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• APS students head back to school amid new focus on literacy and student wellness

  28-08-2023 22:05 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington Public Schools students headed back to school today and the positive energy, according to Superintendent Francisco Durán, was palpable.
  “It was so wonderful,” he told ARLnow on a phone call this afternoon, debriefing from his morning spent visiting the half-dozen schools with new principals. “People are excited to be back.”
  Going into this year, Durán says APS has its work cut out for it.
  The system spent two years focused on improving literacy amo
  
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• Makers Union pub slated to open this fall in Pentagon City

  28-08-2023 20:50 via arlnow.com
  
  Get ready to raise your forks and pint glasses.
  Makers Union, a gastropub known for its upscale menu, is coming to Amazon’s second headquarters in Pentagon City this fall.
  Alex Brown, the restaurant’s director of operations, tells ARLnow doors will open by mid-October, though a specific opening date has yet to be confirmed.
  “I’ll put it at 90% — unless something comes up,” he told ARLnow.
  This will be the third location for Makers Union, which first opened in
  
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• Cookie purveyor Chip City is coming to Shirlington

  28-08-2023 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Chip City’s new location in Shirlington (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Cookie shop Chip City is making its move into Shirlington.
  The New York-based cookie purveyor is opening a location in Shirlington at 4014 Campbell Avenue, next to Best Buns Bread Company. That’s the former home of Yogi Castle, which closed last year.
  The 1,023-square-foot-shop is set to open in “Winter 2024,” per a press release. ARLnow has reached out to the company to clarify if that might mean Janua
  
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• Green Valley nonprofit MySecureKid provides opportunities in IT and cybersecurity

  28-08-2023 18:50 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. 
  A Green Valley-based nonprofit is encouraging kids to dream about working in tech the same way they dream of being a doctor or lawyer one day.
  To help launch them into those career paths, MySecureKid — which also educates families about internet safety &m
  
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• Arlington-based South Block looks to expand in D.C. area and beyond

  28-08-2023 17:50 via arlnow.com
  
  Fueled by its signature açai bowls, local juice bar South Block is hitting a growth spurt.
  The smoothie, juice and açai bowl spot opened its newest location in Amazon’s HQ2 in July, marking its 15th storefront in the D.C. area and fifth in Arlington in the last 12 years.
  Its founder, Amir Mostafavi, says he has no intentions of slowing down, either. Armed with the company’s first capital raise, he aims to add another 15 locations to the D.C. area while exploring other r
  
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• Arlington couple sounds alarm on internet rental scam

  28-08-2023 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  When Penrose resident Pete Giannino answered his doorbell one day this March, he was surprised to see his neighbors standing there, looking concerned.
  “They said, ‘Hey, are you guys planning on renting your home?’ And I said, ‘No. Why do you ask?’ And they pointed out there was a listing on Zillow or Redfin for our home that we own,” Giannino told ARLnow.
  Now, the local couple is sounding the alarm on an internet rental scam falsely advertising that their 3-be
  
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• Cartoon: Pumpkin spice everything

  28-08-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  “No, there is not a pumpkin spice option for crab seasoning.” (Cartoon by Mike Mount)
  As noted in our Morning Poll last week, pumpkin spice season slipped even earlier this year.
  About 62% of you said it was “way too early.” And yet! People are clearly buying it, talking about it, and even making videos about its inexplicable cultural allure.
  This month’s Mike Mount cartoon puts the pumpkin spice juggernaut in a uniquely Arlington context.
  See all of Mike’s lo
  
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• Thousands of DC-area students return back to school for new year

  28-08-2023 14:15 via wtop.com
  
  Virginia’s Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes.
  Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia classrooms, the rest of the region’s local school systems started ringing their first bells of the school year. Choose a county below for the latest back-to-school coverage from WTOP.
  
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• 73-year-old female inmate dies at Arlington County Detention Center

  28-08-2023 11:58 via wtop.com
  
  Officials say a 73-year-old female inmate died on Sunday morning after she was found unresponsive in her cell at the Arlington County Detention Center in Virginia.
  In a news release, the Arlington County Police Department said 73-year-old Aboneesh Woldegeorges was discovered unresponsive in her cell by deputies at the detention center around 7:02 a.m. on Sunday. Resuscitation efforts by the deputies were attempted before Arlington Fire & Rescue units arrived on the scene and transported her
  
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• Thousands of DC, Maryland and Va. students back in school

  28-08-2023 11:06 via wtop.com
  
  Virginia’s Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes.
  Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia classrooms, the rest of the region’s local school systems started ringing their first bells of the school year. Choose a county below for the latest back-to-school coverage from WTOP.
  
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• Thousands of DC, Maryland and Alexandria Co., Va. students back in school

  28-08-2023 11:06 via wtop.com
  
  Virginia’s Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes.
  Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia classrooms, the rest of the region’s local school systems started ringing their first bells of the school year. Choose a county below for the latest back-to-school coverage from WTOP.
  
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• Ikaria Lean Belly Juice Reviews [Alert!] Fake Testimonials or Real Benefits? UPDATE

  28-08-2023 10:30 via arlingtontimes.com
  
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• BerbaPrime Reviews – Is It Legit? What to Know Before Buying!

  28-08-2023 10:30 via arlingtontimes.com
  
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  Being healthy means having healthy cholesterol levels, a healthy metabolism, and normal blood sugar levels. Luckily, this is all possible...
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• NEW: Another inmate has died at the Arlington County jail

  28-08-2023 04:15 via arlnow.com
  
  Jail entrance at the Arlington County Detention Facility (file photo)
  A 73-year-old woman died this morning at the Arlington County jail.
  Abonesh Woldegeorges was found unresponsive in her cell around 7 a.m. and, despite resuscitation efforts, later pronounced dead, according to Arlington County police.
  Per scanner traffic, she was found bleeding on the floor of the cell, potentially after falling out of bed.
  Woldegeorges was in jail after being arrested for trespassing by Metropolitan Washingto
  
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