Latest / ARLnow Daily Update / ARLnow Daily Update: August 6, 2026

Transcript

ARLnow Daily Update: August 6, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

• 0:00
  It's Thursday, August sixth. This is the ARL Now daily update. We begin with sad news.
• 0:06
  Suzanna Keefe, the fifty-two-year-old founder of the Arlington Children's Dance Program, Go Bananas Dancing, has been found dead in the Potomac River.
• 0:15
  She had been missing since Sunday, last seen near the second scenic overlook off the George Washington Memorial Parkway. DC police say their harbor patrol unit found her Tuesday morning near Fletcher's Cove.
• 0:27
  Police call it a death investigation and say the medical examiner will determine the cause. Keefe was a mother of two.
• 0:35
  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a commercial jet was cleared to take off from Reagan National Airport Tuesday as Marine One approached with President Trump aboard.
• 0:46
  Under rules adopted after last year's midair collision over the Potomac, which killed sixty-seven people, takeoffs are supposed to stop whenever a helicopter passes the airport.
• 0:56
  The FAA says a preliminary review found a momentary loss of separation, after which the aircraft moved apart. The White House says the President was never in danger, and the Marine Corps says there were no close calls.
• 1:11
  A former Washington Liberty High School substitute teacher has been found guilty of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
• 1:18
  The Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office says Timothy Thomas McGhee was convicted after a three-day trial following an earlier trial in December that ended with a hung jury.
• 1:29
  Prosecutors say McGhee carried on a roughly two-year relationship with a student he met while working as a long-term substitute, beginning when she was sixteen. Sentencing is set for October thirtieth.
• 1:41
  Arlington Democrats have endorsed Kim Rucker for county treasurer. Rucker took over the office last month after Carla de la Pava retired, and she has spent thirty-four years there, the last twelve as chief deputy.
• 1:54
  She was the only candidate to file, and Wednesday's voice vote appeared unanimous. Independent Asim Rewot has also qualified for the November third special election.
• 2:06
  Democrats also endorsed all five county bond referendums on the November ballot, including eighty million dollars for schools.
• 2:14
  Arlington's commercial real estate market may be getting a quiet assist from across the river.
• 2:19
  An ARL Now review found that a Rosslyn office building assessed at about seventy-six million dollars faces a twenty twenty-six tax bill near nine hundred and sixty thousand dollars once you add the transportation surcharge, the Rosslyn Business Improvement District add-on, and stormwater fees.
• 2:36
  A building with that same valuation in DC would owe roughly fifty percent more. That gives Arlington economic development a talking point with tenants weighing a move.
• 2:47
  Another Arlington post office is cutting back lobby access.
• 2:51
  The Pentagon City Post Office on South Fern Street set new hours on July thirtieth, citing what a notice on the door calls increased safety issues because of vagrancy and crime.
• 3:02
  The lobby used to be open around the clock. It now runs eight thirty in the morning to five in the evening on weekdays and until one on Saturdays. The Postal Service did not respond to a request for comment.
• 3:14
  A new mural in Rosslyn is finished, and it was designed with your camera in mind.
• 3:20
  The twenty-six hundred square foot piece sits under the elevated walkway at 1101 Wilson Boulevard, drawing on the northern cardinal, dogwood blossoms, the Metro grid, and Memorial Bridge.
• 3:31
  Designers Jeff Bade and Amy Easer of Exiles Creative Group told ARL Now that creating a photo opportunity was an explicit goal, right down to placing a cherry blossom low enough for a good selfie background.
• 3:45
  And a bright pink fixture returns this weekend.
• 3:47
  The Hello Kitty Cafe truck rolls back into Pentagon City on Saturday, parking at West Post at National Landing in the courtyard near DSW from ten in the morning to seven at night.
• 3:59
  This year's lineup adds new mugs, tote bags, blankets, and sweatshirts, alongside the usual key chains, plush toys, and desserts. This sponsored update is from Wood & Iron Game Day Restaurant and Bar.
• 4:13
  Wood & Iron opened its Arlington location at the end of this past February. The food is made in-house, and the cocktails are made to order, right down to an Orange Crush squeezed fresh at the bar.
• 4:25
  Their happy hour, called Halfy Hour, runs Monday through Friday from two to seven, with half off crushes, craft drafts, house wines by the glass, and well liquor, plus one dollar domestic drafts.
• 4:37
  Daily food specials include half off hickory smoked wings, tacos, and burgers. That's all for today. Thank you for listening.