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• Plans for DCA pedestrian bridge take shape, as more public input sought

  21-08-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Plans to build the future pedestrian bridge from Crystal City to National Airport are firming up.
  A new report outlines the impact the bridge could have on the environment. It also details how the project will relate to separate plans to redo roadways and add more parking, new car rental facility and office space.
  The environmental assessment says the impact on scenic views for drivers on the GW Parkway, as well as vegetation removal, is expected to be relatively minimal. Up to 146 trees co
  
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• School drop-off and pick-up line etiquette: A guide for parents

  21-08-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The school drop-off and pick-up line can be a chaotic place, where parents and guardians converge to ensure their children’s safe arrival and departure from school.
  Mastering drop-off and pick-up line etiquette not only contributes to a more pleasant experience for everyone involved but also sets a positive example for kids observing these interactions.
  While CarCare To Go is helping parents get their vehicles ready for the new school year routine, we’re also helping teachers as wel
  
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• An acoustic fence is coming to Walter Reed pickleball courts — a couple of years ahead of schedule

  21-08-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Those living near Walter Reed Community Center may soon get a reprieve from the pickleball pop.
  Next week, a 10-foot-tall acoustic fence will be installed at the multi-use pickleball and tennis courts at 2909 16th Street S., south of Columbia Pike.
  It is set to go up between Monday, Aug. 28 and Friday, Sept. 1, weather permitting, per a county press release.
  The fence caps off months of escalating tensions and comes more than a month after a splashy New York Times article about the neighborhood
  
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• Local hospitality startup GoTab raises $18 million

  21-08-2023 18:30 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. 
  The Courthouse-based hospitality commerce startup GoTab raised $18 million earlier this month.
  Truist Ventures led the Series A funding round, per a press release. This milestone marks the startup’s first fundraising round after nabbing smaller seed inves
  
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• Suspects armed with ‘AK-47’ rob man after rear-end crash

  21-08-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Police car speeding to a call at night (staff photo)
  Arlington County police are investigating an armed robbery in the Arlington Ridge neighborhood early Friday morning.
  The robbery happened around 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of S. Arlington Ridge Road and 23rd Street S.
  The victim told police that he was rear-ended by a black Ford Mustang or Dodge Charger, and then two men dressed in ski masks and all black clothing got out, armed with an AK-47 or similar gun, and robbed him of jewelry.
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• Hot, humid and hazy day prompts air quality alert

  21-08-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Haze above a local shopping center parking lot (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  After a sunny and pleasant late summer weekend, mother nature is dialing up the heat and the air pollution today.
  A Code Orange air quality alert is in effect today due to both ground-level ozone and more Canadian wildfire smoke wafting down to the D.C. area. That’s on top of a predicted high temperature of 95.
  From the National Weather Service:
  Fairfax-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William-Cent
  
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• Morning Poll: Should power lines be moved underground?

  21-08-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  After big storms, many of the same questions are asked: namely, why don’t we just bury power lines?
  Surely the expense of constantly fixing power lines downed by falling trees, branches and the occasional crash — both in terms of the repairs themselves, lost productivity, etc. — cannot be far off from the cost of just moving them underground?
  As our exploration of the topic last week found, however, it’s not quite that simple. It would cost tens of billions of dollars to
  
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