February 5, 2021 at 12:35pm
As if the pandemic wasn’t bad enough, there’s now an apparent rabies outbreak in Arlington County.
Two days after the county warned of a possible rabies exposure in the East Falls Church neighborhood, animal control has captured two additional raccoons “showing neurological signs consistent with rabies.”
The raccoons were both captured in residential north Arlington neighborhoods: one on the 4300 block of 37th Road N., in the Old Glebe neighborhood near Glebe Road Park and the Gulf Branch Nature Center, and another on the 5100 block of 37th Road N., in the Rock Spring neighborhood near Williamsburg Middle School.
Rachael Toman, Conservation and Interpretation Manager for the Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation, reports that the mailbox located at Gulf Branch Nature Center is stuffed with letters from Arlington children for Santa.
She reports that some of the letters include a long list of desired presents, while a couple of other letters included only one item. Another writer declared she would be happy with whatever Santa brings. Some of the letters assure Santa they have been “very good” this year while others comment they have been “sort of” good.
One letter told Santa he was sure to remember the family from last year and included a photo. These letters are on their way, sent special delivery to the North Pole on Dec. 14.