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• Arlington resident to compete in Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

  20-02-2024 22:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Luigi de Guzman (photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
  Arlington resident Luigi de Guzman is back on Jeopardy! following his five-game winning streak in 2022.
  The local attorney will compete against a trail planner from Silver Spring and a psychiatrist from Canada — each a returning champion — in an episode airing next Thursday, Feb. 29.
  It’s a quarterfinal match of the quiz show’s Tournament of Champions, which will crown an ultimate champion in mid-March.
  “Ke
  
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• Sewer repair project under Spout Run Pkwy and I-66 on track to finish this spring

  20-02-2024 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A sewer repair project running underneath homes, parkland and highway lanes between the Spout Run Pkwy and Rosslyn is set to wrap up this spring.
  Contractor AM-Liner East is scheduled to finish relining 3,400 linear feet of aging wastewater pipe, some of which is 115 feet below ground, by March 1.
  The remainder of the Spout Run Deep Sanitary Sewer Relining project should be finished by May, said Arlington Dept. of Environmental Services spokesperson Kiara Candelaria Nieves.
  “The bypass re
  
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• Video: Suspect arrested after drunken gun brandishing outside Clarendon bar

  20-02-2024 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Man arrested after gun brandishing incident (courtesy Dave Statter/Twitter)
  A New York man has been charged with drunkenly brandishing a gun in Clarendon over the Presidents Day weekend.
  The alleged incident happened around 1 a.m. on Monday on the 3100 block of Wilson Blvd. Arlington County police say the man was kicked out of a bar, then returned with a gun and started arguing with an employee standing outside.
  Police rushed to the scene and quickly took a suspect into custody. The 43-year-old
  
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• Celtic House on Columbia Pike readies for whiskey bar grand opening

  20-02-2024 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Celtic House on Columbia Pike is nearly ready to unveil its new whiskey bar.
  Construction on the basement expansion has wrapped up and the owners are now adding finishing touches before the grand opening, expected in the next week or two, General Manager Chris Devenney told ARLnow.
  “You only get one chance to open, and we want to do it right and not screw it up,” he said.
  The whiskey bar, situated beneath the pub, is linked to the main restaurant via a wooden staircase. Additionally,
  
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• Ask Eli: 2024 home design trends

  20-02-2024 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  This regularly scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Video summaries of some articles can be found on YouTube on the Eli Residential channel. Enjoy!
  Question: What home design trends are you seeing in 2024?Answer: For this week’s article on home design trends, my partner Jean Ropp takes the re
  
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• Four years after unsolved Ballston murder, no new details from police

  20-02-2024 17:00 via arlnow.com
  
  The Ballston apartment building that was the scene of the unsolved Scott Ratigan murder (via Google Maps)
  A grim anniversary quietly passed last month: four years since the still-unsolved murder of Scott Ratigan.
  The 24-year-old was found dead with “trauma to the upper body” in his Ballston apartment in January 2020. The 911 caller reported a strong smell of bleach in the apartment, according to scanner traffic at the time.
  A year later, police released video and images of a “p
  
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• Despite Missing Middle ordinance, this two-unit project has to get County Board approval

  20-02-2024 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Even in the era of Missing Middle, some duplex projects in Arlington have to go to the Arlington County Board for approval.
  A proposal to build two side-by-side homes for sale at 1129 N. Utah Street, a few blocks from the Ballston Metro station and Washington-Liberty High School, is one such project.
  Although the 2-story, single-family home set for demolition is in a “townhouse district,” only a single-family home can be built by right. McLean-based developer BeaconCrest Homes must g
  
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