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ARLnow Daily Update: September 15, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

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  It's Tuesday, September 15th. This is the ARL Now Daily Update. The board of the Kennedy Center voted today to close the performing arts center, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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  The board says the building needs renovation it cannot afford. The vote came hours after a federal judge blocked the board from adding President Trump's name to the building without approval from Congress.
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  Trump said afterward that reconstruction will not begin until an appeals court rules on the name.
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  County Board Chair Matt DeFeronti says he wants state legislators to stay out of Arlington's change of government debate next year.
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  At a forum this month, he said he hopes Delegate Patrick Hope does not file another bill because change is best considered with grassroots energy.
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  DeFeronti has floated a seven-member board with three district seats, three at-large seats, and a directly elected chair.
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  Congressman Don Beyer and his three challengers clashed at an Arlington County Civic Federation forum. Beyer said Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be shut down.
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  Republican Tony Sabio urged accountability without scrapping the agency. Libertarian Shelly Arnoldi said she would not defund it, and independent Tim Sharman said it should be reconstituted.
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  Beyer also called the president's planned memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery stupid. A former youth minister at The Falls Church has been indicted on federal child sex abuse charges.
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  Prosecutors allege Jeffrey Taylor, now sixty-six, groomed and abused multiple boys under the guise of spiritual guidance. He faces up to one hundred and five years in prison and is due to be arraigned September 24th.
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  An eighty-eight-unit condominium building proposed for Langston Boulevard in Rosslyn goes before the county board Saturday.
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  Tycoon Property Partners wants to raze the 1980s office building that housed the Air and Space Forces Association and add a ground floor museum about the group. The planning commission backed the plan unanimously.
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  Arlington Public Schools wants parent feedback on new homework requirements that took effect when classes resumed.
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  Superintendent Francisco Duran told the school board the goal is closing gaps in learning, not keeping students busy.
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  He said students at Nottingham Elementary cornered him in the cafeteria to ask why there is more homework. Arlington's housing market was close to flat in August.
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  One hundred ninety-three homes sold, about the same as a year earlier, at an average price just over nine hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
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  Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant expects a relatively slow fall, with elevated mortgage rates keeping buyers on the sidelines. Sidewalk delivery robots in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor are multiplying.
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  Averide, which began carrying Uber Eats orders in Arlington in June, says it has added more bots in response to demand, but declined to say how many.
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  This sponsored update is from the National Landing Business Improvement District.
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  NALA Noches returns to Met Park this fall, a free Latin music series with regional acts curated by trumpeter Joe Herrera, plus beginner-friendly dance lessons during set breaks.
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  Five weekly dates run from September 17th through October 15th, and it is free to reserve a spot. This sponsored update is from Eli Residential Group, the Arlington team behind the Ask Eli column.
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  Led by realtor Eli Tucker, the group handles residential buying and selling across Northern Virginia and the Washington region and says it has served more than four hundred buyers and six hundred sellers.
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  Learn more at eliresidential.com. This sponsored update is from Alair Homes Arlington. The firm builds custom homes and handles remodels, additions, and accessory dwelling units.
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  Alair gives every client a dedicated project manager and says its process sets scope, schedule, budget, and quality from day one, backed by a two-year warranty. That's all for today. Thank you for listening.