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The Portofino Restaurants Celebrates 40th Anniversary — Portofino, the family-owned Italian restaurant on 23rd Street in Crystal City, is celebrating 40 years in Arlington this month. The restaurant...
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Official: Arlington “Positioned Well” Despite Pentagon Cuts
Northern Virginia stands to lose $6 to $7 billion dollars through 2012 as a result of cuts in defense contracting announced yesterday, says George Mason University’s Stephen Fuller. But Arlington’s...
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One Year to BRAC Deadline, Most Workers Are Still Here
As of today, there’s exactly one year left to go until the deadline for 17,000 Department of Defense workers to move out of Arlington as a result of the Base Realignment and Closing Act. The vast...
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The Long Goodbye for the Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is leaving its Clarendon offices for a leafy, techie office park in Reston. The Washington Business Journal reports that DIA plans to start moving employees to the new...
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Man Dies After Falling From Secure Office Building
A man died this morning after falling from a secure government office building in Crystal City. Initial reports suggest the man may have purposely jumped from a second floor balcony into an outside...
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Looming Defense Cuts Worry Some in Crystal City — Some Crystal City business owners are worried about the ripple effects that could be caused by billions in looming Defense Department cuts. Others,...
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Rep. Moran Hosts Cybersecurity Summit
Leaders in the cybersecurity industry gathered at the Virginia Tech Research Center in Ballston this morning to attend a forum hosted by Rep. Jim Moran (D). Discussion revolved around cyber threats...
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Ballston Office Building to Be Vacated, Renovated
(Updated at 12:40 p.m.) The Webb Building, a 10-story office building at 4040 N. Fairfax Drive in Ballston, is being renovated. The building’s current tenant, the Department of Defense, will be moving...
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Pierce Queen Apartments Too Costly for Tax Credits? — The Virginia Housing Development Authority has flagged the Pierce Queen Apartments project in Ft. Myer Heights as being too expensive for Low...
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Street Lighting Complaints Continue — At its meeting on Saturday, the County Board addressed the complaints it continues to receive over the new LED streetlights being installed throughout the county....
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AAA: Furloughs May Ease Traffic Congestion
Department of Defense furloughs went into effect today and AAA Mid-Atlantic suggests that may mean less traffic congestion. In Virginia alone, nearly 72,000 DoD employees are affected by furloughs,...
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Pentagon Announces Civilian Furlough Reduction
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that the number of civilian furlough days in Fiscal Year 2013, which ends Sept. 30, has been reduced from 11 to 6. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a...
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