Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington is a Tree Sanctuary
Tree Stewards help label trees; some are ‘unusual.’
When a Tree Steward finishes the training course to become a steward, they are supposed to know how to identify a tree, in any season.
Halloween Takes on a New Look in Arlington
Leftover heating pipe, plywood, bungee cords and a couple of hours, and you have a couple of Halloween treat chutes.
An American Patriot Wants YOU to VOTE
Local Vietnam Vet is a strong proponent of voting as a duty.
”Soupy” (John) Tyler walked into Jim Moore’s barber last July and asked him if he’d be willing to make up a sign about voting, something that would inspire people to get out and vote, and he’d be glad to cover the costs.
Joe’s Pizza in Arlington Gets a Neapolitan Makeover
Some shake their heads at the change in the Arlington tradition; others embrace it.
Vernon Walters used to go to Joe’s Pizza Place and sit alone at a table far from the front door and the arcade-style games that kept kids busy in the vestibule while their parents relaxed into the blue naugahyde banquettes.
Chamber to Induct the Late Erik Gutshall into Arlington Business Hall of Fame
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce says that the late Erik Gutshall is the 2020 inductee into the Arlington Business Hall of Fame.
ArPets: Bossy Bilingual Bisou
Bossy Bilingual Bisou kept her from lockdown loneliness
It’s hard when you reach that time in your 30s where your friends are starting to settle down.
Black Lives Matter Ride Showcases a Different Arlington History
Across Arlington, residents are working to relearn history.
Jim Moore was looking out his shop window on Saturday, Sept. 26, to catch the Black Lives Matter Ride that was supposed to come by his shop in Hall’s Hill.
Upton Hill’s New Parking Lot Is Full of Cyclists
Park in transition serves young and old, but shade trees are gone.
On the Friday before the long Labor Day weekend, Tomás Weber, his sister Vera Weber, and their cousin, Jonathan Melo, and grandfather “Papí” (Elvis) were enjoying the smooth, unscathed new enlarged blacktop parking lot at the Upton Hill Regional Park, along with several other young cyclists who were reveling in the near empty lot so they could show off their bike riding skills.
ArPets: The Story of Wendy
Until the coronavirus, Wendy lived with George and Marjorie Hobart at The Jefferson independent living and retirement home in Ballston.
Samia Byrd, Arlington’s Chief Race and Equity Officer
As the Chief Race and Equity Officer for Arlington County, Samia Byrd will lead the County’s work to advance racial equity, diversity and inclusion both internal and external.
Yes, Some Places Are Irreplaceable in Arlington
Sam Torrey Shoe Service closes after 55 years.
The cubbies and shelves that normally would hold over 500 shoes, purses and other items are now mostly empty as Sam Torrey Shoe Services prepares to close on Friday, July 31.
Meet Marta Hill Gray, New Executive Director of Culpepper Garden
Marta Hill Gray wears one of her masks as she has her temperature taken, signs in with her own pen and walks through the door of Culpepper Garden on July 1.
Arlington Neighborhood Sends Off a New Midshipman
Pandemic precautions color Plebe summer
At 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, more than forty neighbors gathered to line North Abingdon Street to send off Shane Tomb as he left to begin his “Plebe Summer” at the U.S. Naval Academy.
With 25 Percent of Previous Appointments, PT Offered Outdoors
Join the birds and the sunshine for physical therapy.
Two ceiling fans move the pleasant afternoon air on the front porch of Lisa Shimberg’s house where she has set up a physical therapy bed.