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County Council of PTAs taps Reflections honorees

The Arlington County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) has honored the 2022-23 Reflections contest winners at the county level. Reflections is a nationwide contest and arts-promotion program that encourages students to create works in dance choreography, film production, literature,...

Missing Middle vote showcases divisions among Arlington leaders

They tried and they tried, but in the end, Arlington County Board members Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol were unable to convince their three colleagues to move forward on more aggressive implementation options for the controversial Missing Middle housing...

Measure would expand oversight of Va. swimming pools

A proposal by a local delegate to give a state agency more power to regulate public swimming pools has moved forward in Richmond. The measure by Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) to give the Virginia Department of Health oversight over the...

Local GOP still on hunt for candidates, any candidates

The clock has started ticking. And, thus far, Arlington Republicans have yet to find any takers when it comes to candidates for the more than a dozen offices on the November ballot. “It’s an uphill battle to recruit candidates –...

Tax break for purveyors of local news falls in Richmond

Should media outlets that commit to covering local news receive a tax break from the Virginia state government? A local legislator believes so, but he couldn’t get enough colleagues to go along. Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington-Fairfax) patroned a bill that would...

Arrest made in Columbia Pike arson incident

The Arlington County Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Office on Jan. 30 announced an arrest in a case of arson that occurred three days previously. Sami Kasawat, 33 of Arlington, has been charged with one count of arson and one count...

Forum to detail importance of Sister City’s ‘Charlemagne Prize’

The Arlington Sister City Association will host a panel discussion – “The Charlemagne Prize in Germany: Its History, Arlington Connection and 2022 Award to Belarusian Activists” – on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Marymount...

The ultimate survivor: Arlington planetarium back in service

What a long, strange, cosmic trip it’s been. But the Arlington school system’s David M. Brown Planetarium is finally, formally, back in action. County leaders and advocates gathered Jan. 28 for a rededication of the facility, located on North Quincy...

Measure to eradicate term ‘alien’ in Code of Va. quashed

An effort by a local legislator to remove the word “alien” from much of the Code of Virginia hit a brick wall in a House of Delegates subcommittee. “They are not ‘alien’ to anyone,” Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington-Fairfax) said in...

Reagan National, Dulles see increase in seats on flights

If you’re looking for available airline seats in the Washington region, your best bet for the first quarter of 2023 will be, by far, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Reagan National should have 9 percent more seats during the first...
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New School Board member receives liaison assignments

New Arlington School Board member Bethany Sutton has her assignments. School Board members on Feb. 2 are expected to approve...
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