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• ARLnow’s reporting is making a difference. Your support could boost it.

  31-05-2023 22:45 via arlnow.com
  
  ARLnow has been providing independent, in-depth coverage of Arlington since 2010.
  We are committed to keeping readers informed about the issues that matter most to the community, including those that help to keep local officials and organizations accountable. Sunlight really is the best disinfectant.
  Among the ARLnow stories that have had a real impact on the community, we were the first to report extensively on the problems at the Serrano Apartments, which — as recounted in a commis
  
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• Seven years after speaking out, a few residents of an affordable housing building say problems persist

  31-05-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The Shelton in Green Valley (staff photo)
  Residents of The Shelton, an affordable housing development in the Green Valley neighborhood, are raising concerns about property management and poor treatment of residents.
  They previously raised these same issues in 2016, along with other quality-of-life that they say plagued the building, owned by local affordable housing developer AHC Inc.
  “We are having problems in my apartment complex,” Frank Duncan, who has lived there since it opened,
  
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• Arlington County Board candidates call for more regulations, incentives and public education to mitigate flooding

  31-05-2023 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This spring, Arlington County began buying up properties in the Waverly Hills area to combat flooding.
  Already, despite some concerns about how the program would work, three residents have agreed to sell their homes. The county will tear them down and replant the land so water has a place to flow during large rain storms.
  All seven Arlington County Board candidates — six of whom are vying for the support of the local Democratic party this primary — say the county needs to change its
  
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• Fmr. County Board candidate says he wants restorative justice for man who attacked him

  31-05-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  NBC 4 story on Adam Theo (via NBC 4)
  The local civic figure who was beaten after trying to intervene in a domestic assault says he doesn’t want jail time for his attacker.
  Adam Theo suffered serious injuries after an incident Sunday evening in Clarendon. According to police, Theo saw a man and woman fighting, tried to intervene, and was then punched repeatedly in the face by the man.
  More from an ACPD crime report:
  MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 2023-05280186, 2800 block of Wilson Boulevard. At appro
  
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• Biz Talk: MarginEdge returns to Arlington

  31-05-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This article was written by Sindy Yeh, Senior Business Ambassador for Arlington Economic Development.
  MarginEdge, a leading restaurant management and bill payment software company, recently held its ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open its new office headquarters at 4200 Wilson Boulevard in Ballston.
  Arlington Board members Takis Karantonis and Matt de Ferranti were on hand to cut the ribbon and presented a “Key to the County” to MarginEdge.
  Founded by restaurateurs Bo Dav
  
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• ‘Nation’s only fast casual chicken salad restaurant’ to open Arlington location

  31-05-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The “nation’s only fast casual chicken salad restaurant” is coming to Arlington.
  Atlanta-based Chicken Salad Chick is set to open a location in Arlington next spring, a spokesperson tells ARLnow. So far there’s no word on exactly where in the county it would be opening.
  “At this moment we don’t have an exact location available to announce,” the spokesperson wrote. “However, a new Chicken Salad Chick is coming to Arling[ton] in spring 2024.”
  
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• Florida man tries to bring handgun into DCA as banner year for confiscations continues

  31-05-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Gun confiscated at National Airport on Memorial Day (courtesy TSA)
  Yet another traveler has tried to bring yet another gun onto a flight at Reagan National Airport.
  The Transportation Security Administration says it confiscated a loaded .380 caliber handgun from a Florida man traveling on Memorial Day.
  “The gun was caught as the man entered the security checkpoint,” the TSA said. “The X-ray unit alerted the TSA officer to check the carry-on bag, which was opened by police for a
  
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• Metro stations to close for Orange Line rail replacement work

  31-05-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  I-66 and the Metro tracks near East Falls Church (staff photo)
  Get ready for some Metro construction disruptions.
  Four Orange Line stations will close starting this Saturday, June 3 through Sunday, June 25, to allow for replacement of four-decade-old steel rails. The closures include East Falls Church in Arlington, plus Dunn Loring and West Falls Church in Fairfax County.
  Shuttle buses will replace trains for Orange Line riders going between the Ballston and Vienna stations, and Silver Line ride
  
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• How the new AI-powered Arlington Co. call system will impact you

  31-05-2023 02:30 via wtop.com
  
  Telephone on an window lit office desk with the receiver off the hook and the call on hold(Getty Images/iStockphoto/MarkUK97)Telephone on an window lit office desk with the receiver off the hook and the call on hold(Getty Images/iStockphoto/MarkUK97)Instead of a person answering the phone during nonemergency calls for assistance in Arlington County, Virginia, a computer system will be picking up the phone.
  According to the county, the artificial intelligence system “Amazon Connect” w
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 30, 2023

  31-05-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 19674 times… so far.
  📈 Top stories
  The following are the most-read articles for today — May 30, 2023.BREAKING: W-L senior and standout soccer player killed in Fairfax County double homicide
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  Peter Chang set to open new restaurant in Crystal City
  JUST IN: Police union endorses challenger for Commonwealth’s Attorney📅 Upcoming events
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