Stories for April 2020

Opinion: Commentary: Serving During the Pandemic

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Opinion: Column: And So It Begins

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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Selflessness and Compassion

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A Special Win for Michael Wardian

After running 262.5 miles over the course of two and a half days straight, without sleep, Wardian won the first-ever Quarantine Backyard Ultramarathon.

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Family Business Struggles During Pandemic Shutdown in Arlington

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Eating Out in Arlington Without Reservations

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Mounting Layoffs

Businesses notify state officials of 5,000 layoffs in Northern Virginia.

Businesses across Northern Virginia are flooding the Virginia Economic Commission with thousands of layoff notifications, an indication of how deep the region’s economic uncertainty is becoming as the COVID-19 crisis continues its devastating path. Since the beginning of March, the commission has received notification of about 5,000 layoffs in Northern Virginia. That’s more layoffs in one part of the state than all the other regions in Virginia combined.

Arlington County Police Get Temperatures Taken – Go Out to Do Job

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Lawn Business Picks Up During Pandemic

People seek food security with vegetable gardens.

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Black Tie Dinners and Enlightenment in Arlington

Using the time to do new things and bond.

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Obituary: William ‘Smokey’ Stover

Former Arlington Chief of Police dies at 89.

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Coronavirus Renews Mail Bonding

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Opinion: Column: Wholesale Change

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Staying Active in Social Isolation

A variety of local offerings allows for days filled with activity.

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Earth Day Is April 22

Special Earth Day Address from His Holiness Pope Francis to be included in Earth Day.

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Opinion: Commentary: Here It Comes: 140 Amendments to Virginia State Budget

Veto session to consider 101 amendments to bills is next week.

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On the Street in Arlington

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Opinion: Commentary: Do Not Forget About People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities – And Those That Care for Them

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Keeping the Chamber Boat Afloat in Northern Virginia

Various Chambers of Commerce are helping members to get through the pandemic.

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OAR of Arlington 12th Spring Fundraiser Held Online

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Who Is That Masked Man in Arlington?

Arlingtonians respond to recommendation to wear PPE.

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Arlington Food Assistance Center Sends Plea for Food Donations

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Slice of Life in Arlington: What He Really Seemed to Need Was a Hug

Six feet turns out to be a lot of distance to hear clearly in the wind.

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Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Pandemic Priorities

Foresight helps keep pandemic at bay in local detention centers.

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Banks to the Rescue

Small businesses wait for banks to get federal money from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Like many business owners across Northern Virginia, Cyrille Brenac is still waiting to hear back from his bank about his application to the Paycheck Protection Program. That’s the $350 billion program that was part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus law designed to offer money to small businesses who can demonstrate they are keeping their employees. For Brenac, who lives in the Cherrydale neighborhood of Arlington, the money would help him rehire about 50 employees of his two French restaurants he laid off when the economy abruptly shut down as the result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Juggling the role of parent and employee.

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Justice Delayed

When does a defendant no longer have the right to a speedy trial?

Judges across Northern Virginia are about to be presented with a difficult question: Does the crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic trump a defendant’s right to a speedy trial?