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- 0:00It's Thursday, October 15th. This is the ARL Now daily update. Arlington's missing middle zoning fight reaches the Virginia Supreme Court on October 28th.
- 0:10The procedural appeal asks whether a developer filed too late to join the original lawsuit.
- 0:17A win for the plaintiffs could immediately affect the county's ability to issue permits for buildings of up to six units in former single family neighborhoods.
- 0:26Either way, the case is expected to return to a lower court, and the larger fight is far from over. Arlington police arrested two men last night after a stabbing in Ballston.
- 0:38Police say the pair, ages 20 and 19, threw rocks at a business and at an employee who confronted them, and one cut him with a sharp object. Initial reports suggest he was a tow truck driver.
- 0:50His injuries are not life-threatening, and both suspects face malicious wounding charges.
- 0:56In Falls Church, the city's winter homeless shelter on Gordon Road will reopen November 15th, after the city council approved its contract this week.
- 1:06It will be open every night through March, with room for 12 adults from Falls Church or Fairfax County. Last winter, space limits meant 93 people had to be referred elsewhere.
- 1:19This sponsored update is from Midtown Partners. The towns on North Monroe are three new luxury townhomes a five-minute walk from the Virginia Square Metro.
- 1:28Each has three bedrooms, three and a half baths, private outdoor space, and off-street parking, with no association fees. Private tours are available now.
- 1:37Ahead of the November 3rd election, ARL Now published essays today from three candidates for Congress in Virginia's eighth district.
- 1:45Shelly Arnoldy, a Navy veteran and engineer, lists parental rights, cutting taxes and red tape, and term limits among her priorities.
- 1:54Incumbent Don Beyer blames President Trump's policies for rising prices, and says he wants to end the war with Iran, repeal tariffs, and lower healthcare costs.
- 2:04Independent Timothy Sharman of Alexandria is pitching what he calls a coalition of the frustrated, promising to protect government workers from shutdowns and to focus on affordability.
- 2:16This sponsored update is from the law office of James Montana, an immigration law firm in Falls Church.
- 2:22Its attorneys help families and businesses with green cards, work permits, business visas, and asylum, and represent clients before the Arlington and Baltimore immigration courts. Learn more on the firm's website.
- 2:34Got old electronics or household hazardous waste? Arlington's E-Care recycling event is this Saturday from 8:30 to 3 on North Quincy Street near Washington Liberty High School. Bring ID to show you live in Arlington.
- 2:50Batteries, paint, automotive fluids, and smoke detectors are accepted, plus bikes and gently used Halloween costumes for donation. No Arlington restaurant made the Washington Post's new list of the region's 40 best.
- 3:03Falls Church did. Truong Tien at the Eden Center ranked 10th, praised by critic Elazar Sontag for its beef and pork noodle soup. Two Arlington spots made last year's list.
- 3:14Meanwhile, Arlington Restaurant Week runs through Monday at more than 70 restaurants. This sponsored update is from the USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation.
- 3:24Its annual Tennis Creates Gala is Saturday, November 14th at the Ritz Carlton Tyson's Corner. The evening raises money for youth programs, scholarships, and public court repairs across the region.
- 3:36Learn more at tenniscreatesgala.com. Finally, if you've looked up at the big clock at West Post and Pentagon City lately, it's frozen at 10:17, and a tipster says it's been that way since last year.
- 3:50Property owner Federal Realty says the clock is more than 20 years old, so some parts have to be made from scratch. It expects them by late December. That's all for today. Thank you for listening.