Good Friday 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 — Dec 8, 2023.
- 9:45 am: Fields Park to be closed all season due to Bluemont home explosion | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:45 am: Westover Taco is set to officially open this Saturday | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Friendly skies: How DCA’s social media accounts seek to keep air travel fun | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:45 pm: Adoptable Pet of the Week: Apollo | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:00 pm: County could start changing parking prices along two Metro corridors next year | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:00 pm: New to the ARLnow Shop: a gondola-themed ugly holiday sweatshirt | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Part of Bluemont Trail closed due to man shooting off flare gun (672738 views)
- BREAKING: Suspect killed in house explosion, police believe (57964 views)
- Fundraiser for family whose duplex exploded nearly triples initial goal (21969 views)
- Study: Virginia has 4th strongest residents in U.S. (11419 views)
- Ocean Shack is open for dining (and sports viewing) in the Glebe Road Shopping Center (8662 views)
- NEW: Nepalese restaurant in Ballston appears to be replacing the last remaining Booeymonger (6154 views)
- A collection of single-family homes in Cherrydale will soon be eligible for Missing Middle redevelopment (5654 views)
- Former Arlington prosecutor named Va. Deputy Attorney General (5471 views)
- AIM to move headquarters but cannot yet close chapter on financial concerns (4984 views)
- Additional apartments, townhomes mulled for Shirlington multifamily building (4921 views)
- Columbia Pike staple The Broiler has opened a second location in Maryland (4435 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 👉 10:00 am: Holiday Shop & Winter Bazaar at Wakefield High School
- 10:00 am: McLean High School 21st Annual Holiday Bazaar
- 10:00 am: Parent & Child Needle Felting Ornaments/Objects Workshop at Art House 7
- 👉 11:00 am: Rosslyn Cheer Holiday Market
- 12:30 pm: Caring for the Caregiver
- 2:00 pm: Arlington Philharmonic: Brassy Brilliants!
- 2:00 pm: Brassy Brilliance
- 2:00 pm: Winter Wildlife
- 5:00 pm: Of All the Kings – Holiday Concert
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 8:00 am: Access to SPY: A Morning for the Neurodiverse Community
- 11:00 am: Special Christmas Music – “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
- 11:15 am: Advent Gift Mart
- 12:00 pm: Winter Warmer / Winter Market
- 1:30 pm: Toastmasters – Open House
- 👉 5:00 pm: Light Up Arlington – Clarendon Menorah Lighting
- 7:30 pm: Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along Dec. 10
🌤️ Saturday’s forecast
Patchy fog is expected from 9am to 11am, giving way to partly sunny skies and a high near 56. In the afternoon, calm winds will shift southward, reaching around 5 mph. Saturday night will see an increased chance of showers after 2am, with a 50% chance of precipitation. Clouds will thicken and the temperature will drop to a low of around 49, while south winds will range between 3 to 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋