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• BREAKING: W-L senior and standout soccer player killed in Fairfax County double homicide

  30-05-2023 23:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Washington-Liberty High School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  A Washington-Liberty High School senior was killed in a double homicide yesterday in Fairfax County.
  Braden Deahl, 18, was a standout soccer player on the W-L varsity team who had committed to play at St. Mary’s College of Maryland earlier this month, according to an athletics website.
  Deahl’s death was announced in an email to W-L families this afternoon.
  “It is with great sadness that I inform you that one of our se
  
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• Sen. Kaine cites mail delivery problems in Arlington in letter calling for postal improvements

  30-05-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Customers line up outside the Shirlington Post Office to send out packages (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  The saga of slow mail delivery in Arlington continues.
  Now, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D) is bringing the county’s issues to the federal government.
  There have been grumblings for years of spotty mail delivery service in parts of Arlington. Locals frequently post stories of their problems getting or sending mail on the social media platform Nextdoor.
  Now, Kaine is asking the United States
  
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• County Board member says delay of HQ2’s second phase likely only a year

  30-05-2023 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County Board Vice-Chair Libby Garvey speaks at a press conference announcing new flight patterns to mitigate noise on April 25, 2023 (courtesy photo)
  The delay in the second phase of Amazon’s HQ2 may not be for all that long, according to Arlington County Board Vice-Chair Libby Garvey.
  Garvey appeared on WAMU’s The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi late last week, talking about whether Amazon is still good for Arlington County and defending the current number of flights out of
  
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• Peter Chang set to open new restaurant in Crystal City

  30-05-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Famed chef Peter Chang’s newest restaurant NiHao remains “on track” to open late this year or early next in Crystal City.
  Earlier this year, it was reported that the 2022 James Beard Award finalist was planning on opening a second Arlington restaurant along Crystal Drive, right alongside Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and close to Amazon’s soon-to-open HQ2.
  That remains the case with the restaurant hoping for a debut in the coming months, co-owner and Peter’s daughter Lyd
  
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• Ask Eli: Navigating assumable VA loans and memorial donation to TAPS

  30-05-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
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  Question: How does assuming a low interest rate VA loan work?Answer: Thank you to all who have served and to their families who have sacrificed or lost loved one
  
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• JUST IN: Police union endorses challenger for Commonwealth’s Attorney

  30-05-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti and her challenger, Josh Katcher (photo illustration by ARLnow)
  Arlington’s police union is endorsing challenger Josh Katcher in the race for Commonwealth’s Attorney.
  Katcher is running against incumbent Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in the Democratic primary to determine who has the local party’s nomination to run this fall.
  Dehghani-Tafti campaigned on criminal justice reform and won her first term in 2019, after beating Theo Stamos
  
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• UPDATED: Major gas leak in Westover area

  30-05-2023 17:25 via arlnow.com
  
  Washington Gas truck (file photo)
  (Updated at 12:10 p.m.) The smell of natural gas has been reported in parts of the Westover neighborhood after a major leak.
  The leak in a gas transmission line was first reported around 9:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that Arlington’s emergency dispatch center received reports of a gas smell in the nearby Westover library, Cardinal Elementary School and other locations as a result of the leak.
  “It has come
  
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• NEW: Major gas leak in Westover area

  30-05-2023 17:25 via arlnow.com
  
  Washington Gas truck (file photo)
  The smell of natural gas has been reported in parts of the Westover neighborhood after a major leak.
  The leak in a gas transmission line was first reported around 9:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that Arlington’s emergency dispatch center received reports of a gas smell in the nearby Westover library and other locations as a result of the leak.
  Washington Gas crews are now on scene working to repair the line. Fire
  
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• Arlington public safety call center to start using Amazon AI system for non-emergency calls

  30-05-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington’s Emergency Communications Center in 2013 (file photo)
  Arlington County will soon start using an automated system developed by Amazon Web Services to answer non-emergency public safety calls.
  Starting on Thursday (June 1), non-emergency callers to 703-558-2222 will go through Amazon Connect to address their issues, according to the county.
  “Amazon Connect is a cloud-based contact center service that allows residents to connect with the Arlington County Emergency Communicati
  
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• Boats burn in Columbia Island blaze

  30-05-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Boats on fire at Columbia Island Marina (photo courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
  It was a dreadful sight for boaters looking forward to a Memorial Day on the water.
  Early Sunday morning, a significant blaze broke out at Columbia Island Marina, between the GW Parkway and the Pentagon, prompting a large fire department response from Arlington and D.C., including D.C. fireboats.
  At least three boats and some of the marina’s dock were damaged, according to D.C. Fire and EMS. The flames could be seen
  
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