Arlington news

• DC woman charged with murder in Rock Creek Parkway crash that killed 3

  22-05-2023 23:11 via wtop.com
  
  The driver in a crash on Rock Creek Parkway in March that killed three people has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
  U.S. Park Police announced the arrest Monday and identified the driver as a Nikita Marie Walker, 43, of D.C.
  According to U.S. Park Police, Walker was was fleeing a traffic stop when she crashed a Lexus SUV into a Honda Accord carrying three men in a ride-share in the early hours of March 15.
  Mohamed Kamara, 42, of Burtonsville, Maryland; and Arlington, Virginia,
  
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• Arlington County celebrates newly renovated center aimed at diverting psychiatric crises from hospital

  22-05-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Local and state officials gathered today to celebrate the grand opening of a place where people can go if they are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
  The newly renovated Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) provides behavioral healthcare services in a community-based setting to individuals experiencing a psychiatric crisis. The location at 2120 Washington Blvd is open 24/7, 365 days per year, to people of all ages.
  With the center, Arlington County aims to divert people in crisis from the emer
  
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• Amazon’s HQ2 office towers are open. They’re named Jasper and Merlin

  22-05-2023 21:23 via wtop.com
  
  Amazon is finally graduating from rented space in Crystal City, Virginia, with the official opening Monday of its two Metropolitan Park office towers in Pentagon City.
  The opening comes nearly five years after the digital giant chose Northern Virginia for HQ2, and committed to creating 25,000 jobs by 2030.
  Construction of Metropolitan Park started in early 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction project includes more than 2.1 million square feet.
  The two 22-story buildings
  
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• Arlington debuts an alterative to the ER for those experiencing a mental health crisis

  22-05-2023 20:33 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington County Board member Christian Dorsey cuts the ribbon on the county’s new Crisis Intervention Center. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
  Arlington County, Virginia, is set on improving its resources for those in a mental health crisis. County officials cut the ribbon on a new crisis center meant to reduce the role police and hospitals play in a mental health emergency.
  If law enforcement is called to help in a mental health crisis, oftentimes there is nowhere for emergency responders to take a
  
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• Two longtime Arlington residents invent and launch innovative new bathroom product

  22-05-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The plunger. It’s a dirty topic that no one talks about, but we all have to deal with it. We’ve all had the same experience; we plunge the toilet and don’t know what to do with that nasty plunger afterwards.A lot of times after use, the go-to is to stick it in the tub or back on the floor to deal with the inevitable later. Two longtime Arlington residents came up with a better way.
  The idea of the Schoon was a glimmer in inventor Elaine Steele’s brain one morning in Janua
  
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• ACPD: Twenty-five vehicles damaged during recent theft sprees

  22-05-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car at night (file photo courtesy Kevin Wolf)
  Thieves damaged 25 vehicles in several North Arlington neighborhoods over the past few days.
  That’s according to Monday’s Arlington County Police Department crime report.
  The first theft spree happened last week, overnight Thursday into Friday, in the Waverly Hills neighborhood, not far from the intersection of N. Glebe Road and Langston Blvd.
  Thieves damaged five vehicles while stealing the glass from side mirrors, according
  
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• Arlington resident formulates sustainable, non-toxic skincare from France with love

  22-05-2023 18:45 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. 
  Arlington-based entrepreneur Elodie Cally will be in New York this week showcasing her clean, sustainably made products at a trade show focused on non-toxic beauty brands.
  Cally will be displaying the cleansing balm, serum and men’s aftershave from
  
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• Goodwill and AHC propose new affordable housing, new store and child care

  22-05-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Goodwill of Greater Washington and AHC Inc. are teaming up to build affordable housing above a new second-hand store and donation center on S. Glebe Road.
  DC Urban Turf first reported the news.
  The national nonprofit has not embarked on something like this before, writes land-use attorney Andrew Painter, in application materials filed with Arlington County.
  “The proposed redevelopment would be the first such project for the organization as it seeks to further its nonprofit mission and valu
  
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• Photos: Amazon HQ2’s first phase is basically complete

  22-05-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  We’re getting our first official look into the mostly completed first phase of Amazon’s HQ2 in Pentagon City.
  Amazon shared photos this morning from inside the two-building, 2.1 million square foot office complex, located along S. Eads Street between 12th and 15th streets.
  The photos are notable for what they don’t show: rows of cubicles for the thousands of employees that are expected to work from HQ2. Instead, the photos show richly appointed, lounge-like spaces, a cafeteria
  
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• Morning Poll: Are you traveling and taking time off for Memorial Day this year?

  22-05-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Looking south, the sun sets as traffic moves along I-395 (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  When we asked last year, just 25% of poll respondents said they were heading out of town for Memorial Day.
  That compares to 35% who said they were traveling for Memorial Day in 2013.
  With the holiday weekend coming up, and with Covid even less of a factor this year, we wanted to see if the 2023 travel figures would be substantially different than 2022.
  At the same time, we were interested to know just how long
  
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