Thursday, the Alexandria City Council will vote on a proposal made Monday night to increase the meals tax to 5 percent, which would add 16 cents to a $16 bill, the area’s average meal cost.
(The Washington Post)
Last week, 28-year-old Elizabeth Malone of Fort Belvoir was found injecting her 5-year-old son with an unknown substance while the boy was being treated at Inova Children’s Hospital. Malone used stolen medical supplies to carry out the injection and has been charged with child abuse and larceny.
(INSIDENOVA)
During the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last summer, 23-year-old Jacob Scott Goodwin beat 20-year-old DeAndre Harris in a parking garage, leaving Harris with a spinal injury, head lacerations requiring staples and a broken arm. Goodwin has now been found guilty of malicious wounding.
(WJLA)
Effective next February, the Boy Scouts of America will be known as Scouts BSA, given that girls are now joining the organization.
(WTOP)
Arlington’s Black Heritage Museum, which previously existed only online, has moved into the floor above the 3108 Columbia Pike Sun Trust bank. The new space is only a temporary one however, as the museum is still searching for a more permanent dwelling.
(ARL Now)
David Bobzien, Reston Association Board of Directors president, has announced his resignation due to a recent acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis.
(Reston Now)
