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Legislators Holding Public Meeting Tonight — Arlington County’s delegation to the Virginia General Assembly will hold their annual public legislative hearing tonight (Friday). The public is invited to...
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Man Arrested for Grabbing Woman’s Breast on Bus
Police have arrested a man accused of grabbing a woman’s breast on an ART bus. Around 4:30 p.m. on Friday (January 18), police say a woman was riding the ART bus when a man got on at the Ballston Metro...
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Closures for Washington’s Birthday
Schools and Arlington County government offices will be closed for Washington’s Birthday on Monday. Also called Presidents Day, the holiday marks the end of a string of winter federal holidays. The...
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Walter Reed ‘Super Stop’ Now Open
The first of 24 planned “Super Stop” bus stops on Columbia Pike opened this morning. The stop, on Columbia Pike at the intersection with Walter Reed Drive, offers riders a brighter, more open and...
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Man Struck by Car in Clarendon Runs Race — Michael Sizemore, 28, is making a remarkable recovery after being struck by a car in Clarendon and nearly dying this past fall. Sizemore, who suffered a...
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ART Bus Suffers Brake Malfunction, Rolls Down Hill
(Updated at 5:15 p.m.) An Arlington Transit bus suffered an apparent brake malfunction and rolled down a steep hill on N. Barton Street this morning, coming to a stop half-way down the hill after it...
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ART Bus Driver Cited for Crash With Ambulance
The driver of an Arlington Transit bus has been cited for a crash involving an ambulance this morning. The accident happened near the intersection of Walter Reed Drive and Four Mile Run Drive. The...
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Clarendon Center Wins Architectural Award — The Clarendon Center development has won a 2013 Charter Award, which is a global architectural award for excellence in urban design. The building straddles...
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Residents to Vote on ART Bus Design
Arlington residents are being asked to pick the winner of a student design contest. The “ARTists for PAL Bus Design Contest” challenged Arlington middle and high school students to create a design to...
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Bus Schedule Changes Begin Next Week
Starting next week, some riders of the two major bus service providers in Arlington will notice schedule changes. Metrobus will begin its service changes this Sunday, June 30. Different schedules will...
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Arlington Projects to Receive Funding Under New Transportation Bill
Four transportation projects in Arlington are first in line for funding from the new Virginia transportation bill that went into effect on Monday. The Columbia Pike Multimodal Improvement Project, the...
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ART Buses Return to Service After Investigation
Three Arlington Transit (ART) buses returned to service today following an investigation stemming from an accident last month. The county pulled all three of its electric-natural gas hybrid buses from...
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West Nile Detected at Fort McNair — West Nile Virus have been detected in mosquitoes across the river from Arlington at Fort McNair. Fort McNair is part of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall; West Nile...
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Arlington Transportation Projects Approved For Funding
Four Arlington transportation projects were approved for funding in Fiscal Year 2014 last night by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. The authority approved funding for the Columbia Pike...
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New ART Bus Design Unveiled
An ART bus will be more colorful for the next year, thanks to the winner of the ARTists for PAL Bus Design Contest. County Board Chair Walter Tejada and County Manager Barbara Donnellan joined in a...
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SmartTrip Card for Students — Arlington Transit is rolling out a new SmarTrip card specifically for middle and high school students. The card will entitle students to discounted, $0.75 ART bus rides....
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Metro Weekend Service Adjustments — Due to work on the Metrorail system, trains on the Orange and Blue Lines will run every 24 minutes this weekend. The altered schedule begins at 10:00 p.m. on...
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Snow Delays Some County Services, Parking Still Enforced
Update at 4:00 p.m. — The Department of Environmental Services says all of its trucks are back out this afternoon to spread salt and make sure snow and ice are melting on residential streets. A small...
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Chamber Doesn’t Support ‘Kings Dominion Rule’ Change — The Arlington Chamber of Commerce is supporting two out of three items on Arlington Public Schools’ 2014 state legislative agenda. The chamber...
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Zimmerman Pushes Back Last Day — County Board member Chris Zimmerman’s last day in office will be Feb. 10, rather than late January as originally planned. As a result, the special election to replace...
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