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1 day ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
A second independent has qualified to be on the County Board ballot in November, guaranteeing that the election again will be run under the still controversial ranked-choice format. Jeramy Olmack has successfully filed paperwork to be on the Nov. 4 County Board ballot, election officials have confirmed to ARLnow.
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2 days ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Scott McCaffrey
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Arlington leaders on Tuesday, May 13, plan to further restrict cooperation of the county’s police department with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement , or ICE. Board members are expected to strip the ability of police to interact with ICE on local arrests out of the Arlington County Police Department’s policy.
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2 days ago | 
ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
Advocates for nature and bicyclists appear to be at odds on Fairfax County’s planned Cinder Bed Road Bikeway, but leaders on both sides still hope to find some areas of compromise. At issue is “Segment 6,” the northern section of the bicycle/pedestrian trail proposed by Fairfax County transportation planners to connect Newington Road and the Franconia-Springfield Metro station.
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2 days ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
Arlington leaders say they will do what they can to blunt the loss of AmeriCorps staff at local nonprofit organizations. The Trump administration has targeted the federal agency for downsizing or elimination. It is a domestic version of the Peace Corps, providing personnel — from young adults to seniors — who help staff social-safety-net organizations.
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2 days ago | 
ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
Fairfax County Public Schools staff will receive most, but not all, of their planned salary increases under a revised fiscal year 2026 budget proposal shared last week by Superintendent Michelle Reid. However, in order to preserve as much of the promised raises as possible, some positions and services will be cut after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors declined to approve Reid’s full funding request.
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2 days ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
Arlington leaders on Tuesday, May 13, plan to further restrict cooperation of the county’s police department with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Board members are expected to strip the ability of police to interact with ICE on local arrests out of the Arlington County Police Department’s policy.
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2 days ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Scott McCaffrey
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Monique “Moe” Bryant defeated June Prakash in the Arlington County Democratic Committee caucus , moving on to the Nov. 4 general election. Bryant , executive director of Challenging Racism, won 1,288 votes (69%) to 582 for Prakash , president of the Arlington Education Association. Voting took place online and in person. Results were announced Saturday (May 11) at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. Turnout was about 1.1% of Arlington’s 168,000 active voters.
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3 days ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
County Board members on Saturday (May 10) unanimously approved a developer’s plan to demolish an existing office building in Clarendon to make way for a 309-unit apartment building. “It looks good. It’s a very nice building,” Board Chair Takis Karantonis said of the project, proposed by Carr Properties, dubbed Clarendon Square.
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3 days ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
Monique “Moe” Bryant defeated June Prakash in the Arlington County Democratic Committee caucus, moving on to the Nov. 4 general election. Bryant, executive director of Challenging Racism, won 1,288 votes (69%) to 582 for Prakash, president of the Arlington Education Association. Voting took place online and in person. Results were announced Saturday (May 11) at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. Turnout was about 1.1% of Arlington’s 168,000 active voters.
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3 days ago | 
arlnow.com | Scott McCaffrey
The Arlington Outdoor Lab is expected to grow by 85 acres through the purchase of an adjacent tract in Fauquier County. The Arlington Outdoor Education Association’s (AOEA) purchase will increase the lab’s current 226 acres by over a third. The announcement came at the 58-year-old organization’s spring open house. AOEA partners with Arlington Public Schools, which offers environmental-education programming for county students at the site.
