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 — Jan 26, 2024.
- 9:30 am: Police: SUV driver pulled gun on woman in Rosslyn, then tried to run her over | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Warby Parker store to open in Pentagon City mall | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Halal barbecue shop in Ballston blends Maryland and Pakistani flavors into a Chesapeake ‘Bay-B-Q’ style | 🗣️ Comments
- 12:45 pm: Smallest and largest homes sold in Arlington (December 2023) | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Why community radio station WERA 96.7 has had lo-fi beats on loop for nearly two months | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- BREAKING: Police charge fmr. W-L girls basketball coach with sex crimes involving players (21271 views)
- Liquor store robbery leads to chase and arrests on I-395 (19796 views)
- Falls Church has twice as many restaurants as Arlington on new Washingtonian ‘100 Very Best’ list (15142 views)
- Mister Days appears to be returning to Clarendon (13091 views)
- An ‘old-school American butcher’ serving locally sourced meat is coming to Falls Church this month (12952 views)
- BREAKING: Former swim club board president pleads guilty to sexually exploiting children (12860 views)
- Astro Beer Hall to revamp basement following successful Shirlington launch and ‘overwhelming’ community support (8649 views)
- Video: Driver slams into building on Columbia Pike (7495 views)
- Jos A. Bank is second retail store to close in Clarendon in two months (5029 views)
- BREAKING: Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey to retire at the end of year (4455 views)
- Long Bridge Park aquatics center pool to close early until summer for needed repairs (4090 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
- 10:30 am: Explore Walking Meditation: Slow Down and Set Your Own Pace
- 11:00 am: Explore Walking Meditation: Slow Down and Set Your Own Pace
- 👉 1:00 pm: Walking Tour: Spies and US Imperialism
- 1:30 pm: Art House 7 Workshop: Beginner Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Mokuhanga)
- 5:30 pm: Alamo Drafthouse Interactive Circus Event
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 1:00 pm: Tai Chi at Water Park
- 3:00 pm: New World Recorders/ Beginning, Middle, End
🌧️ Saturday’s forecast
Rain is expected mostly after 5pm alongside increasing clouds and a high temperature near 56 degrees, with a northwest wind of 5 to 8 mph and a 30% chance of precipitation. On Saturday night, rain will be more prevalent after 8pm, with a low temperature around 44 degrees, and an east wind of 5 to 10 mph. There is a 100% chance of precipitation and new rainfall amounts may range between half to three quarters of an inch. See more from Weather.gov.
💡 Quote of the Day
“In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.”
– Lewis Carroll
🌅 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. 👋