Northern Virginia Home Sales Drop as Prices Rise
Interest Rates Impact Housing Market Regionally and Nationally
Home sales slid more in Northern Virginia than around the nation in September while prices jumped more regionally, reported the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR). High mortgage rates contributed to sales dropping 18.2% in September in Northern Virginia while nationally sales declined 15.4%.
Homes Sold Faster and Prices Jumped More
Median sold price for a home in August reached $700,000 in Northern Virginia
Even though sales declined regionally and nationally, inventory was lower and prices grew faster in the Northern Virginia real estate market than nationally in August, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

Professionals Learn More About Native Plants
Native plants may be climate change survivors
Imagine a world without forests. Lands unable to control soil erosion, filter and clean water, control temperatures, store carbon, provide building materials, produce food and medicines, or soothe the soul with the sound of rustling leaves.
Build Your Own Rain Barrel
The City of Alexandria Transportation and Environmental Services (T&ES) Stormwater Management Division will host a Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library (5005 Duke Street) on Saturday, July 8, from 2 – 4 p.m.

Transurban and Community Partners Promote Child Passenger Safety
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Transurban, operator of the 495, 95 and 395 Express Lanes, and Community Partners Promote Child Passenger Safety.
Students Raise Alarm on Senate Bill 656
New policies mandated by Jan. 1, 2023 could hurt LBGTQ+ students.
Does every student in a Virginia public school curriculum, Black, Indigenous, students of color, disabled, immigrant, and others, deserve to be accurately represented?

Beagles on the Hunt for Homes
Area shelters and rescues assist in placement of research-bred beagles.
Sniffing out the prospects of finding love connections, Beagles formerly destined for lives as research or testing subjects, are now putting enthusiastic noses to the search for much easier and pain-free lives as beloved family companions...

‘A Special Place’
Principle Gallery debuts new Torpedo Factory artists.
The Principle Gallery on King Street, in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center, hosted an opening reception for an exhibit showcasing artwork by recently juried artists selected to be a part of Torpedo Factory Art Center...

All Fired Up
Friendship Firehouse celebrates 248 years.
The Friendship Firehouse Festival celebrated the 248th anniversary of the founding of the city’s first fire company Aug. 6 at the historic Friendship Firehouse Museum on South Alfred Street.

Reston Association Chooses New CEO
One-on-one interview with Mac Cummins, AICP
One-on-one interview with Mac Cummins, AICP

Financing the Rampage
Economic toll of gun violence is more than $14 billion a year for Virginia.
All those school security measures to harden your local elementary school add up. So do trips to the emergency room and the multiple surgeries needed to address gunshot wounds. While the human tragedy of gun violence often grabs headlines, the economic toll continues to mount with each mass shooting. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, the annual cost to Virginia is more than $14 billion a year.

Diane’s Journey: The Face of a Rare and Aggressive Cancer
Unknown to most, it takes lives quickly.
On June 16, my sister Diane would have celebrated her 70th birthday in living color with music, fun, and lots of great food in the...

GWHS Historic Marker Unveiled
Alumni reflect back on high school years.
Alumni from as far back as the class of 1941 gathered July 23 for the unveiling of the Virginia State Historical Marker recognizing the historic significance of George Washington High School, now GW Middle School, on Mount Vernon Avenue.

Racing Into History
Lyles sets a new American 200m record.
Ever since he starred in track at what is now Alexandria City High School, the 200-meter race was a specialty for Noah Lyles.

Great Resignation Hits the Classroom
Pay penalty for teachers in Virginia is the worst in the country.
The Great Resignation is hitting classrooms across Virginia, worrying school administrators about what happens when fall arrives and schools are forced to deal with a teacher shortage.
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