via arlnow.com
  
  County Board Chair Katie Cristol in 2022 (via Arlington County)
  Arlington County Board member Katie Cristol is stepping down early to take a new job.
  Cristol has been selected as the first permanent CEO of the Tysons Community Alliance (TCA), the organization announced this morning. TCA is the successor to the former Tysons Partnership, intended to spur the continued residential and economic growth of the Fairfax County community.
  Cristol, who had previously announced that she would not be seeki
  
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• BREAKING: Arlington County Board Member Katie Cristol stepping down to lead Tysons booster org

  02-05-2023 15:50 via arlnow.com
  
  County Board Chair Katie Cristol in 2022 (via Arlington County)
  Arlington County Board member Katie Cristol is stepping down early to take a new job.
  Cristol has been selected as the first permanent CEO of the Tysons Community Alliance (TCA), the organization announced this morning. TCA is the successor to the former Tysons Partnership, intended to spur the continued residential and economic growth of the Fairfax County community.
  Cristol, who had previously announced that she would not be seeki
  
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• New Korean-style fried chicken restaurant set to open late next month in Va. Square

  02-05-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  bb.q Chicken is opening in Virginia Square (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  A new Korean fried chicken restaurant in Virginia Square hopes to be hot and ready by next month.
  A new location of the fried chicken franchise bb.q Chicken is aiming to open in Virginia Square in late May, a restaurant spokesperson confirmed ARLnow. It’s coming to 3503 Fairfax Drive, in the former location of Cosi, which closed three years ago.
  The location remains under construction, the spokesperson said. The resta
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 1, 2023

  02-05-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 10655 times… so far.
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