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 22, 2023.
- 9:30 am: County inks contract for oversight of Crystal City Metro second entrance project | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Cartoon: “The Arlington nail-filled tire. The perfect holiday gift with so many uses.” | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Podcast: Bridges to Independence CEO on rising youth homelessness in Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:30 pm: Merry Christmas from ARLnow | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Arlington’s Pupatella recognized as one of the world’s best pizza chains (27097 views)
- Orvis at The Crossing announces closing sale and eyes potential reopening (15929 views)
- A Yorktown alum sold his first startup before he had a diploma. Now he’s onto the next venture. (12059 views)
- New Panera to open in Ballston this week and its first customers will get free meals for a year (10469 views)
- Two apprehended after reported robbery in Clarendon Metro (10218 views)
- W-L student prompts police investigation after allegedly using a device to turn off nearby iPhones (6967 views)
- County ratifies financing plan for Barcroft Apartments redevelopment despite push from advocates for deeper affordability (6362 views)
- Police: Man kicks officers after breaking into woman’s apartment in Ballston (6332 views)
- Photos: Possible albino squirrel sighting in Arlington (6238 views)
- JUST IN: Flood Warning issued for Arlington (5773 views)
- Part of GW Parkway will close for winter weather, NPS warns (5309 views)
- Ask Eli: Will new Capitals/Wizards stadium increase home values? (4194 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 4:30 pm: Service of Lessons & Carols
🌥️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect a mostly cloudy day with a high of 48, accompanied by a calm wind that shifts to the south at around 6 mph in the morning. For Saturday night, there is a slight chance of showers after 1am, with temperatures dipping to a low of 38. A southeast wind of around 5 mph will become calm after midnight, and there is a 20% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
– Albert Schweitzer
🌅 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. 👋