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• NEW: Man arrested for Crystal City sexual assault

  24-07-2023 23:10 via arlnow.com
  
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  A suspect is in custody in connection to the sexual assault of a woman in Crystal City’s underground shopping center.
  The crime happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said the victim “was walking in the Crystal City Shops when the male suspect approached, produced a box cutter, demanded money and stole her cell phone.”
  “The suspect then took the victim to a secluded area where he sexually assaulted her and struck her with the box cutter,” Arli
  
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• Ballston movie theater without AC amid ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ blockbuster weekend

  24-07-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  A sign posted at the entrance of Regal Ballston explains the AC outage (staff photo)
  Those seeking an escape from the midsummer heat experienced the opposite this weekend in the Regal Cinema in Ballston.
  The theater at Ballston Quarter mall is suffering an extended outage of its air conditioning, just as droves of moviegoers flocked to the big screen starting Thursday for the highly anticipated release of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer&
  
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• Houses on former Febrey-Lothrop site to go on sale in the fall

  24-07-2023 21:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Houses at the former site of the Febrey-Lothrop House are set to go on sale this fall, with a delivery set for early next year.
  Toll Brothers announced last week that the “boutique community” off of Wilson Blvd in Dominion Hills, dubbed The Grove at Dominion Hills, is nearing the finish line.
  It will feature 40 single-family homes on more than nine acres, with houses ranging from 3,470 to 5,834 square feet. They all appear to have five bedrooms and up to six bathrooms, per the websit
  
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• Police investigating weekend carjacking in Crystal City

  24-07-2023 20:15 via arlnow.com
  
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  After a several month break, yet another BMW has been carjacked in the Crystal City area.
  The incident was reported at 23rd Street S. and S. Eads Street around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
  “The victim was inside his parked vehicle when the suspect vehicle approached, three suspects exited, brandished firearms and demanded the victim’s vehicle,” Arlington County police said today in a crime report. “The suspect vehicle, a dark-colored sedan, then fled the scene followed by
  
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• Local startups could receive up to $50K for choosing to keep their headquarters in Arlington

  24-07-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 
  Arlington County will pay early-stage tech startups money to keep their operations in Arlington.
  The intent is to support new tech startups, particularly those owned by women, veterans and minorities, while pushing down office vacancy rates.
  The Arlington Count
  
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• Ice cream shop coming to Crystal City, but flavor unknown

  24-07-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Ground floor retail construction at 1900 Crystal Drive (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  A new ice cream shop is coming to Crystal City, but the flavor remains unknown.
  It appears an ice cream shop is going into 1900 Crystal Drive, per a permit applied for earlier this month. It’s expected to be on the ground floor in one of the two residential buildings going up at the site.
  The address is 269 19th Court S., per the permit, so it may mean it will be located in some sort of alleyway.
  However,
  
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• Arlington County considers senior care-related zoning changes in Pentagon City and on Columbia Pike

  24-07-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The RiverHouse apartments at 1111 Army Navy Drive (staff photo)
  Arlington County is considering changes to its zoning ordinance to encourage the construction of more senior care facilities.
  The proposed changes include increasing the maximum building heights for elder care facilities in Pentagon City and allowing the construction of elder care facilities along the Columbia Pike corridor, per a county report.
  The report says these changes are needed to ensure the existing zoning code supports the
  
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• County to launch new behavioral health crisis response team

  24-07-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Next week a new county government van will hit the streets, providing on-the-scene behavioral health services.
  The van will be operated by a new “Mobile Outreach Support Team,” consisting of “a licensed behavioral health clinician, a certified peer recovery specialist, and an outreach worker” from Arlington’s Dept. of Human Services.
  The team will work alongside emergency responders, providing “alternatives to incarceration for those engaged in ‘nuisanc
  
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