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• Public art installed outside new Ballston Harris Teeter

  02-05-2024 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A new piece of public art celebrating Ballston’s past and present has appeared outside the recently relocated Harris Teeter.
  “Present Pastimes,” a window installation by Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous, draws inspiration from the surrounding neighborhood to depict bygone buildings, signage and leisure activities, such as playing golf at a departed putt-putt on Wilson Blvd.
  “It’s just really reflecting on the historic architecture, the building typology and
  
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• Adoptable Pet of the Week: Miso

  02-05-2024 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Meet the adorable Miso who is up for adoption through the Animal Welfare League of Arlington and the newest Adoptable Pet of the Week!
  Miso is a beautiful cat who loves her daily naps and conversations. 
  This girl is currently in foster and her friends had this to say:
  Meet Miso!
  She’ll find any chance she can get to cuddle up beside you and is not afraid to ask for attention (aka pets)! She loves chin and head scratches, but she will tell you when she needs her space.
  When you have c
  
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• ‘Freedom Concert’ returns to Netherlands Carillon this weekend

  02-05-2024 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The Netherlands Carillon (staff photo by Dan Egitto)
  A free concert is coming to Arlington’s giant Dutch musical monument this weekend.
  The annual Freedom Concert will take place from 4-5:30 p.m. on Sunday (May 5) at the Netherlands Carillon, near the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, in the Rosslyn area.
  Carillonneur Julianne Vanden Wyngaard will play “a selection of spiritual and secular music” celebrating liberation.
  “As the Dutch government is in the midst of its &lsqu
  
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• Legal Insider: Federal employee EEO complaints — some basics

  02-05-2024 18:30 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
  Federal employees facing discrimination or retaliation cases must use specific processes in order to file their complaints. This article covers some of the basic issues involved in the federal employee Equa
  
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• Path connecting Mount Vernon Trail and Long Bridge Park opens amid interchange upgrades

  02-05-2024 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Designs for Boundary Channel Drive at I-395 interchange improvements (via VDOT)
  A half-mile path connecting Mount Vernon Trail with Long Bridge Park is now open to pedestrians and cyclists.
  The connector between the popular waterfront trail and Boundary Channel Drive is part of a long-anticipated set up upgrades near Long Bridge Drive and the I-395 interchange.
  The entire Boundary Channel Drive Interchange Project, which broke ground in 2022, should wrap up by late spring or early summer, accord
  
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• Va. dog owner says pet died after drug mix-up, pharmacy said prescriptions difficult to read

  02-05-2024 16:50 via wtop.com
  
  An Arlington, Virginia, woman says her 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel died after a veterinarian prescribed one medication but a CVS pharmacy dispensed a different drug.
  “Daisy was the most innocent, pure and loving dog,” Miroslava Mircheva told WTOP.
  Mircheva said her service dog was so important to her, she flew her pet to London for heart surgery. “The surgery was successful.”
  At the six-month post operative checkup, the veterinarian told Mircheva that Daisy
  
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• ‘She was family’: Arlington woman says service dog died after pharmacy gave her wrong medication

  02-05-2024 16:50 via wtop.com
  
  An Arlington, Virginia, woman says her 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel died after a veterinarian prescribed one medication but a CVS pharmacy dispensed a different drug.
  “Daisy was the most innocent, pure and loving dog,” Miroslava Mircheva told WTOP.
  Mircheva said her service dog was so important to her, she flew her pet to London for heart surgery. “The surgery was successful.”
  At the six-month post operative checkup, the veterinarian told Mircheva that Daisy
  
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• Fiery ACFD demonstration scheduled to illustrate need for proper battery disposal

  02-05-2024 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Fire truck (staff photo by James Jarvis)
  The Arlington County Fire Department is sounding the alarm on the hazards of carelessly disposing of rechargeable batteries.
  A live demonstration highlighting the dangerous potential of punctured rechargeable batteries and overcharged e-bikes is scheduled to take place later today (Thursday) in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Arlington Chief Fire Marshal Matthew Cobb is joining officials from D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland in this vivid installment of
  
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• ACPD: Man seriously injured after being attacked while walking through Ballston

  02-05-2024 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  Arlington County police are investigating a late night attack in Ballston.
  The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday on the 4200 block of Fairfax Drive, near the Metro station. According to police, a man approached the victim from behind “and struck him with an unknown object before fleeing the scene on foot.”
  The victim was seriously injured and the suspect remains at large.
  “Based on the preliminary investigation, the incident does not appear random and a dispute
  
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• Shops at Crystal City Underground given notice to vacate by end of October

  02-05-2024 03:00 via wtop.com
  
  Mory Zebhideh, owner of the store “Real Jewelers” at the Crystal City Underground shopping mall, has been at that Virginia location since 1990. He’ll soon need to leave.
  Zebhideh was given an official notice Wednesday that he and the other shops located at the Arlington mall are being forced to vacate by the end of October.
  “It’s been really tough here,” said Zebhideh, noting that the number of customers at the mall has been steadily dwindling, especially sinc
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 1, 2024

  02-05-2024 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 — May 1, 2024.10:00 am: UPDATED: Crystal City garage cycling races postponed |Comments
  10:45 am: School Board candidates release intro videos as Democratic endorsement caucus voting kicks off |Comments
  11:45 am: Man injured in scooter crash near Westover |Comments
  1:25 pm: TRAFFIC ALERT:
  
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• Stronger protections needed, PTA group says after extended day worker’s child porn arrest

  01-05-2024 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Abingdon Elementary School (photo via Google Maps)
  A parents association is calling for stronger guardrails in programs involving children following an extended day worker’s arrest for allegedly showing porn to kids.
  The Arlington County Council of PTAs (CCPTA) said Arlington Public Schools should double down on systems of accountability after the 18-year-old suspect, who worked in an after-school program at Abingdon Elementary School in Fairlington, was arrested on charges of assault and
  
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• Reach *all* of Arlington with ARLnow advertising

  01-05-2024 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  ARLnow readership comparison – Q1 2024 (via SimilarWeb)
  Over the past week, nearly a quarter million people have visited ARLnow’s website, reading some 400,000 articles and homepage feeds.
  Not to brag, but that puts ARLnow in a class of its own. If you want to specifically reach those who live and work in Arlington, ARLnow exceeds the readership of our nearest competitor, for whom stats can be ascertained, by more than ten fold.
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• Alpacas to spice up happy hour outside HQ2

  01-05-2024 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Peruvian Brothers co-owner Giuseppe Lanzone with alpacas (Photo courtesy of Peruvian Brothers)
  Amazon’s blowout Q1 earnings are not the only cause for celebration at HQ2.
  The Pentagon City office complex will also get some special outdoor guests, starting this week: live alpacas. The South American camelid mammals will be outside of Peruvian Brothers (1450 S. Eads Street) from 4-6 p.m. Friday for the restaurant’s first Alpaca Happy Hour.
  They’ll return during those times every
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: Columbia Pike blocked by gas leak

  01-05-2024 19:25 via arlnow.com
  
  Columbia Pike blocked by gas leak on May 1, 2024
  Columbia Pike is blocked between S. Quincy and Quebec streets due to a gas leak.
  Initial reports suggest that a construction crew struck a one-inch gas line, resulting in an active leak sizable enough to prompt a road closure.
  Firefighters are on scene, waiting for Washington Gas to stop the leak.
  This section of the Pike has been under construction since 2022 as part of the ongoing Columbia Pike Multimodal Street Improvements project. Constructio
  
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• Biz Talk: Arlington hosts female founder speaker series focused on venture capital

  01-05-2024 18:45 via arlnow.com
  
  This article is sponsored by Arlington Economic Development’s Business Investment Group.
  According to Crunchbase, since 2018, Arlington-based companies have generated approximately 200 venture capital and merger and acquisition deals totaling over $15.7 billion.
  These deals span several industries, including software, fintech, cleantech, big data, AI and cybersecurity.
  Unfortunately, the landscape of venture capital remains starkly imbalanced — both inside and outside of Arlington &
  
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• Man injured in scooter crash near Westover

  01-05-2024 17:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A man has been hospitalized after crashing while riding a scooter this morning.
  The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. on Washington Blvd at 19th Road N., near Westover. The man reportedly fell off the scooter while riding but there was no vehicle involved. It happened near an uneven section of road that is apparently being repaved.
  “At approximately 10:32 a.m., police were dispatched to a crash with injuries at 19th Road N. and Washington Boulevard,” Arlington County police spokeswom
  
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• School Board candidates release intro videos as Democratic endorsement caucus voting kicks off

  01-05-2024 16:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A sign directing voters to ballots in 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  With the Arlington School Board caucus now underway, several Democratic candidates have released introduction videos.
  Local Democrats have until May 11 to vote in this year’s caucus, determining which of the four candidates currently running for School Board will receive the party’s endorsement for two open seats.
  Candidates Kathleen Clark, Chen Ling and Zuraya Tapia-Hadley have all released videos introducing t
  
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• UPDATED: Crystal City garage cycling races postponed

  01-05-2024 16:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Cyclists compete during the Beginner race of the Crosshairs Garage Races in Crystal City in early March 2020 (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
  A cycling competition set to take place in a Crystal City parking garage next weekend has been postponed, likely until 2025.
  “Unfortunately, the 2024 Garage Racing National Championships has been postponed for this year,” participants were told today, after ARLnow’s article about the races published. “Please stay connected with CXHAIRS
  
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• UPDATED: Crystal City garage cycling race postponed

  01-05-2024 16:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Cyclists compete during the Beginner race of the Crosshairs Garage Races in Crystal City in early March 2020 (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
  A cycling competition set to take place in a Crystal City parking garage next weekend has been postponed, likely until 2025.
  “Unfortunately, the 2024 Garage Racing National Championships has been postponed for this year,” participants were told today, after ARLnow’s article about the races published. “Please stay connected with CXHAIRS
  
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• Bicycling championship returns with full day of races in Crystal City parking garage

  01-05-2024 16:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Cyclists compete during the Beginner race of the Crosshairs Garage Races in Crystal City in early March 2020 (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
  A national indoor cycling competition is returning to Crystal City next weekend.
  A full day of competitive and just-for-fun races is planned for Saturday, May 11 at the 2024 Garage Racing National Championships. Taking place in a parking garage at 201 12th Street S., the race kicks off with junior championships at 11 a.m. and closes with the always-wacky &ldq
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 30, 2024

  01-05-2024 03:51 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 — Apr 30, 2024.9:30 am: ACPD: Man beaten in attempted jewelry robbery |Comments
  10:30 am: Restorative justice director, wrongful conviction attorney receive permanent Arlington posts |Comments
  11:30 am: New Rosslyn apartment tower starts renting as Hilton hotel construction continues next
  
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• JUST IN: Fmr. swim club board president sentenced for sexually exploiting children

  30-04-2024 22:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Mark Black (courtesy Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
  The former board president of an elite youth swim program has been sentenced after pleading guilty to child sex exploitation charges in January.
  Arlington resident Mark Black, who previously helped to lead the Olympian-producing Arlington Aquatic Club, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  Federal prosecutors say Black, 50, possessed “approximately 172,707 images of suspected [child sexual abuse material].” He also induced prepub
  
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• JUST IN: Fmr. swim club board president sentenced for sexually exploitating children

  30-04-2024 22:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Mark Black (courtesy Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
  The former board president of an elite youth swim program has been sentenced after pleading guilty to child sex exploitation charges in January.
  Arlington resident Mark Black, who previously helped to lead the Olympian-producing Arlington Aquatic Club, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  Federal prosecutors say Black, 50, possessed “approximately 172,707 images of suspected [child sexual abuse material].” He also induced prepub
  
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• Missing Middle critic subpoenaed as county seeks to ‘know what forces’ are behind lawsuit

  30-04-2024 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  Scene from after the County Board’s Missing Middle housing vote (staff photo)
  County government requests for extensive documentation in a Missing Middle lawsuit have expanded to include an outspoken critic who’s helping to fund the suit.
  Attorneys representing Arlington County contacted Dan Creedon, one of the founders of the anti-Missing Middle group Neighbors for Neighborhoods (NfN), with a broad subpoena last week. The request includes:All communications Creedon has had with plai
  
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• Police arrest serial peeper along the Pike

  30-04-2024 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  A man with a history of peeping into homes allegedly did it again — twice.
  Police say Herbert Otey, 60, was seen peering into a woman’s home along the 2000 block of Columbia Pike last night. He was arrested and also charged with a peeping incident from earlier in the day.
  Otey has been charged with two counts of “Peeping 3+ Offenses within 10 Years,” according to Arlington County police. A crime report from last year says he was arrested for two peeping inciden
  
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• BREAKING: All remaining Crystal City Underground shops to close

  30-04-2024 19:45 via arlnow.com
  
  It’s the end of an era in Crystal City.
  The neighborhood, which has seen significant new development since Amazon’s HQ2 decision, is losing one of the most memorable vestiges of its time as a drab hub of military and government offices.
  JBG Smith, the main property owner in the area, said today that all remaining retail stores and restaurants in the Crystal City Underground will close.
  A spokesperson for the company issued the following statement.
  “After careful consideration,
  
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• NOW: Firefighters battling apartment blaze in Crystal City

  30-04-2024 19:10 via arlnow.com
  
  File photo
  Firefighters from Arlington County and surrounding communities are battling a fire in a Crystal City apartment building.
  The fire broke out shortly before 1 p.m. on the 6th floor of the Crystal Flats building at 505 18th Street S. Initial reports suggest that a kitchen appliance somehow caught on fire inside one of the units.
  Arriving firefighters reported thick smoke and the sprinkler system engaged, extinguishing most of the flames. No injuries have been reported.
  The building was t
  
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• Ask Eli: New vs new-ish home sales in Arlington, Vienna, McLean

  30-04-2024 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: How does the new construction market compare to the market for resales of recently built homes?Answer: When most people buy a large, expensive new cons
  
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