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• Listing of the Day: 6280 15th Place N.

  31-07-2023 22:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Address: 6280 15th Place N.Neighborhood: Sycamore RidgeType: 3 BR, 2 (+2 half) BA townhouse — 2,000 sq. ft.Listed: $795,000
  Noteworthy: Surrounded by greenery on a quiet cul-de-sac blocks from EFC Metro
  Updates to the kitchen and baths, refinished wood floors, and fresh paint make this home so desirable for those who value space, location, and a peaceful setting. Painted white cabinets, quartz countertops, tile backsplash, and new appliances in the eat in kitchen. The gathering size dinin
  
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• Dark Star Park Day celebrates its 40th anniversary tomorrow in Rosslyn

  31-07-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Architecture, art and the sun are all coming together Tuesday morning, August 1, for Dark Star Park Day.
  Dark Star Park in Rosslyn features several concrete spheres, installed in 1984, whose shadows will perfectly align with their markings on the ground tomorrow morning only.
  “Each year at 9:32 a.m., actual shadows cast by the poles and spheres align with permanent forms in the shape of the shadows on the ground beneath them,” the Arlington County website says. “The date marks
  
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• New District to serve its last beers at next month’s Arlington County Fair

  31-07-2023 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  New District Brewing in Green Valley (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  New District Brewing will be serving the last of its beer at next month’s Arlington County Fair.
  When the Green Valley-based brewery officially closed its taproom in May, owner Mike Katrivanos told ARLnow then that the plan was to serve the last of its beer at June’s Columbia Pike Blues Festival and then at the fair. That remains the plan, we’re told.
  “We stored away some New District Beer for the Arlingto
  
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• ZEBOX is growing internationally — and in Crystal City

  31-07-2023 20:30 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.
  International startup accelerator ZEBOX is using Arlington office to help bridge the gap between startup companies and large corporations around the world.
  ZEBOX connects startup companies with one another and provides them with a space to collaborate and expand with
  
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• Police: Man touched boy inappropriately on trail near Kenmore Middle School

  31-07-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Map showing approximate location of sexual battery incident on trail (via Google Maps)
  Arlington County police are looking for a man who sexually abused a boy on a local trail.
  The incident happened around 9 a.m. Sunday morning, on a trail near the intersection of Route 50 and Carlin Springs Road. That’s near Kenmore Middle School, Bluemont Park and the W&OD Trail.
  “At approximately 9:09 a.m. on July 30, police were dispatched to the report of an assault just occurred,” Arl
  
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• Firefighters investigating smoke at Arlington sewage plant

  31-07-2023 19:05 via arlnow.com
  
  Fire response to sewage plant on S. Eads Street
  (Updated at 1:20 p.m.) Firefighters are on scene of a fire investigation at Arlington County’s Water Pollution Control Plant.
  Initial reports suggest that smoke is coming from a portion of the sewage plant along the 3200 block of S. Eads Street, near Crystal City. The fire department is trying to determine the source of the smoke.
  Police have been dispatched to the scene to shut down a portion of S. Eads Street.
  During the investigation, a fi
  
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• A local Equal Rights Amendment activist lands $36,000 service award

  31-07-2023 17:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Anabelle Lombard poses in front of the Supreme Court (courtesy of the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards)
  Local activist Anabelle Lombard was awarded $36,000 for her leadership work with Generation Ratify, a youth organization aiming to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
  The prize comes from the Helen Diller Family Foundation, which awards the prize annually to 15 Jewish teens who have made outstanding contributions through service and leadership.
  In an interview with ARLnow, Lombard said receiving
  
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• Two men face sentencing after sexual battery convictions

  31-07-2023 16:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Jail entrance at the Arlington County Detention Facility (file photo)
  Prosecutors secured felony convictions earlier this month against two men in separate sexual battery cases.
  In one case, a man was convicted of secually abusing “a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless individual” in a public park in Arlington in July 2020.
  In the other case, a man was found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in her Arlington home in November 2019.
  More on the convictions, below,
  
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• UPDATED: Power restored to most but GW Parkway to remain closed for several days

  31-07-2023 15:55 via arlnow.com
  
  (Updated at 1:30 p.m.) The herculean effort to clean up from Saturday’s storms and restore power to tens of thousands is continuing Monday morning.
  The GW Parkway remains closed to most traffic between Spout Run Parkway and the Beltway — and is expected to remain closed until later this week, as crews work to clear a large number of downed trees and branches.
  The southbound lanes of Spout Run Parkway, where at least one car was damaged by a fallen tree Saturday, also remain closed.
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• Power restored to most but GW Parkway remains closed

  31-07-2023 15:55 via arlnow.com
  
  The herculean effort to clean up from Saturday’s storms and restore power to tens of thousands is continuing Monday morning.
  As of 9:30 a.m. the GW Parkway remains closed to most traffic between Spout Run Parkway and the Beltway. The southbound lanes of Spout Run Parkway, where at least one car was damaged by a fallen tree Saturday, also remain closed, as crews work to clear a large number of downed trees and branches.
  More from parkway spokesman Mark Maloy:
  Impact to drivers during Monday
  
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