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• NEW: Driver charged with DUI manslaughter after woman struck and killed

  23-05-2023 23:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Map showing the Arlington portions of King Street (via Google Maps)
  A 38-year-old Maryland man is in jail after police say he struck and killed a woman with his car last night.
  The crash happened around 10 p.m. on the 4800 block of King Street (Route 7), at the Arlington-Alexandria border. A crowd had gathered around the stricken pedestrian, a 71-year-old woman from California, as police arrived on scene, according to a police press release and scanner traffic.
  The woman was taken to a local hos
  
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• Redevelopment plans for Columbia Pike strip mall stall after grocery tenant pulls out

  23-05-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  An apartment redevelopment proposed for a strip mall on Columbia Pike is stalled for the foreseeable future after the anchor tenant — a grocery store — fell through.
  But some of the existing tenants, including the restaurant Atilla’s, have already moved out. And now, the Fillmore Gardens shopping center on the 2600 block of the Pike, which includes a still-operating CVS, is attracting graffiti artists and other signs of blight, according to neighbors.
  Penrose Civic Association
  
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• Proposed residential development would bring changes to southern Crystal City

  23-05-2023 20:35 via arlnow.com
  
  A new apartment building may be coming to a southern portion of Crystal City, and changing some infrastructure in the process.
  Developer JBG Smith announced today a plan for a 370-unit apartment building on “Block W” in Crystal City. The site is bounded by Crystal Drive, a National Airport access road, and railroad tracks, and is currently home to a gravel parking lot, an off-ramp from the access road and a small, JBG-owned workout park.
  The plans appear to replace to the park and t
  
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• New funding will boost effort to plant trees in disadvantaged neighborhoods

  23-05-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Trees in Arlington (staff photo)
  EcoAction Arlington just got a $60,000 boost from the Arlington branch of the NAACP and the Mormon church in its efforts to plant trees in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
  Last year, the environmental advocacy group announced its plan to plant trees in 10 neighborhoods where the canopy is thinner than elsewhere — areas generally less wealthy and more diverse than Arlington’s leafier enclaves. The 2022 announcement coincided with a $50,000 donation from Am
  
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• Ask Eli: The bedroom chronicles — exploring Arlington’s housing market by bedroom data

  23-05-2023 18:30 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: What is the ratio of bathrooms to bedrooms in Arlington? 
  Answer: Somebody recently asked me what the bathroom-to-bedroom ratio is in Arlington an
  
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• Joe’s had its place, but A Modo Mio is the way forward

  23-05-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  “Joe’s is the past, A Modo Mio is now!”
  These are the words from Rosario, part owner of what used to be Joe’s Pizza Place, but is now A Modo Mio.
  Joe’s made a name for itself and became a community favorite with its pizza, pasta, subs and most memorably, their buffet. Fast forward to 2020, with Covid in full effect, the restaurant changed its name, concept and menu to stay alive.
  A Modo Mio was born.
  Located at 5555 Langston Boulevard, A Modo Mio stands as a locatio
  
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• Demolition comes for the Americana Hotel in Crystal City

  23-05-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  It’s time to bid farewell to The Americana Hotel in Crystal City.
  The long-time budget hotel along Richmond Highway is being demolished to make way for residential redevelopment across the street from Amazon’s nearly-open second headquarters and a short distance from the Crystal City Metro station.
  A spokeswoman for JBG Smith confirmed the demolition to ARLnow this morning (Tuesday).
  “Demolition and site work are currently underway, with the earliest possible construction
  
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• Police: Armed, drunk men arrested in Clarendon and Ballston over weekend

  23-05-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
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  A pair of remarkably similar incidents has landed two Arlington men in jail.
  The incidents occurred within an hour of one another early Sunday morning. In each, a drunk man allegedly got in a dispute, brandished or claimed to have a gun, and was subsequently arrested and found to be armed after police were called, according to an Arlington County Police Department crime report.
  Both happened in or in proximity to bars — one in Ballston, shortly after midnight, and another in Cla
  
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• Air bag thieves hit 20 Hondas in Arlington

  23-05-2023 12:09 via wtop.com
  
  Car air bag thieves struck again this weekend in Arlington County, Virginia, breaking into at least 20 vehicles.
  A woman in the Radnor/Fort Myer Heights neighborhood saw three men attempting to break into a vehicle, Arlington County police said, and her shouts scared them away early Sunday morning.
  But when police investigated, they found that about 20 vehicles in the area, all of them Hondas, had their windows shattered and air bags stolen.
  The thieves were seen leaving the area in a gray sedan
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 22, 2023

  23-05-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 10113 times… so far.
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  The following are the most-read articles for today — May 22, 2023.Photos: Amazon HQ2’s first phase is basically complete
  ACPD: Twenty-five vehicles damaged during recent theft sprees
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  Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event cal
  
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