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 — Jul 14, 2023.
- 9:30 am: Silver Diner redevelopment project faces delays over ‘unresolved design challenges’ with N. Irving Street | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Climate protest draws group of elder demonstrators to Rosslyn bank | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: County to ink $117M contract with JBG Smith for second Crystal City Metro entrance | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:45 pm: Pair of projects to improve pedestrian accessibility in parts of Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:00 pm: Arlington County to buy a home in Westover for $1.5M for flood mitigation | 🗣️ Comments
- 5:40 pm: JUST IN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for portion of Arlington | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- A lounging Lady Liberty to lie down in Arlington for the next year (56877 views)
- Owners of razed Broyhill estate seek new owner-developer for site, touting up to 36 Missing Middle units (25535 views)
- Arlington could buy a property within what was once a secluded Black settlement for 100 years (16712 views)
- Door knocking leads to fight in Crystal City apartment building (7649 views)
- Restaurant owner is ‘very frustrated’ with the process to transform historic Green Valley Pharmacy (6309 views)
- Drivers may be required to stop for longer while pedestrians cross the road (6256 views)
- It’s finally tee time for Columbia Pike’s Par Citi (6100 views)
- Live music venue The Filling Station opening soon next to Ballston’s El Rey (5511 views)
- A new Lebanese restaurant is coming to Clarendon (5337 views)
- Astro Beer Hall and its donut robot hoping to start serving next month in Shirlington (4723 views)
- Demolition of the RCA building in Rosslyn set to wrap up this month (4692 views)
- Ballston Holiday Inn redevelopment proposal reaches Arlington County Board (3931 views)
- NEW: Arlington police announce additional arrests in anti-fentanyl push (3809 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Ceramics Hand-building Creative Mugs Workshop at Art House 7
- 10:00 am: Ancient Egypt & the Afterlife
- 11:00 am: Community Day
- 12:00 pm: Calligraphy Workshop and Artist Talk with Abdulrahman Naanseh
- 👉 1:30 pm: Tai Chi Celebration
- 7:00 pm: Linocut Printmaking: Block Carving and Printing Art Night at Art House 7
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:00 am: MoCA on the Move at Met Park: No Experience Required
- 3:00 pm: Reiki Share with Sound Healing
- 7:00 pm: Sunset Yoga at Potomac Yard
⛈️ Saturday’s forecast
There is a likelihood of showers and thunderstorms setting in after 2pm, despite the weather being partly sunny with a high temperature near 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The calm winds are forecasted to transition into a moderate south wind, blowing at a speed of 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon, with a 40% chance of precipitation. The same weather pattern of intermittent showers and thunderstorms is expected to continue into Saturday night, accompanied by a predominantly cloudy sky. Temperatures will lower to around 76 degrees Fahrenheit, with the south winds maintaining at around 8mph. Chances for precipitation will slightly increase to 50%. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
– Mark Twain
🌅 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. 👋