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• After Arlington National Cemetery horse deaths, Army makes changes to improve their care

  10-05-2023 23:29 via wtop.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army announced changes Wednesday to the way it will care for the gray and black horses that carry service members’ flag-draped caskets to their final resting places in Arlington National Cemetery after the deaths of horses in the ceremonial unit exposed their poor living conditions.
  The horses are part of the caisson platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as the Old Guard, which is best known for guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the cemetery, loc
  
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• Senior facility rezoning request sows some confusion, concern ahead of County Board vote

  10-05-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Sunrise Senior Living at 2000 N. Glebe Road in Arlington’s Glebewood neighborhood (via Arlington County)
  Two years after indicating interest in redeveloping its property in the Glebewood neighborhood, Sunrise Senior Living is almost done with early-stage procedural hurdles.
  Meanwhile, the way the process has unfolded so far has confused and alarmed some neighbors.
  Arlington County is mulling rezoning the site, 2000 N. Glebe Road, to allow for greater density and to allow for elder care use
  
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• ACPD: Man stuck phone under woman’s dress on mall escalator

  10-05-2023 21:35 via arlnow.com
  
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  Police are looking for a man who stuck a phone under a woman’s dress as she rode an escalator in Pentagon City.
  The incident happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night at the Pentagon City mall.
  The woman told police that she believes the man was trying to film her. She yelled at him and he ran off before officers arrived.
  “At approximately 10:25 p.m. on May 9, police were dispatched to the report of suspicious circumstances,” Arlington County police said in to
  
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• Sloppy Mama’s BBQ — your home for all things BBQ in Arlington

  10-05-2023 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Mandy and Joe Neuman founded Sloppy Mama’s BBQ in the summer of 2014.
  The couple catered their own wedding several years before, a proper pig picking, in the style of the pig pickings from years spent in Southern Virginia. From the catered wedding, family and friends starting asking for pig roasts of their own. They bought a food truck and set out with one goal in mind… making people happy. Fast forward 9 years and Arlington has become the perfect home!
  Bring a crew by and enjoy a
  
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• As early voting kicks off, Democratic hopefuls are picking up a variety of endorsements

  10-05-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  With early and caucus voting underway, some candidates for local office are getting boosts from prominent Arlington Democrats.
  Arlington is a Democratic stronghold for state and national politics. On the local level, that ethos has fueled intense focus on who will get the official support of the local party — even for non-partisan positions on the Arlington School Board.
  Among sitting County Board members, there is strong support for Acting Sheriff Jose Quiroz, who has received endorsemen
  
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• Biz Talk: AED hosts GovCon Resource Exhibition

  10-05-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  This article was written by Arlington Economic Development.
  The Washington, D.C. metro region is the epicenter of government contracting activity in the U.S. and as home to the Pentagon, Arlington offers unmatched proximity to the federal government.
  The federal government is the largest consumer of goods and services in the entire world, spending roughly $650 billion annually. Combined with state and local procurement, approximately $1 trillion is spent annually.
  Part of the region’
  
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• Arlington firefighters could soon give away Narcan to bystanders at an overdose scene

  10-05-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A training session for how to administer naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, to reverse opioid overdoses in 2019 (staff photo)
  When Arlington firefighters respond to drug overdoses, they could soon start bringing along enough doses of an opioid-reversal drug to leave some behind.
  This is part of a statewide effort “to prevent fatal overdoses and increase community access” to the nasal spray Narcan, one form of the reversal drug called naloxone.
  On Saturday, the Arlington C
  
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• Cherrydale icon Essy’s Carriage House is being sold, but unclear to whom

  10-05-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Essy’s Carriage House in Cherrydale appears to have been sold, but it remains a mystery to whom.
  The long-time, well-known restaurant on Langston Blvd closed in March and went on the market shortly thereafter for two million dollars.
  Now, an “under contract” sign has appeared next to the building. The listing webpage also notes that an offer is “contingent.”
  “Rare offering of the Essys Carriage House restaurant and parking lot located behind Essys that totals
  
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• Pedestrian bridge linking Crystal City and Reagan National Airport set to move forward

  10-05-2023 15:53 via wtop.com
  
  Rndering of the proposed bridge that would link a future VRE station in Crystal City to Terminal 2 at Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy Arlington County)
  The plan for a pedestrian bridge that would create a direct five-minute-walk between Crystal City, in Arlington, Virginia, and Ronald Reagan National Airport is expected to take a big step forward this weekend.
  The Arlington Board is set to endorse plans to build a girder-style bridge that would connect the entrance of a future Virginia
  
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• Park next to Amazon HQ2 set to get a new farmers market

  10-05-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  When Amazon opens the first phase of its second headquarters in June, it is preparing to debut a new farmers market, too.
  This farmers market is set to pop up four Saturdays a month starting June 24. It will be located inside the $14 million public park Amazon renovated as part of the Metropolitan Park or “Met Park” first phase of HQ2, at the corner of 13th Street S. and S. Eads Street.
  Loudoun County-based EatLoco is set to operate the market within the park, which features meander
  
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• Retakes, accepting late assignments among proposed changes to Arlington schools’ grading policy

  10-05-2023 11:22 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is proposing a plan that would enable middle and high school students to retake or redo certain assignments and reduce the weight that homework has on a student’s overall grade.
  Under proposed changes to school system policies, all teachers would provide “retakes” and “redos” for all students on certain class assignments, and the higher grade would be recorded for the student. The change also calls for a decrease in the percentag
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 9, 2023

  10-05-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 8969 times… so far.
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  The following are the most-read articles for today — May 9, 2023.Morning Notes
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