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Patch has community sites across Virginia and Washington, DC. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Chipotle To Shutter All 15 ShopHouse Locations
• Lone Cherry Blossom Blooms on the DC Tidal Basin (Photos)
• Uber Driver Commandeered by Drug Dealer in Woodbridge: Police

Travel and Leisure Ranks Arlington Pub as No. 1 in the Nation for St. Patrick's Day

Lucky you, Arlington residents: with St. Patrick's Day coming up, you live near what Travel and Leisure calls the best bar in the United States to celebrate the holiday. The Celtic House Irish Pub & Restaurant at 2500 Columbia Pike ended up at No. 1 on Travel and Leisure's list of "The 50 Best Bars in the U.S. to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day.">>>Read more.

Great Falls Woman Recovering From Attack By Rabid Fox: Report

A former editor at the USA Today newspaper is recovering from serious injuries that she sustained in fighting off a rabid fox Tuesday on a neighborhood street. Linda Kauss, 71, was on her daily walk when the fox attacked her. The fox bit Kauss in the arms and legs, and her wounds were so severe that she lost three pints of blood.>>>Read more.

Virginia To Lift Consumer Ban on Everclear, Other Potent Liquors

Until this year, Virginia has banned the sale to consumers of clear grain spirits above 101 proof, or 50.5 percent alcohol. That makes it one of two states to ban the sale of Everclear (the other is Vermont). But that changes July 1, under a bill recently signed into law by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.>>>Read more.

Metro GM: We're Not Dying, We Promise

The head of Metro just had to assure the public that the transit system the D.C. area relies on is not in a death spiral. That's what it has come to for WMATA, as the agency proposes a budget that would scale back service while raising fares -- much to the anger of the riders who are already abandoning the system in droves.>>>Read more.

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• ‘Ferris Bueller’-Style Escape Route Thwarted in Stafford: Police
• Thieves Caught Red-Handed Escape in Manassas: Police
• Suspected Meth Lab Found in Woodbridge: Police
• Police Bust Arlington Woman in Huge Welfare Fraud Scheme
• Man Confronts Strangers Who Then Flash Gun in Aldie: Police
• Tysons Corner Bar Is Named Top Party Spot for St. Patrick's Day

Image: Fairfax County Police Department (this is not the fox that was caught and euthanized).