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Too Many Dogs and Cats, Not Enough Fosters
Fostering in Arlington is easy, supported by staff, and rewarding
Fostering in Arlington is easy, supported by staff, and rewarding
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Opens in Arlington
Sit back, relax and enjoy your cocktail and truffle popcorn
Cinema Drafthouse
Arlington Has a New Cooperative Bike Shop
Nonprofit helps get bikes to those in need, offers fix-it locale
Bike shop
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.
Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax State Representatives Push Through Anti-Plastic Bills
Lopez, Ebbin and Favola pushed for new laws
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Arlington: A Panhandler’s Story
After a year of trading on “vet” status, panhandler goes to jail
Everyone noticed the young man who limped along the median running down the center of Glebe Road.
Marking International Women’s Day in Alexandria
Ten Thousand VIllages sales benefit Alexandria’s domestic abuse program.
Thirteen-year-old Sage Boucher knew it was International Women’s Day on March 8. She alerted her family to the fact when she checked her social media in the morning: “Tumblr had it, and I always check Google graphics first thing because if something is going on, the graphic will hint at it.” They were going to get cupcakes to celebrate.
Arlington: Saying Goodbye to Kai
Making that final decision.
Kai‘s fancy “kennel” name was Sojourner, Summer of Storms. He was born in 2006, a summer full of rain and thunder. But “Kai” suited him best.
Alexandria: Making 19,970 Packets — and Saving Lives
Temple Beth El hosts rehydration packet project.
“At my table this morning there was a massage therapist from Old Town; he came with a girl who had just been accepted to medical school,” said Dave Ingold, a volunteer from Emmanuel on the Hill Church who had been there all day.
House Paint and Risk Takers at McLean Project for the Arts
The McLean Project for the Arts show Strictly Painting opens at new venue.
Opinion: Zachary Taylor Missed the Point
But then, he DOES work for the plastics industry (response to the response to ‘10 Things You Can Do’)
Opinion
Exchange with French Lycee Dispels Stereotypes
Broadening their education
When they had a reception/picnic at the Iwo Jima Memorial, the parents, teachers, and youths taking part in the exchange between Lycée Marc Chagall in Reims, France and the four Arlington high schools were at ease with each other.
Runner Discovers Ups and Downs in Arlington
Phillippe Remen sponsored by Arlington-Reims Sister City program.
For Philippe Remen, of Reims, France, if he was going to run a first marathon in the U.S. he would have a better support network here than for example in New York City, which is normally the preferred “first U.S. marathon” for foreigners.
Arlington County Acknowledges Fire Station Could Remain on Hall’s Hill Site
Other changes will have to occur for county response time to improve.
“After two years of saying the current site was not adequate for a bigger fire station on the Station 8 site, the county reversed its position and provided site drawings last week indicating the current site was feasible,” said Nancy Williams of the Old Dominion Civic Association. “It would be interesting to know why that took so long,” she said, “but the most important thing is that local citizens were able to get the county to go back review the facts, with a different result.”
Arlington: A-SPAN says, 'Don't Give Money to Panhandlers'
Most are not homeless: the money is not housing them but hurting them
"Most panhandlers are not homeless, and most homeless are not panhandlers," said Kathy Sibert, CEO of A-span, Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network, located in South Arlington off Four-Mile Run.