weekend discussion

We’ve weathered a tropical storm and an otherwise slow local news cycle this week, now it’s time to kick back and enjoy what should be a decent weekend.

Without further ado, here are the most-read articles of the week:

1. Here’s How Much You Need to Make to Be in the Top 20% of Arlington Households
2. Neighborhood Spotlight: The 3 Best Pizza Places in Arlington
3. County Board Passes Emergency Ordinance Against Sidewalk Crowding
4. Two Dead of Suspected Overdoses as Arlington Battles Opioid Addiction
5. Arlington GOP Chair Kicked Out of Local COVID Facebook Group
6. Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Remains a Ghost Town Months After Reopening
7. Smoke Shop Owner Goes Back on TV to Denounce Burglar Going Free
8. Elevated Living: Brand New J Sol Ballston Luxury High-Rise
9. JUST IN: Arlington Under Tropical Storm Warning Through Tuesday
10. Small Demonstration at Arlington Intersection Yields Loud Response
11. Just Reduced Properties in Arlington
12. Arlington Nears 3,000 Coronavirus Cases

Feel free to discuss those stories or anything else of local interest in the comments. Have a great weekend!

It’s the last day of July. August is hours away and fall is within sight — mercifully, given the heat wave over the past few weeks.

This post is being written in advance (even editors need a half day of vacation sometimes) so without knowing the topic of today’s Beermonger post, a word of caution to beer fans: stock up on your shandies now, before you know it they’ll be gone and only Oktoberfest and pumpkin seasonal beers will be on the shelves (if they’re not there already).

Here are this week’s most-read articles on ARLnow:

1. Petition Asks Arlington Schools to Ditch Microsoft Teams and Use Zoom Instead
2. Arlington, Neighborhoods Top Lists of Best Places in U.S.
3. Protesters Blocking Key Bridge, Rosslyn Intersection
4. New Restaurant Coming to Arlington Heights Neighborhood
5. Large Comcast Outage Reported in Arlington
6. It’s Time to Ditch the County Logo, Arlington NAACP Says
7. Ten Questions You Might Have About Recycling in Arlington, Answered
8. 2020 Turns Arlington Online Forums into Dumpster Fires
9. Another Carjacking Reported in Arlington Over the Weekend

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of interest in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

Flickr pool photo by Vincent

The summer news doldrums are not here yet: this was a busy week with lots of news from the last round of County Board meetings of the summer and plenty of weather excitement.

There is already plenty on the agenda for next week, so we may have to wait until August for a breather.

In encouraging news, new COVID-19 cases in Arlington have continued to trend downward this week — expect an update on that either Monday or Tuesday. Will the trend last? Hard to tell, especially with cases in other parts of the region and the state on the rise.

Here are the most-read stories from the past week:

1. Thousands Without Power in Arlington After Storm
2. Four Arrested, Charged With Violent Car Thefts
3. County Board Approves Outline of Future Shirlington Redevelopment
4. Columbia Pike Starbucks Closed Due to COVID-19 Case
5. New Coronavirus Cases Down, Hospitalizations Up in Arlington
6. Longtime Lee Highway Shoe Repair Shop Closing Soon
7. Favola Tries to Honor John Lewis, But Mistakenly Posts Photo of Elijah Cummings
8. The Pinemoor Opens in Clarendon With a Nervous Eye Towards Future
9. Man Accused of Biting Police Officer in Clarendon

Feel free to discuss those stories or anything else of local interest in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

It’s the weekend and we have a downright hot stretch of days ahead.

Besides the steamy weather, there is plenty to discuss from the last week. Here are the most-read articles of the past week:

1. Overlee Pool Closes Amid Reports of COVID-19 Outbreak
2.  Superintendent to Propose Online-Only Start to School Year
3. Arlington Sees Highest One-Day Coronavirus Case Total Since May
4. Trump Campaign HQ in Rosslyn Shuts Down Due to Coronavirus Case
5. Teachers Call for Online-Only Return to School
6. Arlington Named ‘Fittest City’ in U.S.
7. Teen Struck by Speeding Driver in Ashton Heights
8. Coronavirus Cases Keep Climbing in Arlington
9. Arlington Woman Arrested After Double Stabbing Near Hospital
10. Woman Killed in Pentagon City Pedestrian Crash
11. Two Vehicles Overturn in Crashes Within Minutes of Each Other
12. County Kicking Off Lee Highway Renaming Process

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of local interest in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

After four months of consistently high readership, today is the first non-holiday Friday during which our Google Analytics stats suggest that a fair number of people are on vacation.

If you have left Arlington to head to the beach, the lake or elsewhere, we hope you’re having fund and staying safe.

Here are the most-read articles of the past week:

1. Petition Calls for Renaming Fairlington Bridge Amid Battle Over ‘BLM’ Art
2. 14th Street Bridge Blocked By Protests
3. Morning Poll: Should APS Students Go Back to Class Full-Time in the Fall?
4. Arlington Sees Uptick in Coronavirus Cases While Hospitalizations Fall
5. Backyard Homes: Building a Second Home on Your Property
6. Takis Karantonis Wins County Board Special Election in Landslide
7. Making Room: Uniting Against the McMansion
8. ACPD Arrest Data Shows Race, Residency Disparities
9. Arlington County Names New Chief Race and Equity Officer

Feel free to discuss those stories, or anything else of local interest, in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

Flickr pool photo by Vincent

Happy Fourth of July weekend!

We’ll make this short and sweet so you can get on with your grilling, fireworks and travel (most likely via car). Here are the most-read articles this week on ARLnow:

1. Police Investigating Fatal Columbia Pike Shooting
2. People Keep Cutting Across I-395 to Get to the HOV Bridge
3. Legal Insider: Fairfax Students with Learning Disabilities File Complaint Against FCPS
4. Coronavirus Down to Six New Cases Per Day in Arlington
5. Man Staggers to Police HQ After Being Stabbed at Party
6. Taco Bamba Coming to Ballston
7. ACPD Officers Punched, Splashed and Bit
8. After Surviving COVID-19, Arlington Restaurateur Hopes to Bring New Meaning to His Life
9. NPS Trying to Figure Out How to Remove Car That Ran Down GW Parkway Embankment

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of local interest in the comments. Have a great holiday!

It was another busy week in Arlington, but one bit of good news held up for the entire week: Arlington’s coronavirus prognosis continues to look good.

With relatively few new infections and an improving local economic outlook, there’s reason for optimism. But as Texas and Florida shows, there remains a possibility that the virus could come back and disrupt Arlington’s economy anew.

That’s all the more reason to wear a mask while indoors in a public place or outdoors in a crowd.

Here are the most-read ARLnow articles of the past week:

1. County Manager’s Memo Regarding Removal of Black Lives Matter Chalk Art
2. Va. Attorney General Sues Advanced Towing
3. Virginia to Enter ‘Phase 3’ Reopening Next Week
4. APS to Propose Students Spending Two Days in Classrooms Per Week
5. Arlingtonians Seem To Be Encountering Snakes More Often, But Locals Shouldn’t Be Rattled
6. ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign in Front of Church Vandalized
7. Signature Theatre Denies Sexual Assault Allegation Against Co-Founder
8. Gas Station Carjacking Leads to Arrest
9. As Arlington Coronavirus Metrics Hit Fresh Lows, a Nervous Calm
10. Morning Poll: Time to Rename Lee Highway?

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of local interest in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

A busy week has has given way to what looks to be a beautiful weekend.

We are grateful this week for the passion of those protesting in Arlington and elsewhere, the medical recovery of long-time ARLnow commenter Flood Czar, and the support of our readers and sponsors — who have propelled our readership to record levels and who have allowed us to stay business through the pandemic with no layoffs.

Now, here are the most-read articles of the week:

1. Northern Virginia to Enter ‘Phase 2’ Reopening on Friday
2. Ballston Hosting ‘Retro’ Drive-In Movie Showing
3. Vice President’s Maskless Visit to Trump HQ in Rosslyn Criticized
4. Pupatella Searching for New Arlington Location
5. After Lull, A Rise in Coronavirus Cases in Arlington
6. Sixty Years Ago, A Two-Week Civil Rights Battle Raged Across Arlington Eateries
7. Thousands Participate in Saturday Marches in Arlington
8. List: Black-Owned Businesses In Arlington
9. More Demonstrations Planned Today in Arlington
10. Crash After Police Chase Blocks I-66

Feel free to discuss those and other issues of local interest in the comments.

The U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" landed on Summerall Field today to join @UnderSecArmy James E. McPherson and Col. Kimberly Peeples, JBM-HH Garrison Commander, in a cake cutting ceremony celebrating our Army's 245th birthday! (photos by Staff Sgt. Maryam Treece) pic.twitter.com/msy9CyWl6A

— The U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (@ArmyFifeandDrum) June 12, 2020

Photo courtesy James Mahony

It was a historic week in Arlington, D.C. and across the country.

Missed any of our coverage? You can find it here.

Here are the most-read articles of the past week:

1. Arlington Officers Ordered to ‘Immediately Leave D.C.’
2. Black Lives Matter Protest Underway in Clarendon
3. Virginia’s ‘Phase 2’ Reopening to Start Friday, But Will Exclude N. Va. for Now
4. Protest Marches Planned in Arlington Through Sunday
5. Teen to Be Charged in Hit and Run That Killed Dog
6. D.C. Police Blocking Traffic from Key Bridge to Georgetown as Businesses Board Up
7. County Leaders Defend ACPD Officers Who Were Recalled from D.C. Protests
8. Arlington Sees Significant Drop in New Coronavirus Cases
9. Photos: Peaceful Protest Marches from Shirlington to Ballston

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of local interest in the comments.

Arlington is reopening, but the reopening is a bit uneven.

The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City mall, which is starting to reopen, was nearly empty around lunchtime, as seen above. In Clarendon, meanwhile, the outdoor patios of restaurants were busy and The Lot beer garden was especially packed Friday evening.

Here are the most-read articles of the past week:

1. Neighborhood Abuzz Over Bear Sighting in East Falls Church
2. N. Va. Expected to Reopen, Masks Required on Friday
3. Distance Learning to Start School Year ‘Very Probable,’ APS Says (May 22)
4. Local Gentlemen’s Club Reopening Friday, Sans Dancers
5. State Police Chase Ends in Pentagon City
6. Testing Up, Deaths Now Over 100 As Reopening in Sight
7. County Board Approves Process for Temporary Outdoor Restaurant Seating Areas
8. Yorktown Principal Apologizes for Banner Seen as Racist (May 21)
9. Arlington Hits a Few Bumps in Park Reopening Process

Feel free to discuss those or any other topics of local interest in the comments. Have a nice weekend!

Photo courtesy Ryan Kelly

Good news: a holiday weekend is here.

If you’ve been fortunate enough to be able to continue working, you are likely getting an extra day off. This is especially welcome if you’ve been working while trying to wrangle kids at home.

ARLnow’s news coverage will be taking a break, barring breaking news, until Tuesday. In the meantime, here are the most-read Arlington articles of the past week.

1. Yorktown Principal Apologizes for Banner Seen as Racist
2. Tall Man Wearing Short Shorts Prompts Call to Police
3. ACFD Helps Battle Fire at Edy’s Chicken & Steak on Route 7
4. Boston Market Closes Permanently on Columbia Pike
5. Data Shows Demographic Disparities in Arlington’s Coronavirus Cases
6. Two Teens Arrested for Vandalism at New Middle School
7. Arlington County Planning to Distribute Free Masks
8. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Down, Cases Continue to Rise in Arlington (May 18)
9. National Guard Conducts Mass Testing at Local Senior Care Facility

Feel free to discuss those or other topics in the comments. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!