MARCH:
• Major changes in the way Arlington property owners pay for stormwater services may be on the horizon.
• The General Assembly has ratified the Arlington delegation’s choices of Daniel Lopez for Circuit Court and Cari Steele for General District Court.
• The Arlington Green Party has re-elected its president and treasurer and is on the hunt for County Board candidates.
• Arlington government officials say they are having ongoing problems recruiting and retaining mental-health personnel.
• Efforts to update the Arlington government’s historic-preservation master plan continue.
• The Arlington Chamber of Commerce celebrated front-line hotel and restaurant personnel with its annual “Hospitality Superstars” awards.
• The Arlington treasurer’s office is warning of high tax-delinquency rates, in part due to the economy and in part to shortages in collections staff.
• The Democratic field for two open County Board seats now stands at six.
• Arlington officials are beginning to acknowledge that there are serious consequences on the horizon owing to office vacancies across the county.
• After the Arlington County Civic Federation approved a resolution critical of county governance, the Arlington NAACP quit the organization because its alternative proposal was not adopted.
• Arlington parks officials are revamping their refund rules so fewer parents will sign their children up for multiple camps, then drop out.
• Matthew Hurtt has been elected chair of the Arlington County Republican Committee to fill a vacancy.
• Members of the Arlington government’s 55+ programming are returning following a COVID decline, but satisfaction levels are lagging.
• Arlington officials say they are getting a handle on necessary staffing at the Long Bridge Park Aquatics Center.
• Arlington’s elections chief says her office is ready to deal with instant-runoff voting in the June 10 County Board primary.
• Arlington Republican leaders may be sending mixed messages on whether those in the GOP should cross party lines and vote in the Democratic primary for commonwealth’s attorney.
• The future of Arlington’s “Missing Middle” policy may depend on the results of the June 10 Democratic County Board primary.
• An Arlington post office at 2200 North George Mason Drive has been renamed the “Jesus Collazo Post Office” in honor of a postal carrier who died in 2020, a year after retiring from service.
• Arlington school officials are debating whether students should be allowed to carry Narcan in schools to address opioid overdoses.
• Marymount University’s president says the local media have blown out of proportion criticism of school leadership for downsizing humanities offerings.
• Krysta Jones, Karen Rosales and Mariflor Ventura have been selected as the 2023 “Women of Vision” by the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women.
• Arlington’s two county-run nature centers continue to see reduced hours despite community pleas for more staffing.
• Grant funding will help George Mason University and partners study graffiti left behind by soldiers during the Civil War.
