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BREAKING: LARGE EXPLOSION IN BLUEMONT AMID POLICE INCIDENT

ARLnow.com December 4, 2023 at 7:30pm
Residents look at fire after large explosion in Bluemont (photo courtesy
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Updated at 8:50 p.m. — A large explosion has been heard throughout Arlington. It
apparently originated in the house which police surrounded earlier tonight in
the Bluemont neighborhood. Residents in the area are being instructed to shelter
in place, while others have been evacuated by police.

Arlington County police said the person inside the house fired shots as officers
tried to enter the home, just before the explosion. Video reviewed by ARLnow
shows a SWAT vehicle outside the house and the sound of at least one gunshot.

“As officers were attempting to execute a search warrant at the residence, the
suspect discharged several rounds inside the home,” said ACPD. “Subsequently, an
explosion occurred at the residence and officers continue to investigate the
circumstances of the explosion.”













 





Earlier: Police are on scene of an unusual incident in the Bluemont
neighborhood, which has prompted the partial closure of a popular trail.

Initial reports suggest a man is holed up in his house, shooting a flare gun out
of a window. It’s happening near Fields Park, Key Elementary and Arlington Fire
Station No. 2.

“At approximately 4:45 p.m., police were dispatched to the 800 block of N.
Burlington Street for the report of possible shots heard,” Arlington County
Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Savage tells ARLnow. “The preliminary
investigation indicates a suspect discharged a flare gun from his residence. No
property damage or injuries have been reported.”

As of shortly before 7 p.m., the incident was still ongoing.

“Police remain on scene investigating the circumstances of the incident. As the
investigation is ongoing, the suspect has not been taken into custody at this
time,” Savage said. “As a precaution, the Bluemont Junction trail is closed
between N. George Mason Drive and N. Burlington Street.”

A witness described the unsettling sight of repeated flares over the
neighborhood.

“Looked like flares being fired off. Large red fire ball (with ‘tail’) just
above tree line heading west,” the witness wrote. “Would last 15-20 secs.
Several in a [matter] of 5 mins or so.”





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ARLNOW DAILY DEBRIEF FOR DEC 4, 2023

ARLnow.com December 4, 2023 at 8:30pm

Good Monday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a
look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.


NEWS RECAP

The following articles were published earlier today — Dec 4, 2023.

 * 9:30 am: Additional apartments, townhomes mulled for Shirlington multifamily
   building | 32 Comments
 * 10:30 am: Rosslyn kicking off holiday season with tree lighting and holiday
   market | 2 Comments
 * 11:30 am: Grand jury returns indictment for wild chase through Arlington and
   Fairfax County | 67 Comments
 * 1:30 pm: Ocean Shack is open for dining (and sports viewing) in the Glebe
   Road Shopping Center | 15 Comments
 * 2:30 pm: Columbia Pike staple The Broiler has opened a second location in
   Maryland | 21 Comments
 * 3:30 pm: County to solicit more feedback on potential deer management
   strategies next year | 98 Comments
 * 7:30 pm: Part of Bluemont Trail closed due to man shooting off flare gun | 19
   Comments


UPCOMING EVENTS

Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

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TUESDAY’S FORECAST

Expect partly sunny skies with a high around 48 and a northwest wind at 3 to 7
mph. Tuesday night will bring scattered rain showers after 10 pm, mixing with
snow after 4 am, and a mostly cloudy sky with a low around 36. A calm wind will
shift to the north around 6 mph after midnight, and there is a 40% chance of
precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.


QUOTE OF THE DAY



“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”
– Walt Whitman


TONIGHT’S SUNSET



Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

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COUNTY TO SOLICIT MORE FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL DEER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES NEXT
YEAR

Jo DeVoe December 4, 2023 at 3:30pm
Deer grazing in the forest (via Arlington County Dept. of Parks and
Recreation/YouTube)

Arlington County will kick off the New Year with the next phase of engagement on
its forthcoming plan to manage its deer population.

A study found two years ago that Arlington’s deer population exceeds healthy
levels, with the county’s forested areas home to about 20 and 39 deer per
square. About 1.5 years ago, the Dept. of Parks and Recreation began considering
a management plan in response.

Today, the department is considering three ways to lower the population,
including sharp-shooting, citizen hunting and sterilization. Another option,
fencing off trees, would focus on tackling a purported effect of “overbrowsing,”
when large deer populations eat too much of the forest understory.

Some naturalists welcomed the culling options presented. The Animal Welfare
League of Arlington, which provides animal control services for the county,
meanwhile, champions non-lethal options and has criticized the process so far as
“one-sided.”

Early next year, the parks department will host a virtual information session to
introduce a second round of community engagement on potential deer management
strategies, according to a new timeline it published today (Monday).

Deer management outreach timeline (via Arlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation)

Residents can also expect a new feedback form and have the chance to participate
in more community meetings before DPR crafts draft recommendations, the timeline
says.

These recommendations will be the subject of a third round of public engagement
— including another feedback form — before DPR drafts and releases final
recommendations.

At some future point yet to be determined, County Manager Mark Schwartz will
take action on the final recommendations, per the timeline.

Although this work continues well into 2024, some local environmentalists say
the county should have strengthened its discussion of deer management in a
forthcoming county master plan governing stewardship of trees and natural
resources.

“The role of high white-tailed deer numbers and invasive plants should be more
clearly articulated in the environmental degradation of Arlington’s forested
areas and included in the plan’s priorities,” Climate Change, Energy and
Environment Commission Chair Joan McIntyre wrote in a letter to the Arlington
County Board this fall.

“Reducing deer numbers and treating invasive plants are both critical to
restoration of our natural areas,” she continued.

The Forestry and Natural Resources Commission expressed its concern that the
plan did not treat overbrowsing specifically as a forestry management priority.

“Independent scientific research has ‘noted that tree regeneration failure is
widespread and that without active deer management, ecological health of
Arlington County’s natural areas will likely continue to degrade,'” writes
commission chair Phil Klingelhofer.

The Planning Commission is set to review and vote on the final draft of the
Forestry and Natural Resources plan tonight (Monday), teeing up the County Board
for a vote on Dec. 16.

The Board authorized this month’s hearings in October. At the time, Board member
Takis Karantonis noted he would spend the next two months talking about deer,
among other topics.

“There is no question… we are out of balance, we have species that are abundant
because we have killed or eliminated factors that balance their population,” he
said at the time.

Of deer, the draft plan says “many” Arlingtonians note that expanding deer
populations are having “harmful impacts.”

“General sentiment favors striking a balance between managing negative impacts
of wildlife while also protecting habitats that benefit Arlington’s ecosystem,”
the plan says.

It resolves to inform management with surveys on existing and emerging pests and
“high-impact organisms.” By way of example, the plan highlights the 2021 deer
count that determined Arlington County had unhealthy deer population levels.

Going forward, “such surveys will be critical to identifying threats early,
informing management efforts and can tie into education campaigns,” the plan
says.

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ROSSLYN CHEER: LIGHT THE PLAZA

December 7 5:00pm – December 7 8:00pm


One of Rosslyn’s favorite holiday season traditions returns on Thursday, Dec. 7!
Join the Rosslyn BID for music, raffles, an outdoor bar, and more as we light
Central Place Plaza with an array of holiday lights.

Beer, wine, and spiked

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COLUMBIA PIKE STAPLE THE BROILER HAS OPENED A SECOND LOCATION IN MARYLAND

James Jarvis December 4, 2023 at 2:30pm
The Broiler’s second location in Clinton, Maryland (via The Broiler/Facebook)

After 64 years of serving subs and pizza in Arlington, The Broiler has expanded
into Maryland, per the company’s social media accounts.

The long-time eatery, a local institution that opened back in 1959 on Columbia
Pike, held a grand opening for its second location, in Clinton, Maryland, in
late October. It announced the move to Clinton, which is about a 20-minute drive
east of National Harbor, earlier this fall.

A video tour accompanying the grand opening announcement included footage inside
and outside the restaurant as well as a montage of its famed cheesesteak
sandwiches and pizza.

Khalid Elayan, the owner, opted not to comment on the new location.





Photo via The Broiler/Facebook

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OCEAN SHACK IS OPEN FOR DINING (AND SPORTS VIEWING) IN THE GLEBE ROAD SHOPPING
CENTER

James Jarvis December 4, 2023 at 1:30pm
Ocean Shack on N. Glebe Road (staff photo by James Jarvis)

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(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) Ocean Shack, a new seafood restaurant and sports bar in
Waverly Hills, is now open.

The restaurant officially opened on Wednesday, Nov. 15, but the owner, Cody
Zhou, says he also plans to host a grand opening on New Year’s Eve.

“We will host a New Year’s Eve party where we will have a photo booth, DJ and
champagne toast… and also give away a lot of gifts, drinks and food,” he told
ARLnow.

The 1,767-square-foot space at 2163 N. Glebe Road in the Glebe Road Shopping
Center became available after Thirsty Bernie closed in May due to poor sales.

Zhou, who operates several restaurants in Fairfax and Alexandria, including
Ocean Crab in Chantilly and Mochinut in Reston, says he decided to expand into
Arlington after the property owner approached him with a lease offer for the
soon-to-be former Thirsty Bernie space.

“She’s a regular customer at Ocean Crab,” Zhou said. “She invited us over to the
space. We looked at the surroundings and felt like this area could use something
different.”

Zhou said he was also inspired by the increasing diversity in Arlington’s dining
scene.

“When you look at the surrounding area, you will see a lot of Japanese
restaurants opening up like Tiger Dumpling… so many Vietnamese restaurants and
bubble tea restaurants are popping up around Arlington because there’s a
population supporting those non-traditional American foods,” he said.

Like its Chantilly counterpart, Ocean Shack offers a variety of seafood dishes
such as lobster rolls, tilapia sandwiches, fried oyster baskets, fried shrimp
tacos and snow crab bowls.

The restaurant also has 16 beers on draft and serves specialty cocktails.

While seafood is on the menu, sports are on the numerous TVs at Ocean Shack.
Taking a page from its sports bar predecessor, Ocean Shack bills itself as a
destination for catching the big game.

“Whether you are stopping in for a business lunch, family dinner, date night or
a night out with your friends for watching sports,” says the restaurant’s
website.

Operating hours are 5 p.m. to midnight from Monday through Wednesday, noon to
midnight on Thursdays and Sundays, and noon to 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Feature


ARLINGTON COOKIE COMPANY MOLTN EXPANDS INTO ASHBURN AND HERALDS MORE LOCATIONS
AND CHANGES NEXT YEAR

Jo DeVoe December 4, 2023 at 12:30pm

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly
column that spotlights Arlington-based startups, founders, and local technology
news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

Arlington-based cookie company MOLTN Cookies opened its newest location today
(Monday) in Ashburn, just in time for National Cookie Day.

To celebrate, the new location in a pizza and pasta place called EATaliano will
offer free triple chocolate cookies — limited to one per visitor, while supplies
last — from 4-6 p.m.

Customers who splurge and put in orders exceeding $75, meanwhile, will get a
free sugar or s’mores cookie-scented candle.

“We only have 20, so grab them quick,” the company says on Instagram. “We can’t
wait to celebrate together.”

MOLTN’s cookie-scented candles (courtesy photo)

The location started operating two months behind its anticipated opening date of
Oct. 1.

It is MOLTN’s third in the D.C. area, after the company debuted in a “ghost
kitchen” within AllSpice Catering at 6017 Wilson Blvd, near the border with
Falls Church. Over the summer, it expanded into D.C., operating from Teddy & The
Bully Bar at 1200 19th Street NW.

The Ashburn cooke hub kicks off what MOLTN founder Neal Miglani says is the
start of an expansion across the D.C. area., including three forthcoming
locations in Maryland: Prince George’s and Montgomery counties and Baltimore.

“We are thrilled to bring the MOLTN Cookies brand to Ashburn and beyond,”
Miglani said in a statement. “The excitement around our new location at
Eataliano signals the start of an even more exciting phase for us as we plan to
expand across the DMV area. Soon, more communities will be able to enjoy the
MOLTN Cookies experience.”

He told ARLnow he aims to open 10 new locations by the second quarter of 2024,
in the D.C. and Baltimore areas.

He aims these locations to soon bake the 12,000-15,0000 cookies MOLTN’s
Arlington location churns out each month.

The company transitioned from operating ghost kitchens to what Miglani says is a
licensing model. Restaurant partners purchase MOLTN’s cookie dough from approved
suppliers in its distribution network.

“We provide the dough and all technology, they handle the operations and retain
all profits, a strategy that propels rapid expansion while upholding the
excellence MOLTN Cookies is known for,” Miglani says.

MOLTN cookies (courtesy photo)

Other new ventures are coming down the pike, too.

Miglani says MOLTN is creating a gifting platform that allows customers to send
freshly baked, warm cookies to others, along with personalized items such as
candles and cards. The company is on the cusp of launching nationwide shipping.

These developments could be coming late in the first quarter of next year or
early in the second quarter, Miglani said.

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News


GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT FOR WILD CHASE THROUGH ARLINGTON AND FAIRFAX
COUNTY

Jo DeVoe December 4, 2023 at 11:30am
Police looking for evidence where shots were fired along S. Wakefield Street in
Barcroft (staff photo)

A grand jury has returned an indictment for a man on felony charges in
connection to a wild police chase in October 2022.

The indictment against Ricardo Singleton, returned last Monday, included charges
for eluding police and shooting a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a
school. They follow a bizarre crime spree for which Singleton was arrested on
Oct. 6, 2022.

The man allegedly made a U-turn in front of Arlington County police headquarters
in Courthouse and brandished a gun at a sheriff’s deputy, later fleeing and
striking a parked car. That evening, police chased the suspect vehicle through
Arlington — where shots were fired along a residential street — and into Fairfax
County. Singleton was arrested after his gun reportedly jammed.

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano subsequent compiled a
detailed timeline of the events. His use-of-force review found that a Fairfax
officer fired shots at Singleton, but the officer acted properly in doing so.

Singleton had a court hearing in Fairfax General District Court this March. He
was charged with three counts of attempted maiming of law enforcement officers
and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

The court certified all these charges to Fairfax County Circuit Court. His trial
in Fairfax is set to begin on May 20, 2024, according to Laura Birnbaum, the
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Deputy Chief of Staff.

On Oct. 24, Singleton had a hearing in Arlington General District Court on a
slew of charges: three counts of assault on law enforcement, two counts of
eluding police, brandishing, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony,
reckless handling, endangerment and damage exceeding $1,000.

The Arlington court dismissed most of the charges after not finding probable
cause, the standard of proof required for an indictment, sources say. To convict
Singleton, the Commonwealth’s Attorney would have to meet a higher standard of
proof, “beyond a reasonable doubt,” that he committed the crimes.

A felony eluding charge, meanwhile, was certified to Arlington County Circuit
Court.

Last week, Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti presented the court
with new felony charges — including shooting a gun from a vehicle, near a school
— for which she says there is stronger evidence.

Felony charges against Ricardo Singleton (via Virginia Courts Case Information)

If he is found guilty, Singleton could face 2-10 years in prison for shooting a
weapon within 1,000 feet of a school and 1-10 years for shooting a weapon from a
car, according to state sentencing guidelines. The eluding police charges come
with a jail sentence between 1-5 years.

On most of the charges — save for the one involving shots fired near a school —
a jury or the court can opt for fewer than 12 months in jail, tacking on a
$2,500 fine.

His next court appearance is today (Monday).

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Events


ROSSLYN KICKING OFF HOLIDAY SEASON WITH TREE LIGHTING AND HOLIDAY MARKET

James Jarvis December 4, 2023 at 10:30am
Rosslyn BID’s Light the Plaza event (courtesy of Rosslyn BID)

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The Rosslyn Business Improvement District is gearing up to spread holiday cheer
with a lineup of festive events this week.

First up, Central Place Plaza at 1800 N. Lynn Street will be illuminated with
holiday lights as part of the BID’s Light the Plaza event Thursday. There will
be music, raffles and an outdoor bar from 5-8 p.m.

Of-age attendees can enjoy beer, wine and spiked cider to get into the holiday
spirit. And for those feeling peckish, Pop’s Praiseworthy Popcorn will be
selling gourmet popcorn.

The next day, on Friday, our four-legged friends can get in on the festivities
with a “Santa Paws Yappy Hour” from 5-7 p.m. at Central Place Plaza. In addition
to libations for the humans, the dog-friendly event offers pet photos with
Santa, vendor tables and “pet goodie giveaways.”

The event series then concludes with a pop-up holiday market this Saturday
through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The market will feature local
vendors offering a range of items from art and jewelry to bath products and
snacks.

Santa Claus will also make an appearance at the Plaza for photo sessions from
12:30-2:30 p.m. each day during the market.

As shoppers browse the market and listen to live music, they can enjoy
complimentary hot chocolate to warm up those cold hands.

Both events are free and registration is not required.

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NEW JOB: BOARD CHAIR (LATINAS LEADING TOMORROW)

By: Latinas Leading Tomorrow

About Latinas Leading Tomorrow (LLT): Latinas Leading Tomorrow is a dynamic
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young Latina women
through education, mentorship, and leadership development. We are committed to
fostering a community of future leaders who will make a significant impact to
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Job Description: We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Part-time Executive
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