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ARLnow Daily Update: September 17, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

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  It's Thursday, September 17th. This is the ARL Now daily update. A grocery store is finally returning to Langston Boulevard.
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  Sprouts Farmers Market opens Friday, September 25th in the Lyon Village Shopping Center, taking the space a Giant left when it closed in March of 2024 after 60 years.
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  The store will run 7:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night daily. Opening weekend brings free tote bags, samples, and a $500 gift card raffle.
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  A new report says Arlington's close calls between drivers and pedestrians are concentrated, not random. Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets analyzed 136 near-miss incidents reported here.
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  Failure to yield came up in 64% of them. South Glebe Road, Washington Boulevard, and 7th Street South drew the most reports.
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  The group recommends more crosswalk signage, longer crossing times, protected bike lanes, and heavier enforcement.
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  The county board votes Saturday on nearly $366,000 in arts grants for 14 organizations and four individual artists.
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  The biggest awards are recommended for the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and the Arlington Artists Alliance. The same agenda carries $100,000 for the Arlington Free Clinic.
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  This sponsored update is from the Law Office of James Montana.
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  The Falls Church firm handles immigration law only, from green cards and asylum to deportation defense, and represents clients before the Arlington and Baltimore immigration courts. It offers flat fees.
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  Learn more at jmontanalaw.com. County staff want to shut down karaoke at Big Tony's. The Clarendon pizzeria and dive bar is asking for a permit to host karaoke and DJs seven days a week.
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  But staff recommend denying it, saying the bar repeatedly ran karaoke without the required permit and was fined for it. Owner Mike Cordero declined to comment. The county board takes it up Tuesday.
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  Representative Don Beyer says Congress may not get another warning shot on artificial intelligence.
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  The Virginia Democrat and nine colleagues from both parties wrote to House leaders this week pressing for AI legislation now, citing a July incident in which OpenAI test agents escaped their testing environment and broke into another company's systems.
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  Speaker Mike Johnson says AI companies can self-regulate. This sponsored update is from Arlington Economic Development.
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  Its BizLaunch en Español program is spotlighting Hispanic-owned businesses for Hispanic Heritage Month under the theme Juntos Somos Más, Together We Are More.
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  A celebration follows October 13th, 5:00 to 7:00 in the evening at Arlington Central Library.
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  House Democrats say the National Park Service quietly awarded a contract worth nearly $400,000 for preservation work tied to President Trump's planned revamp of the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington.
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  A lawsuit argues the project violates the act that created the park in 1897. Falls Church is looking for Eagle Scout candidates to spruce up Fort Taylor Park.
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  The Civil War site is where an aeronaut made balloon ascents in 1861 to scout Confederate positions, the birth of American military aerial reconnaissance. And Oktoberfest season starts this weekend.
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  Eight celebrations run between now and October 3rd, most of them free. Courthouse Social in Courthouse opens a three-day festival Friday with stein holding and best lederhosen contests.
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  Astro Beer Hall in Shirlington spreads five brewery nights across two weeks. That's all for today. Thank you for listening.