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• DEVELOPING: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued as line of strong storms arrives

  07-08-2023 23:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Storm arriving on radar as of 5:35 p.m.
  The storms that you’ve been hearing about all day are almost here.
  A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Arlington ahead of the line of storms, which forecasters say are packing damaging winds.
  Residents are being encouraged to go to their basements or to an interior portion of a sturdy structure, away from windows. The storms have been toppling trees and knocking out power over a large swath of Fairfax County prior to their arrival here.
  
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• Cuban-inspired Colada Shop looking to call Clarendon home by early next year

  07-08-2023 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Colada Shop is opening in Clarendon early next year (staff photo by Matt Blitz)
  The Cuban-inspired Colada Shop plans to open a Clarendon outpost early next year.
  The Sterling-based Cuban cafe is moving into a 2,200-square-foot space next to Tatte and Seamore’s at the intersection of N. Edgewood Street and Clarendon Blvd. The hope is to open by “early 2024,” per a spokesperson.
  This will be the fifth Colada Shop location, including one that opened in the Mosaic District in 2021.
  
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• Join the LadyBug Academy Open House on August 26!

  07-08-2023 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Looking for a reliable childcare in Arlington?
  Explore LadyBug Academy — a full-day preschool and daycare — at its Open House on Saturday, August 26!
  As a preschool that specializes in providing early childhood education to young children, ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, LadyBug Academy utilizes the Reggio Emilia approach, which emphasizes children’s innate curiosity, creativity and ability to generate powerful ideas.
  The teachers are dedicated to fostering a collaborative and ha
  
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• Local startup provides students personalized tools to succeed during online learning

  07-08-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ALRnow, 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. 
  When Covid hit, online learning became the new normal for students across the globe.
  Not everyone fared well, however, and some students struggled to stay focused and understand the material, says Arya Rashidian, the CEO of a local online tutoring company, 
  
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• JUST IN: Tornado Watch issued for Arlington amid significant severe weather threat

  07-08-2023 19:25 via arlnow.com
  
  An ominous storm cloud over Arlington in July 2023 (Flickr pool photo by John Sonderman)
  A widespread outbreak of severe weather is expected this evening, prompting a Tornado Watch for Arlington and much of the region.
  Forecasters say the threats include “damaging and locally destructive hurricane-force winds, along with the potential for large hail and tornadoes, even strong tornadoes.”
  Winds in excess of 74 miles per hour are possible.
  Wind threat on Aug. 7, 2023 (via National Weat
  
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• Arlington County police investigating another carjacking

  07-08-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  Yet another armed carjacking has been reported in Arlington, this time in the Columbia Forest neighborhood.
  The carjacking happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, on the 1000 block of S. Frederick Street just south of Columbia Pike.
  “At approximately 4:36 a.m. on August 5, police were dispatched to the report of an armed robbery,” said today’s daily Arlington County Police Department crime report. “Upon arrival, it was determined the victim stopped his
  
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• There’s a surprising twist to that viral Wendy’s police dispatch tweet

  07-08-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The then newly-renovated Wendy’s open on Columbia Pike in 2019 (staff photo)
  An ARLnow tweet that went viral locally on Friday has quite the twist ending.
  The post, on the social network now known as X, went out shortly before 2 p.m., following an unusual Arlington police dispatch.
  The report: two people were apparently having sex in the bathroom of the Wendy’s at 3431 Columbia Pike, and the restaurant wanted them to be banned from the premises.
  Our tweet quickly became fodder for jo
  
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• Ballston’s new live music and comedy venue The Filling Station opens this weekend

  07-08-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A new live music and events venue is opening in Ballston this weekend.
  The small, 50-seat Filling Station at 4201 Wilson Blvd is opening its doors on Friday night. It’s owned by brothers Ian and Eric Hilton, who also own the adjacent restaurant El Rey.
  The venue will focus on hosting live music, comedy, and private events, per its website.
  “Filling Station is an intimate venue with an elevated stage that will be host, with no cover charge, to a rotating schedule of musicians, bands a
  
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• ARLnow welcomes new assistant editor

  07-08-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  James Jarvis (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  ARLnow has added to its full-time news staff.
  James Jarvis, previously of InsideNoVa and FauquierNow, has joined as assistant editor, becoming the tenth full-time employee of Ballston-based Local News Now, the publisher of ARLnow.
  Jarvis joins fellow assistant editor Jo DeVoe, staff photographer Jay Westcott, freelance reporter Matt Blitz and editor-in-chief Scott Brodbeck on ARLnow’s editorial team. The hire was made possible in part by the
  
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• Local favorite Mexican restaurant opens cover-free music venue in Ballston

  07-08-2023 14:10 via wtop.com
  
  Mexican restaurant El Rey debuts its live performance venue, The Filling Station, on Aug. 11, with Leesburg, Virginia, country rock band Cowpoke plugging in at 8 p.m.
  Next up, on Aug. 12, the venue will host Arlington funk rock band Skip House, also starting at 8 p.m.
  The Filling Station, adjacent to El Rey’s Ballston location at 4201 Wilson Blvd in the Ballston Exchange development, will host a rotating schedule of musicians and comedians, with no cover charges, as well as sports-watchin
  
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• El Rey restaurant opens cover-free music venue in Ballston

  07-08-2023 14:10 via wtop.com
  
  Mexican restaurant El Rey debuts its live performance venue, The Filling Station, on Aug. 11, with Leesburg, Virginia, country rock band Cowpoke plugging in at 8 p.m.
  Next up, on Aug. 12, the venue will host Arlington funk rock band Skip House, also starting at 8 p.m.
  The Filling Station, adjacent to El Rey’s Ballston location at 4201 Wilson Blvd in the Ballston Exchange development, will host a rotating schedule of musicians and comedians, with no cover charges, as well as sports-watchin
  
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