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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Oct 10, 2025

By ARLnow.com

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 — Oct 10, 2025.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. Two Arlington restaurants featured in Washington Post’s ’40 Best Restaurants’ list (28064 views)
  2. Goodwill on Glebe Road will close this month for affordable housing redevelopment (23682 views)
  3. Two killed after car strikes overpass on GW Parkway (15310 views)
  4. ACPD: Cocaine, ‘large sum of cash’ recovered in South Arlington drug arrest (13676 views)
  5. Cyclist seriously hurt in crash along part of Wilson Blvd which saw recent safety improvements (12366 views)
  6. Pirouette Cafe & Wine Shop is closing after months of struggling to increase business in Ballston (8616 views)
  7. ACPD seeks suspects after two stabbings Tuesday (6646 views)
  8. JUST IN: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown (6575 views)
  9. Another big wave of ‘No Kings’ protests planned next week in Arlington (6185 views)
  10. Ballston office-to-residential conversion awaits County Board action (4897 views)
  11. Missing Middle plaintiffs appeal lawsuit to Virginia Supreme Court (4595 views)
  12. Gardener group urges property owners to ‘leave the leaves’ to boost ecosystem (4398 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌦️ Saturday’s forecast

Showers are possible before 11am and after 2pm, with mostly cloudy conditions and a high near 69°F. There’s a 30% chance of precipitation and an east wind at 5-8 mph. On Saturday night, showers are likely after 2am, accompanied by a cloudy sky and a low around 60°F. There’s a 70% chance of precipitation, with new amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, and a northeast wind at 8-13 mph with gusts up to 21 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! If you have something to say about an issue of local note not covered today, feel free to post it as a letter to the editor on our new forum. 👋

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