Brief: Preserving Arlington’s Past
The county’s History Task Force has made its final recommendations to the county manager for how to preserve Arlington’s history online. Using an online survey, they garneted 450 responses, to determine how to make archival information available to residents online in the most effective way.
Arlington Brief: Booklet To Document Little Saigon
A collaboration of three Arlington organizations will create a full-color booklet to document Little Saigon, a community of Southeast Asian immigrants that sprang up in Arlington after South Vietnam fell in 1975. The booklet is titled “Echoes of Little Saigon: Southeast Asian Immigration and the Changing Faces of Arlington.”
Arlington Brief: Fire Station Task Force Named
The County Board appointed Noah Simon as chair of its Fire Station No. 8 Task Force on Dec. 15. The task force is charged with reviewing viable sites for a replacement Fire Station 8 — currently located at Lee Highway and North Culpepper Street. Simon, who served on the Arlington School Board in 2013-2014, is a former Capitol Hill staffer and previously worked for the American Red Cross.
Arlington Brief: Bank Robber Sought
A subject described as a black male in his late 30s wearing glasses, a black baseball hat, gloves, a light grey hooded sweatshirt and dark sweatpants with a plaid red scarf over his mouth robbed the Wells Fargo Bank located at 1429 South Fern Street in Arlington on Thursday, Jan. 7, at approximately 10:10 am.
Arlington Home Sales: November, 2015
In November, 2015, 183 Arlington homes sold between $1,933,539-$30,000.
Arlington Home Sales: November, 2015
Arlington: Wakefield Boys' Basketball Wins Holiday Tournament
Warriors improve to 11-0 with victory over Robinson.
The Wakefield boys' basketball team won the George Long holiday tournament.
Arlington: College Applications Submitted — The Long Wait Begins
Navigating the process to admission.
The waiting begins for four Arlington high school seniors who have submitted their college applications due in early January. They discuss the college application process, the details, frustrations and strategies.
Arlington Brief: Coffee in the Beer Garden
Every Wednesday in January, Arlington Neighborhood Village (ANV) welcomes residents to “Coffee and Conversation” at the Westover Market Beer Garden & Haus,10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free.
Arlington: OAR Provides Gifts for Children of Prisoners
Volunteers fill church for annual wrapping event.
Volunteers gathered around tables piled with wrapping paper and looked at their individualized lists of children.
New Year’s Resolutions for Arlington County Board
New leadership faces new challenges and old problems.
While many of the goals set by the Arlington County Board for 2016 were familiar, like expanding school capacity, signs of the new perspectives and new leadership began to take hold at its Jan. 1 meeting.
Arlington: Signature Stages ‘West Side Story’
Iconic show is a 1950s musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
Signature Theatre in Arlington is staging "West Side Story," considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, through Jan. 24.
Jefferson Site: From Rejection to Approval
County decision ends year-long fight over traffic congestion and park space.
At its first 2015 meeting in January, the Arlington County Board voted not to approve Arlington Public Schools’ (APS) plan to build a new elementary school adjacent to the Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Arlington Snapshot: Christmas Wishes
It is 75 degrees in Arlington on Sunday afternoon but Santa has kept his scheduled stop at Potomac Overlook Regional Park to get Christmas lists from children counting down the days until Christmas.