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ARLnow Daily Update: July 31, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

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  It's Friday, July 31st. This is the ARL Now daily update. Yorktown High School is getting a new principal.
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  Bridget Loft, who led Yorktown from 2017 until January 2020 and later served as Swanson Middle School principal, is replacing Kevin Clark after his six-and-a-half year tenure.
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  Arlington Public Schools did not explain Clark's departure, calling it a confidential personnel matter. The school board approved the change Thursday as part of its consent agenda.
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  Arlington Public Schools held its first summer graduation ceremony Thursday at Wakefield High School, awarding diplomas to 39 seniors from across the county's public schools.
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  The students completed their remaining requirements during a four-week summer program.
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  Graduate speaker Helen Morita Centeno told classmates they had fought for the moment and proved that success does not have a deadline.
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  A July 26th concert at Arlington Mill Community Center Plaza raised money for Aspire After School Learning.
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  The Jackson Nine, made up of young people in Aspire's free summer program, performed with local bands APM, The Stacks, and Angel Rhodes.
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  Aspire says the proceeds will help reduce an all-time high wait list for its summer program, which offers young people learning support and a safe place between school years.
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  Arlington's August outdoor calendar includes concerts, movies, and community events.
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  This weekend brings the final Lubber Run concerts, a Columbia Pike screening of I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Rosslyn's annual Dark Star Park shadow alignment.
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  Later highlights include a free 17-mile National Landing bike ride August eighth, and the Arlington County Fair's 50th year, running August 12th through 16th at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.
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  The Columbia Pike documentary project is nearing 20 years of recording life along the corridor. Lloyd Wolf and Paula Indo founded the effort in 2006 or 2007, focusing on its people, events, and changing buildings.
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  Wolf discussed the project Sunday at the Arlington Historical Society. Four of his photos appear in a traveling exhibition, and 18 are in its main Richmond exhibition through September seventh.
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  ARL Now's Reader's Choice voting is now seeking Arlington's best place to take an art class, with write-in nominations accepted and voting open for two weeks.
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  Voting for best nail salon continues until next Friday at 8:30 AM. In the completed best hair salon poll, Salon Joseph finished first, followed by Kess Hair and Skincare, and Urban Halo.
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  Nash and Smashed plans a soft opening in about two weeks at 310 North Glebe Road in Buckingham Center. A grand opening will follow after the kitchen and staff are running smoothly.
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  The chain serves Nashville-style fried chicken, chicken sandwiches, smash burgers, and non-alcoholic mojitos. The storefront was being cleaned Wednesday ahead of a final inspection.
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  Another location opened in Crystal City in 2025. Comedian Chris DiStefano will return to Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse for four shows December 11th and 12th.
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  The nationally touring comic, who has sold out Madison Square Garden, tops the Columbia Pike venue schedule for the rest of 2026.
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  The lineup runs from Daphne Springs this weekend through comedians including Blair Saki, Erica Rhodes, Mary Lynn Rajkub, and Alonzo Bodden, plus seasonal movie screenings.
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  Arlington's roughly $200 million ReGen wastewater upgrade is expected to produce highly treated Class A biosolids by late 2030 or early 2031.
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  The county expects about 19,000 wet tons per year, mostly for permitted land application, and will study possible local distribution.
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  The project will also turn biogas into renewable natural gas for the Washington Gas pipeline and is expected to reduce Arlington's carbon footprint by about 5,700 tons annually. This sponsored update is from Betsy Twigg.
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  A four-bedroom, two-bath detached home at 6120 Second Road North in Overlee Knolls is listed for $1.2 million.
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  The 2,000 square foot, four-level split sits on a cul-de-sac bordering the Greenway and includes two renovated bathrooms, a remodeled recreation room, two wood-burning fireplaces, and a landscaped lot.
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  Open houses are Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 PM. That's all for today. Thank you for listening