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• Invasive, parachuting Joro spiders have not come to Arlington (yet)

  06-06-2024 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  A Joro spider (via FNRClemson/YouTube)
  Though media reports are buzzing with tales of an invasive, parachuting arachnid with four-inch legs, the Joro spider doesn’t appear to have landed yet in Arlington.
  The bug, a native of East Asia introduced to Georgia in the 2010s, has generated headlines across the Eastern seaboard this week. Though of minimal threat to humans, the creature’s size and its spiderlings’ habit of gliding for miles on strands of web have raised cries of
  
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• Statutes of Liberty: New Biden asylum executive order — it’s kabuki, folks

  06-06-2024 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
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  Kabuki is a form of Japanese theater, in which actors — through ex
  
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• Music series among new summer events at GMU’s Virginia Square campus

  06-06-2024 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Mason Square Plaza in March 2024 (Staff photo by Savannah Taffe)
  It will be a busy summer at George Mason University’s Virginia Square campus.
  Joining the slate of events held at The Plaza at Mason Square — located at 3351 Fairfax Drive — this year is an outdoor music series, as well as a reading series and weekly tai chi.
  The music series, held on Thursdays, will vary in genre each week. Here is the list of upcoming performances:June 6: Charlie Sayes with Memphis Gold and the
  
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• Amazon HQ2 Community Day at Met Park

  06-06-2024 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Community Day at Met Park
  Amazon HQ2 Community Day at Met ParkJune 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
  As Amazon marks the one year anniversary of HQ2’s grand opening, we invite you to join us at our second annual HQ2 Community Day at Met Park!
  Community Day will spotlight our HQ2 retailers, community leaders, neighborhood small businesses, and more than 50 local farmers market vendors.
  On Saturday, June 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Met Park in Arlington will transform into a vibrant hub of activities for all
  
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• Company managing former WeLive space in Crystal City files for bankruptcy

  06-06-2024 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  2221 S. Clark Street in 2016
  The company managing a residential space in a Crystal City office building has filed for bankruptcy.
  Common Living — the company in charge of the Common co-living space at 2221 S. Clark Street — filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday, indicating plans to liquidate its assets. All company operations have been suspended, according to a news release.
  “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Common,” said Luca Bovone, CEO of Hab
  
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• Company managing former WeLive apartments in Crystal City office building files for bankruptcy

  06-06-2024 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  2221 S. Clark Street in 2016
  The company managing a residential space in a Crystal City office building has filed for bankruptcy.
  Common Living — the company in charge of the Common co-living space at 2221 S. Clark Street — filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday, indicating plans to liquidate its assets. All company operations have been suspended, according to a news release.
  “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Common,” said Luca Bovone, CEO of Hab
  
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• Here’s an updated list of new restaurants expected to open in Arlington

  06-06-2024 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington’s food scene never stops evolving.
  In recent weeks and months, plans have been made to not only revive a once-popular local watering hole but also to welcome new outposts of some national and local restaurant groups.
  Below are updates on just over a dozen expected new restaurants.
  Mister Days
  1101 N. Highland Street, Clarendon
  The local watering hole with a treasured past is back once again, this time in a new spot.
  After closing in 2019, Mister Days Sports Rock Cafe aims to mak
  
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• Morning Poll: Have you been targeted by a phone scam?

  06-06-2024 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A woman receiving a call while wearing a face mask at Long Bridge Park in May 2020 (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
  Phone-based scams are common — but just how common?
  That’s what we’re wondering in today’s morning poll, following an article we published last week, which detailed a local woman’s experience getting targeted by a sophisticated phone scammer.
  It started with a phone call. Somebody claiming to be her daughter alleged she was being held by the police after
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Jun 5, 2024

  06-06-2024 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 — Jun 5, 2024.9:30 am: Arlington and much of D.C. area under Flood Watch |Comments
  10:30 am: Arlington named No. 1 ‘mid-sized city for college grads to start their careers’ |Comments
  11:30 am: Planned HQ2 expansion gets more utility work, but no updates on construction timeli
  
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• A Virginia athlete grapples her way to the podium at the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship

  06-06-2024 00:18 via wtop.com
  
  Beatrice Jin trains at the Kogaion Academy in Arlington, Virginia. (WTOP/Luke Lukert)Beatrice Jin trains at the Kogaion Academy in Arlington, Virginia. (WTOP/Luke Lukert)A local athlete competing in the world championships of Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappled her way to greatness — a bronze medal — all while training out a small school in Arlington, Virginia.
  Beatrice Jin has been grappling at the Kogaion Academy for over five years.
  “Every time you think that you’re getting g
  
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