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Affordable Housing Crisis in Arlington? – “Arlington County is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis,” writes reporter Michael Lee Pope. The county has lost more than half of its affordable...
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County Board Considering Three Neighborhood Improvement Projects
The Arlington County Board will vote this Saturday on whether to allocate more than $1.4 million to fund three improvement projects in residential communities. If passed, the motion would fund $781,082...
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Board Approves Two Columbia Pike Developments
The first two residential developments designed with the Columbia Pike neighborhoods form-based code were approved last night, bringing hundreds of new residences into the Pike’s development pipeline....
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Local Resident Creates Petition to Save Sidewalk Garden
A garden in front of a Columbia Forest home is center of a debate between the county’s Department of Environmental Services and a local resident. Maraea Harris created a Change.org petition […]
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Police: Man Finds Bullet Hole, Bullet in Home
A resident of Arlington’s Long Branch Creek neighborhood, near Pentagon City, found a bullet hole and a bullet inside his home last night, but it’s unclear from where it was fired. […]
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BREAKING: ACFD Battling House Fire in Columbia Forest
Arlington firefighters are battling a house fire in the Columbia Forest neighborhood, between Columbia Pike and Wakefield High School. The blaze was reported at a residential property the 1000 block of...
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Windows Broken in Columbia Pike Neighborhoods
Someone is breaking windows at homes along Columbia Pike. At least three instances of objects being thrown at and shattering residential windows were reported Friday and Saturday night. The incidents […]
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No Water, Traffic Detoured Tonight For Emergency Columbia Pike Repairs
Some residents in Columbia Forest will be without water tonight (July 20) and traffic will be diverted for emergency repairs along Columbia Pike. Crews from the county’s Department of Environmental […]
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Crime Report: Tires Slashed in Columbia Forest
Someone slashed the tires on seven vehicles parked in the Columbia Forest neighborhood near Columbia Pike, according to police. The vandalism spree was reported Saturday morning around the intersection...
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Photos: Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Attic Blaze
Firefighters from Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax battled a townhouse fire in the Columbia Forest neighborhood Saturday evening. The fire broke out in the attic of a townhome on the 4800 […]
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Hundreds Without Power in South Arlington
A widespread power outage has left hundreds in the dark around Wakefield High School and the Columbia Forest neighborhood south of Columbia Pike. As of 10 p.m., Dominion was reporting […]
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Windows Smashed, Airbags Stolen in Car Larceny Spree
Arlington County Police are investigating another series of vehicle break-ins. In the latest incident, about 10 cars had windows smashed and airbags stolen in parts of south Arlington. The thefts […]
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ACPD: Man suspected in thefts from two cars leads officers on foot chase near...
A Connecticut man has been jailed after police say he stole items from two cars and then tried to run from officers. The arrest happened early Monday morning in the […]
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Police investigating shots fired near Columbia Pike last night
Shots rang out in the Columbia Forest neighborhood near Columbia Pike last night, leading to a police investigation but no reported injuries. “At approximately 6:24 p.m., police were dispatched to […]
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County to award small-scale park and street improvements throughout Arlington
(Updated 03/29/23 at 4:30 p.m.) The next batch of neighborhood-level improvement projects is headed to the Arlington County Board for approval. These include installing new LED streetlights along 35th...
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JUST IN: Arlington man charged with killing infant
A 29-year-old Arlington man has been charged in the death of a three-month-old girl last fall. Jerard Hargrove is charged with homicide and child abuse after a medical examiner this […]
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Arlington County police investigating another carjacking
Yet another armed carjacking has been reported in Arlington, this time in the Columbia Forest neighborhood. The carjacking happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, on the 1000 block […]
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