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.
Mason, Inova to Collaborate on Personalized Medicine Research
Partnership expected to develop treatments, grow economy.
Researchers and doctors from George Mason University and Inova Health System will collaborate on a series of personalized medicine research projects under a new partnership between the two institutions.
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.
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.
Arlington Snapshot: Supporting Culpepper Garden
Billy Buck, CEO, and Delk Hamaker, COO, of Buck & Associates, Inc. presented a $5,000 donation to Culpepper Garden’s Executive Director Linda Kelleher at Buck’s office in Clarendon. Culpepper Garden is an award-winning, affordable, nonprofit residential community in Arlington with 340 apartments for seniors aged 62 and older.
Arlington: Students Blanket Crisis Center with Love
Madelyn Kellen was hoping the third year would be the charm and that at least 100 volunteers would show up at Bernie’s Café on the Marymount University campus to help make fleece-tie blankets for a local crisis pregnancy center.
Arlington Business: Concannon Joins NVAR Board
Genevieve Concannon, director of Custom Home Division for Arlington-based real estate development firm Smith | Schnider, has been appointed to serve on Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ (NVAR) board of directors.
Arlington Brief: New County Board Auditor Appointed
The Arlington County Board has appointed Jessica A. Tucker as its first County Board Auditor.
Arlington Brief: Board Appoints Fire Station #8 Task Force
The County Board has appointed Noah Simon as chair of its Fire Station No. 8 Task Force.
Arlington Brief: Police Conclude Inmate Death Investigation
The investigation of the in-custody death of 53-year-old Edward Straughn on Oct. 10, by the Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit has concluded.
Arlington Brief: Holiday Closings
Arlington County Government offices and facilities will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 for the Christmas holiday.