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ARLnow Daily Update: October 9, 2026 · ARLnow Daily Update

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  It's Friday, October ninth. This is the ARL Now daily update. Arlington County is going to federal court to stop President Donald Trump's planned two hundred fifty foot arch in Memorial Circle.
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  The county board filed suit Thursday, the first government body to take legal action against the monument. The suit argues the National Park Service is rushing toward construction without required environmental review.
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  Board Chair Matt DeFerranti said Arlington has the most to lose from what he called an egregious and unlawful project.
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  County staff have flagged traffic, crowded sidewalks, possible conflicts with flights at Reagan National Airport, and damage to historic views tied to Arlington National Cemetery. Heads up for Monday.
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  Arlington Public Schools are closed to students for Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day. Metrorail runs a weekend schedule, and Metrobus a Saturday and supplemental schedule.
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  County facilities stay open, trash will still be collected, and parking meters won't be enforced. In Falls Church, city council members are weighing bus priority lanes on parts of North Washington and West Broad Streets.
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  One travel lane each way would be limited to buses, right turns, and business access. Members seemed open to testing it on Washington Street, but some worry about Broad Street and drivers cutting through neighborhoods.
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  Mayor Letty Hardy appeared supportive of a more aggressive approach. This sponsored update is from Advance Arlington.
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  On October fourteenth, Advance Arlington hosts a panel on whether Arlington is prepared for its growing senior population, from housing and healthcare to caregiving and transportation.
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  Join at LeBur Run Community Center or on Zoom. Register at advance-arlington.org. The Amazon Armed Forces Cycling Classic is going international.
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  Its men's pro Capital Cup joins cycling's international racing calendar in twenty twenty-seven on a new twenty kilometer course that loops through Crystal City and Pentagon City, then runs past the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery to a turnaround in Rosslyn.
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  A historical marker for Clarendon's former Joyce Motors site goes back before a county review board on October twenty-first after members asked for major design changes.
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  The site, once a Texaco station and later the Joyce family's auto shop, is becoming a residential building that keeps the original facade. Need a Halloween costume?
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  Two swap events this weekend are giving away gently used costumes for free. Saturday from ten to one at Arlington Mill Community Center, and Sunday from ten to two at the new 2700 Art Space in Green Valley.
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  More than three decades before John F. Kennedy, William Howard Taft became the first president buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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  The only person to serve as both president and chief justice died in March nineteen thirty. He qualified through his service as Secretary of War and as Commander in Chief.
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  The military still holds a wreath laying at his grave each year on his birthday. And finally, voting is open in the ARL Now readers' choice poll for Arlington's best burger spot through October twenty-first.
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  Last round, readers again picked Theodore Roosevelt Island as the best place to hike near Arlington. That's all for today. Thank you for listening.