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• Most and least expensive homes sold in Arlington (August 2023)

  07-09-2023 22:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Here in Arlington, real estate is a spectator sport. Let’s take a look at some of the most and least expensive single-family homes sold last month (August 2023).
  Most expensive single-family homes sold4A N Ridgeview Rd — Dover Crystal — $3,608,356 (5 beds | 6.5 baths | 6,404 sq. ft.)
  3133 N Piedmont St — Bellevue Forest — $2,850,000 (5 beds | 8 baths | 9,004 sq. ft.)
  135 N Edgewood St — Lyon Park — $2,800,000 (5 beds | 7 baths | 5,544 sq. ft.)
  4101 N Ri
  
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• ACPD ups recruitment efforts amid protracted staffing decline

  07-09-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington police officers and sheriff’s deputies at Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony in 2019 (file photo)
  The Arlington County Police Department is pouring more time and people into recruiting officers in an effort to outpace attrition.
  For the past four years the number of “functional staff” at ACPD has been in decline. That includes sworn officers and higher-up positions but excludes those on light duty for medical reasons as well as those in training.
  This has forced the
  
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• Join the Race for Every Child next month

  07-09-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Children’s National Hospital will host the annual Race for Every Child on Saturday, October 21 at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., and virtually.
  Funds raised from the 5K and Kids Dash benefit Children’s National patients and families. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Children’s National relies on donations to make world-class care and research possible. The event has raised more than $11.4 million since 2013.
  Sam, who had heart surgery as a baby at the hospital, now pl
  
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• Legal Insider: Representing government contractors before the NSA in security clearance cases

  07-09-2023 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.
  By John V. Berry, Esq.
  Our security clearance lawyers represent government contractors and federal employees before the National Security Agency (NSA) in security clearance (and employment cases). The NSA is an intelligence agen
  
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• Ireland’s Four Courts reopening to the public today after honoring victims and first responders

  07-09-2023 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  The first thing you notice when walking into the rebuilt Ireland’s Four Courts — which is officially reopening today, at long last — is that it’s both familiar and new at the same time.
  The interior is a bit brighter and more open — the crash that smashed and torched the long-time Courthouse watering hole last summer revealed to the owners that the columns near the front were decorative, not structural.
  The predominant color scheme is now teal instead of red. The m
  
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• New speed humps to pop up near schools where drivers flout 20 mph limit

  07-09-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  It has been 10 years since Arlington County last put up speed humps to reduce speeding.
  Now, they will be coming to streets around a trio of schools where lowering speeds to 20 mph has not stopped drivers from going well past the speed limit.
  The humps will be installed this fall near Gunston Middle School and Cardinal and Hoffman-Boston elementary schools. The county will be piloting the humps as part of Vision Zero, the county’s resolution to eliminate traffic deaths and serious inj
  
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• Under construction Centurion Lounge at DCA shows new signs of progress

  07-09-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  It appears work is coming together for a new Centurion Lounge in Reagan National Airport.
  Boards concealing construction activity are up, advertising the lounge from American Express coming to the airport’s “National Hall” in Terminal B, after passengers clear security.
  Meanwhile, Compass USA, the food service provider associated with the lounge, has applied for a liquor license, per a Virginia ABC notice posted to the boards. The company placed its first legal notice adv
  
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• Irish pub closed by tragedy reopens in Arlington with joy

  07-09-2023 12:35 via wtop.com
  
  A popular Irish pub in Arlington, Virginia, will reopen its doors Thursday more than a year after tragedy struck, when a car crashed into the restaurant on Wilson Boulevard, injuring 15 people and setting off a devastating fire.
  “First and foremost, we’re the most thankful that the people who were injured that night, they’re on the way to recovery,” said Dave Cahill, managing partner of Ireland’s Four Courts.
  On Wednesday, the pub hosted the people injured in the cr
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Sep 6, 2023

  07-09-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Wednesday 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 — Sep 6, 2023.9:30 am: Some neighbors fought a duplex, and won, as county approves more Missing Middle homes |Comments
  10:30 am: Arlington has spent $150,000 on fencing at local parks to help quiet the pickleball pop |Comments
  11:30 am: Air & Space Forces Association moving to Pentag
  
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• NOW: Manhunt for escaped D.C. murder suspect underway just across from Arlington

  07-09-2023 00:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County police car (staff photo)
  A manhunt is underway in D.C. for an escaped murder suspect, and Arlington police are on alert should he try to cross into the county.
  D.C. and federal officers are currently searching the Georgetown area, following the 30-year-old suspect’s escape from GW Hospital this afternoon. Police have also been searching the Foggy Bottom area.30-year-old Christopher Haynes escaped custody at GW Hospital in 900 block of 23rd St NW at 3:38 p.m. He is describe
  
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