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• Air quality alert issued for Wednesday amid smoke from Canadian wildfires

  06-06-2023 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Soccer at Highlands Park in the haze along Hayes Street in Pentagon City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Wednesday is forecast to be a “Code Orange” day in Arlington and across the D.C. area.
  That’s according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, which says local air quality will be “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”
  Air quality is low across much of the eastern U.S. as smoke from wildfires in Canada is blown south, making for hazy skies and, in some c
  
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• A high-profile case sparked a debate over trying juveniles as adults, which has long been a rarity in Arlington

  06-06-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County courthouse and police headquarters in Courthouse (file photo)
  When Braylon Meade died in a car crash, a juvenile court judge handed down a sentence of one year of incarceration and two years of probation to the 17-year-old who crashed into him.
  Prosecutors asked for a longer confinement term.
  Had the crash happened just two months later, however, the driver would have been 18, would have been tried as an adult in circuit court, and likely would have received a stronger sentence.
  
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• New bike shop in Lyon Park to host grand opening event Saturday

  06-06-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Interior of the storefront (photo courtesy of John McClanahan)
  Velocity Bike Cooperative is hosting a grand opening for its new Arlington location this weekend.
  The location at 2647 N. Pershing Drive has been serving customers for a few months, but will formally celebrate its opening on Saturday, June 10. The event will include a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. and giveaways.
  “During Saturday’s celebration, we will offer a 20% discount on bikes and accessories,” said John McClanahan,
  
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• Ask Eli: Impressive sales at Rosslyn’s new luxury condo, Pierce

  06-06-2023 18:45 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: How are sales going at Pierce condos in Rosslyn?Answer: The Pierce condos are one of three new buildings in Rosslyn’s luxury Highlands developmen
  
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• Chicken + Whiskey hopes to start serving this week in Clarendon

  06-06-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Chicken + Whiskey is preparing to open in Clarendon later this week, a co-owner confirmed to ARLnow.
  The new South American rotisserie chicken restaurant and whiskey bar at 3033 Wilson Blvd aims to start serving this Friday (June 9), co-owner Des Reilly said, provided a Virginia ABC liquor is in hand by then. A grand opening is set for next weekend, June 16.
  In September, ARLnow reported that Chicken + Whiskey was crossing the river to get Clarendon to open its first location outside the Distric
  
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• Insect damage jeopardizes the oldest building in Arlington

  06-06-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The Ball-Sellers House (image via Google Maps)
  The oldest home in Arlington is in jeopardy of being destroyed, the Arlington Historical Society says, and insects are to blame.
  The Ball-Sellers House was originally built in the 18th century, sometime within the mid-1700s, according to the historical society.
  The home is a Virginia state historical landmark and has a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, an Arlington Historical Society article said.
  Despite weathering several centuries
  
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• Here are a dozen businesses listed for sale in Arlington this summer

  06-06-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Business sale question graphic (photo illustration by ARLnow)
  Arlington is full of great local businesses, and sometimes those businesses change hands.
  We occasionally check in on the state of local business by taking a look of the entities being offered for sale via BizBuySell, an online aggregator. The businesses are described but usually not named in the listings.
  When ARLnow last checked in this past October, we highlighted eight businesses for sale, including restaurants, a moving company a
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 5, 2023

  06-06-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 13054 times… so far.
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  Local middle-schooler nabs second place in Scripps National Spelling Bee📅 Upc
  
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