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ARLnow Daily Update: September 16, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

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  It's Wednesday, September 16th. This is the ARL Now daily update. Arlington is pulling the plug on its license plate surveillance cameras.
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  The county board voted Tuesday to direct the county manager to stop using Flock Safety technology and begin removing all 41 devices.
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  Anything on public property comes down within about 14 business days, and data not tied to an active investigation gets deleted.
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  Chair Matt De Ferranti said the move reflects concerns residents raised, and that no misuse has been reported. A public update comes September 22nd.
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  Arlington Public Schools is again moving to end Integration Station, which educates two to five-year-olds with disabilities alongside peers at the Children's School.
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  APS tried this last year and backed off after an outcry. Officials say no student loses services. Supporters plan to rally at the school board September 24th.
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  If you bike or walk across the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, plan a new route. The trail closes Monday and isn't expected to reopen until September of next year.
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  Detours send people to the Key Bridge or Memorial Bridge, each roughly two and a half miles. Two Interstate 66 westbound off-ramps close the same day. Arlington election officials expect mail voting to dip this fall.
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  Electoral Board member David Leitman predicts a drop of about 10%, which officials tie to worries the Trump administration will restrict mail-in voting.
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  The elections director says requests to leave the mailed ballot list have climbed from about two a week to 10.
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  Arlington plans to start publishing how towing complaints get resolved, with an updated county webpage due by early October.
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  Through July, the county counted about 14,000 trespass tows and 142 complaints, 30 of them substantiated. That already tops all of last year. This sponsored update is from Clarendon Day.
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  The street festival returns Saturday, September 26th from 11 to 6, taking over eight blocks around the Clarendon Metro Station with live music, a beer and wine garden, a kids' zone, and more than 150 vendors.
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  Free admission, rain or shine. Three Arlington siblings are being credited with pulling teenagers off a sinking boat.
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  Declan, Cormac, and Elsa Jackson, ages 10, 12, and 13, were at their grandparents' place on a remote Tennessee lake in July when four teens hit a rock.
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  The siblings took out a small fishing boat and ferried them to safety one at a time. There are finally signs of life at Rocoto's Restaurant and Bakery in Courthouse.
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  Signage is up at 2111 Wilson Boulevard, and a liquor license was approved last week. Owner Jaime Vargas announced the Tex-Mex spot last August. This sponsored update is from Amazon.
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  Community Day returns to Metropolitan Park in Pentagon City on Saturday, September 26th from 9:00 to 1:00.
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  The free event marks Amazon's 20th year in Virginia with hands-on STEM activities, local sellers, a farmers market, marching bands, and a dog treat bar.
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  The outdoor ice rink at WestPost in Pentagon City reopens for the season on Halloween weekend, with an après-skate theme running all winter.
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  And Samuel Beckett's holds its annual Celtic Festival Saturday in Shirlington, noon to 6:00, with Irish music, dancers, and a pop-up makers market. Campbell Avenue closes for the day.
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  This sponsored update is from Arlington Realty, a family-owned brokerage that has served the area since 1984.
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  Based on 23rd Street South in Arlington, the firm handles residential and commercial sales, along with property management, and is licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. That's all for today.
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  Thank you for listening.