Arlington

Arlington County government officials say they now expect to open the Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway, their half of a joint project with Alexandria, in the spring.

The arrival of a new year brings a 40-percent turnover in the Arlington County Board.

The Arlington Neighborhood Villages initiative is hosting “Coffee and Conversation” on Wednesdays in January, designed to showcase the program and discuss aging-in-place in the county.

Come Jan. 1, the Arlington County Board will have a majority of South Arlingtonians, with Libby Garvey, Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey living south of Route 50, Jay Fisette and John Vihstadt above it.

Home sales and median sales prices across the commonwealth saw modest year-over-year increases in November, even as the market continued the traditional seasonal pivot toward its more dormant season.

Arlington-based Postpartum Support Virginia has received a $4,800 donation from 100 Women Who Care Northern Virginia, designed to help the support group kick-start a new education and outreach program in Northern Virginia.

Down in hot and humid Florida, where one would not think the name of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring often makes the news, he nonetheless popped up in the papers last week.

Arlington picked up a silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community designation this year from the League of American Bicyclists. But the most avid bicyclist on the County Board is aiming higher.

Arlington County Board members have approved a redevelopment plan that will see the Carpool bar/restaurant on Fairfax Drive at North Quincy Street replaced with a 22-story, 330-unit apartment building.

The Sun Gazette and InsideNova wish readers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas today. Our offices will be closed on Christmas Day and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 28.

The Arlington County government will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24-25, in observance of Christmas and on Friday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day.

News of interest from across the community.

Del. Patrick Hope acknowledges it will be an uphill fight, but is pledging to press forward with a bill prohibiting weapons in buildings controlled by the state legislature.

The Arlington County Democratic Committee will hold its once-every-two-years reorganization on Jan. 6 at the party’s regular meeting, to be held at 7:15 p.m. at the National Rural Electrical Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center in Ballston.

One of the resolutions of Arlington Democrats for 2016 is likely to be finding a way to help win the neighboring 10th Congressional District.

News of crime and punishment across Arlington this week.

News that was making news in years gone by.

Arlington’s supporters of recently approved plans for Interstate 66 inside the Beltway will be watching the 2016 General Assembly session carefully, to see if legislators who oppose the measures can win passage of legislation that weakens or kills them.

The stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve brings a combined 20 years of County Board service to an end, as Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes step away from the dais and are succeeded by Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey.

Leadership Arlington will present the annual “Meet the Chair” forum with the 2016 Arlington County Board chairman on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University, 3351 North Fairfax Drive.

How the final 2015 real-estate sales data across Northern Virginia will rank on the all-time list will be known in mid-January. But one thing is for sure: It took 2015 only 11 months to surpass the total sales and volume recorded in all of 2014.

Parishioners at Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ gathered Dec. 19 at the church’s Carpenter Hall for their annual “wrapping party” for those in need across Arlington.

The weekly wages of those employed in Arlington were sixth highest of the nation’s 342 largest U.S. counties in the most recent quarterly report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but the year-over-year rate of growth was below the national average.

Flights into and out of the region’s three airports were more likely to be on time for the first 10 months of 2015 than the same period in 2014, according to new federal figures.