Latest / ARLnow Daily Update / ARLnow Daily Update: October 14, 2026
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- 0:00It's Wednesday, October 14th. This is the ARL Now daily update. New federal data has lowered the ratings of several Arlington Public Schools.
- 0:09With federal measures added to the state rankings, 18 schools are rated distinguished, nine approaching expectations, and two, Drew Elementary and Arlington Community High School, need intensive support.
- 0:22Superintendent Francisco Durán said APS will use both scores to target support. Every county school remains fully accredited. Arlington home prices fell sharply in September.
- 0:33The average single family home sold for about $1.5 million, down 15% from a year earlier according to market stats by ShowingTime. Condo prices fell by a similar margin, and total sales volume dropped nearly 16%.
- 0:50Bright MLS economist Lisa Sturtevant blamed higher mortgage rates, not federal cuts.
- 0:55Arlington County Police investigated a phoned-in threat against the Gardner School, a preschool on Clarendon Boulevard in Rosslyn Tuesday afternoon.
- 1:03ACPD said officers were checking whether the threat was credible and helped with dismissal, and that no evidence of a crime had been found.
- 1:11This sponsored update is from Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest non-profit health plans.
- 1:17It serves northern Virginia, the District, and suburban Maryland, offering mental health services and care by phone or video when appropriate, and provides benefits to Arlington Public Schools employees.
- 1:29Learn more at k-p.org. This sponsored update is from Arlington Realty, a family-owned, full service brokerage based in Arlington since 1984.
- 1:40Its agents handle home and commercial sales and property management, and can represent buyers on homes listed with other brokerages. Learn more at arlingtonrealtyinc.com.
- 1:52Arlington Restaurant Week from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is underway with deals at more than 70 local restaurants through next Monday.
- 2:02Highlights include a five-course dinner at Ume Sushi in East Falls Church, three-course barbecue lunches at Smoke Craft in Clarendon, and a pizza, pasta, and appetizer bundle at Zesto Pizza.
- 2:15The full list is on the chamber's website. Youth theater nonprofit Encore Stage and Studio is moving its offices and rehearsals into First Presbyterian Church of Arlington near Ballston.
- 2:26The new space includes a rehearsal room that doubles as a little theater for student shows. The troupe expects to move in once renovations finish next year. This sponsored update is from Arlington Economic Development.
- 2:38Arlington Public Art and the Columbia Pike Partnership will celebrate the first county sponsored mural on Columbia Pike by artist Rowan Bathurst at the Goodwill building on Saturday, October 24th from 10:00 AM to noon.
- 2:53The free event includes music and family activities. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Arlington doesn't set official trick or treating hours, but kids usually head out around 6:00 PM and wrap up by 8:00.
- 3:05Drivers should take extra care near popular spots like North Jackson Street in Ashton Heights. Events before then include a dog costume contest at Met Park and a trick or treat trail in Shirlington.
- 3:17At Washington Liberty, the girls cross country team won the Arlington County Championship, led by freshman Suzy Richard, who only started running cross country this fall. The boys finished second.
- 3:30And on the football field, the Generals' 34 to 14 win over Marshall was the 100th career victory for head coach Josh Shapiro, the most of any coach in the program's history.
- 3:43And for the season, a look at Rosslyn's Dead Man's Hollow, a wooded inlet with a grim reputation around the turn of the last century.
- 3:52Local historian Michael Schaffner told an Arlington Historical Society event that records show far fewer murders than legend suggests. He believes the name may come from bodies the Potomac's tides carried there.
- 4:04That's all for today. Thank you for listening.