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Obituary: Elizabeth DeBruyn Weight

Environmental specialist dies at 55.

Weight obituary

Letter: Save the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria

Torpedo Factory

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Claus for Celebration

Santa Stampede to benefit ALIVE!

Santa Stampede


2021 Children’s and Teens’ Gazette in Alexandria

Childrens Gazette

Column: Not-So-Affordable Housing In Virginia

Affordable Housing


Free Sober Rides Offered for the Holidays

WRAP SoberRide

2021 Children’s and Teens’ Connection

2021 Children's Edition

‘Joy On the Avenue’ in Alexandria

Holiday pop-up replaces The Sushi Bar in Del Ray

Joy on the Avenue


Love on the Docks in Alexandria

Holiday boat parade lights up the waterfront.

Boats boats boats

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Over 50 Years of Iconic Music Venue in Alexandria

Birchmere tell-all book by local writers published in November.

Book Review


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Del Ray tree lighting

Tree lighting

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Red Flags, Confiscated Guns

Police across Virginia use new law to disarm people courts determine to be dangerous.

Since Virginia's new red-flag law was signed by the Gov. Ralph Northam last year, according to data from the Virginia State Police, law enforcement officials across Virginia have issued 170 emergency substantial risk orders to temporarily confiscate firearms from people courts have determined could be dangerous. That includes 32 in Fairfax County, six in Arlington and five in Alexandria. Police officers and sheriffs deputies have also used the law in so-called "Second Amendment sanctuaries," including 13 risk orders in Virginia Beach and seven in Hanover County.


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Inside the Home of an Interior Designer

Local tastemakers offer a glimpse of their personal style

Interior design

Improving Brain Health in Alexandria

Goodwin House hosts Stronger Memory program.

Memory health

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Festival of Lights in Alexandria

Lighting the menorah


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LA Musician Got Her Start in Mount Vernon

Fort Hunt alumni Julie Gigante started playing the violin at age 5 and now is featured on an 11,000-square-foot mural in Los Angeles.

LA Musician from Mount Vernon

Texas Official Appointed to Lead Alexandria

City Council hires James Parajon as city manager.

New City Manager