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• Giant Food is closing one of its oldest Arlington stores

  21-02-2024 22:40 via wtop.com
  
  The Giant Food store on Langston Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, often called the Spout Run Parkway Giant, will permanently close Feb. 29.
  Giant has anchored the Lyon Village Shopping Center, at 3115 Langston Blvd. (formerly Lee Highway), for more than 60 years. It is at the intersection of Langston Boulevard and Spout Run Parkway.
  Giant has anchored the Lyon Village Shopping Center for more than 60 years. It will close at the end of February. (Courtesy Google)
  “In the normal course of
  
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• New committee to study how technology impacts academic performance among APS students

  21-02-2024 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Chris Woolfe, chair of the Educational Technology Advisory Committee (via APS)
  A newly formed committee says it aims to learn more about how Arlington Public Schools students use their school-provided devices both in and out of the classroom.
  The Educational Technology Advisory Committee, which formed last year, consists of parents, technology specialists and APS personnel. One of their top priorities is determining the educational impacts of the iPads and MacBooks that APS provides all students
  
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• Man sentenced to four years behind bars for fatal 2022 hit-and-run

  21-02-2024 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Flags flying in the wind at Arlington County’s justice center in Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  The man who struck and killed a woman near the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in the fall of 2022 will spend four years in prison.
  Julio David Villazon received his 10-year sentence, of which six years were suspended, on Friday, according to Arlington County Circuit Court records. After his release, he will have five years of supervised probation. The court also suspended his driver
  
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• Small Business Focus: Minority Vendor Showcase — Change Starts Here

  21-02-2024 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This column is sponsored by BizLaunch, a division of Arlington Economic Development.
  In recent years, businesses across the globe have taken a stand to affirm their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
  One notable business and hotel industry leader to do so is Hyatt Hotels Corporation. In June 2020, Hyatt implemented the Change Starts Here initiative to address systemic racism through three key areas: who they employ, develop and advance, who they support and who they buy f
  
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• Arlington County Board mulls ranked-choice voting expansion for 2024 general election

  21-02-2024 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington Central Library November 2023 election (staff photo by James Jarvis)
  With ranked-choice voting, or RCV, now the go-to method for local primaries in Arlington, the County Board is also considering using it for the November general election.
  This Saturday, the Board plans to hold a public hearing to decide whether to use RCV, a process whereby voters rank candidates by preference, in the County Board election this fall to fill Chair Libby Garvey’s soon-to-be-vacant seat — the
  
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• Economic conditions, continued revisions slow two redevelopments in Clarendon and Virginia Square

  21-02-2024 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Two development proposals in Clarendon and Virginia Square are facing delays.
  Last week, ARLnow reported that St. Charles Catholic Church was suspending its church redevelopment plans for now, citing economic conditions. Two other projects nearby likewise cite the country’s economic outlook as one reason progress is taking longer than expected.
  One project replacing the Wells Fargo bank — which saw a notable attempted robbery last year — and its parking lot, led by develo
  
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• NEW: Ghostburger, Stellina Pizzeria, Lucky Danger and more coming to Rosslyn food hall

  21-02-2024 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A food hall in Rosslyn will soon undergo a major transformation.
  Assembly, the food hall at Rosslyn City Center (1700 N. Moore Street), will be closing on Friday, March 1, a PR rep tells ARLnow. In its place will rise a new food hall called Upside on Moore.
  All of the existing concepts at Assembly — from the Fog Point oyster bar to Charo’s Taqueria to Big Day Coffee — will close, we’re told. They are set to replaced by Ghostburger, Stellina Pizzeria, Laoban
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 20, 2024

  21-02-2024 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 — Feb 20, 2024.9:30 am: Despite Missing Middle ordinance, this two-unit project has to get County Board approval |Comments
  11:00 am: Four years after unsolved Ballston murder, no new details from police |Comments
  1:30 pm: Celtic House on Columbia Pike readies for whiskey bar grand opening
  
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