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• Listing of the Day: 2437 N. Quantico Street

  30-08-2023 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Address: 2437 N. Quantico StreetNeighborhood: Lee RidgeType: 6 BR, 6 (+1 half) BA single-family detached — 5,627 sq. ft.Listed: $2,379,000
  Noteworthy: Gorgeous, spacious home that meets buyers’ new home checklist!
  Join Classic Cottages on Sunday, September 10th at its latest Tybee Model in Arlington’s Lee Ridge neighborhood!
  This gorgeous home sits on a large 11, 355 sq. ft. homesite with a fenced yard. The 5,627 sq. ft. home features 6 spacious bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms, 4 of
  
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• NEW: Overdose reports at Wakefield prompt emergency response

  30-08-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Wakefield High School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Three days into the school year, Wakefield High School has logged a potential student overdose.
  Medics were dispatched to the school at 11:30 a.m. and again about 45 minutes later for two students suffering possible drug overdoses — or, at least, the effects of suspected narcotics — according to scanner traffic.
  Police also responded to the school to investigate.
  In an email, Wakefield Principal Pete Balas assured families that
  
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• Shifting gears: Demystifying the transmission

  30-08-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  You’re taking a leisurely Sunday drive, cruising down the open road. Suddenly, you feel a slight jerk, and your car struggles to accelerate. What just happened? It’s time we demystify an often-overlooked component of our vehicles: the transmission.
  Before your “check engine light” comes on, it can be handy to know what one of the common causes may be. At its core, the transmission is responsible for transferring power from the engine to the wheels, allowing you to shift
  
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• Man flashes gun during 7-Eleven robbery near Shirlington

  30-08-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
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  A 7-Eleven store near Shirlington was robbed early this morning by a pair of suspects, one of whom was armed.
  The robbery happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. at the convenience store on the 2800 block of S. Wakefield Street, just down the hill from the Fairlington neighborhood.
  A man and a woman allegedly each stole items from the store, and the man displayed a gun when a store employee tried to stop the woman from leaving, according to an Arlington County police crime report.
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• Arts Focus: Rosslyn Jazz Fest returns with a globe full of soul — Saturday, September 9

  30-08-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development.
  A soul-stirring lineup that will have you on your feet with grooves from New Orleans, Havana and U Street NW, the Rosslyn Jazz Fest returns on Saturday, September 9, featuring: the New Orleans-based quintet Galactic, featuring Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph; Cuban percussion icon Pedrito Martínez Group; D.C.’s own Oh He Dead, and DuPont Brass.
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• Enrollment uptick continues for Arlington’s private schools post-Covid, while APS makes a comeback

  30-08-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  Catholic students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington (courtesy the Diocese of Arlington)
  Arlington’s private schools say they are still riding a wave of enrollment increases that started early in the pandemic.
  More than three years ago now, Covid lockdowns shut down schools, which reverted to distance learning. That fall, however, local private schools affiliated with a church or the Catholic Diocese of Arlington reopened their doors while Arlington Public Schools continued w
  
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• An Arlington Boy Scout carries on a mission to build a 9/11 memorial near fire station in Pentagon City

  30-08-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Two years after Eagle Scout Megan Mazel started building a memorial around a World Trade Center steel beam in Pentagon City, a fellow scout is finishing what she started.
  In 2010, the New York City Fire Department gave a warped and rusted steel beam — salvaged from the wreckage of World Trade Center’s North Tower after 9/11 — to the Arlington County Fire Department. The county held a ceremony and pledged to build a memorial.
  For more than a decade, however, the beam sat unador
  
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• Comedians will put AI to the test with ‘Comedy GPT’ at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse

  30-08-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington Cinema Drafthouse at night (Flickr pool photo by TheBeltWalk)
  Real comedians will go toe-to-toe with AI at Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse on Columbia Pike.
  On Friday, the old-school theater will host an interactive comedy show called “Comedy GPT.” Audience members will be able to spar with comedians and see if AI is as funny as they are.
  Rahmein Mostafavi, a local comedian and a guest host on ARLnow’s upcoming podcast, will host the event.
  In addition to Mostafavi, t
  
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• Gundry MD Total Restore Reviews – Is It Legit? Know This Before Buy!

  30-08-2023 10:30 via arlingtontimes.com
  
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  Gundry MD Total Restore Reviews – Is It Legit? Know This Before Buy!Wire Service
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 29, 2023

  30-08-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.News recap
  The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 29, 2023.9:45 am: Three nabbed during early midnight high school burglary |Comments
  10:45 am: New Mezeh location ‘coming soon’ to Pentagon City mall |Comments
  11:45 am: Starting in 2024, Arlington County will tax your impervious surfaces |Comments
  1:45 pm: ACPD: Two serio
  
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