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• JUST IN: Local acupuncturist’s December death ruled a homicide

  12-03-2024 20:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County police car (staff photo)
  An East Falls Church woman was killed by her husband in December in a murder-suicide, Arlington County police announced today.
  Maria T. MacKnight worked as an acupuncturist, according to her website. Police say she and her husband, Gregory Cunningham, both died of “intentional carbon monoxide poisoning” in early December, at their house on N. Powhatan Street.
  Today, ACPD said the deaths were determined by the medical examiner to be the result
  
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• Arlington’s Culpepper Garden senior living community gets $2 million federal grant

  12-03-2024 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Daffodils at Culpepper Garden senior living center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  (Updated at 6:50 p.m.) A senior living community in Arlington is set to receive significant new support from the federal government.
  Congress passed an appropriations bill last week that, among other things, allocated $2 million to Culpepper Garden, Arlington’s sole low-income senior retirement community. It’s home to 365 seniors aged 62 and older.
  The funds, from the Department of Housing and Urban Deve
  
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• Arlington’s Culpepper Garden assisted living facility gets $2 million federal grant

  12-03-2024 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Daffodils at Culpepper Garden senior living center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  An assisted living facility in Arlington is set to receive significant new support from the federal government.
  Congress passed an appropriations bill last week that, among other things, allocated $2 million to Culpepper Garden, Arlington’s sole low-income senior retirement community. It’s home to 365 seniors aged 62 and older.
  The funds, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will finance
  
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• NEW: Two hospitalized after car crashes into parked trailer

  12-03-2024 18:15 via arlnow.com
  
  A serious crash shut down part of Miliary Road in the Cherrydale neighborhood this afternoon.
  The crash happened shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 2200 block of Military Road, a block from Dorothy Hamm Middle School.
  Initial reports suggest that a sedan was driven into the back of a trailer parked on the side of the road.
  One person was trapped in the car after the crash and was freed by Arlington firefighters, who used rescue equipment to cut off the vehicle’s roof.
  The trapped per
  
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• Ask Eli: Buyer Workshop April 9

  12-03-2024 17:30 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!
  On Tuesday, April 9, I’ll be hosting another Ask Eli Home Buyer Workshop with my business partner Jean Ropp and local Loan Officer, Jake Ryon, with First H
  
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• Balkan restaurant Ambar looks to bolster business by bringing more laughter to Clarendon

  12-03-2024 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  An event at BABA, the speakeasy-style bar underneath Ambar in Clarendon (courtesy of Ambar)
  Clarendon’s newest comedy venue is in the basement of a Balkan restaurant.
  Starting next Thursday, the speakeasy-style bar underneath Ambar, called BABA, will host free bi-weekly comedy shows.
  The “Elite 11 Closed Mic” show with the Savage Gentleman Club will feature seven local comics performing 11-minute skits. For the inaugural show next week, doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show star
  
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• Several Langston Blvd intersections could get $1.5M in traffic signal and safety upgrades

  12-03-2024 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A map of the Langston Blvd Intelligent Transportation Systems project (via Arlington County)
  Traffic signal upgrades and more pedestrian-friendly crosswalks may be coming to several Langston Blvd intersections.
  The Arlington County Board on Saturday is slated to consider a $1.5 million contract for improvements to the intersections of Langston Blvd at N. Adams Street, N. Cleveland Street and Spout Run Pkwy.
  Traffic signals at these intersections currently hang from wires, a county report notes.
  
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• County Board to consider lowering speed limits on five arterial roads north of Route 50

  12-03-2024 14:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Five arterial streets north of Route 50 could see their speed limits drop from 30 to 25 mph.
  This weekend, the Arlington County Board is set to authorize public hearings to lower speed limits along these roads, which have “high volumes of pedestrian crossings and higher density land development,” a county report says.
  They include:Military Road from Nelly Custis Drive to Langston Blvd, through the Donaldson Run and Cherrydale neighborhoods
  N. Carlin Springs Road from N. Glebe Road to
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 11, 2024

  12-03-2024 01:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday 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 — Mar 11, 2024.9:30 am: Trader Joe’s continues to make progress on likely Crystal City store |Comments
  10:40 am: Arlington’s Axios HQ says internal comms for many U.S. companies is in dire straits |Comments
  11:45 am: BurgerFi in Rosslyn to offer free fries and drinks for its gra
  
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