This Week in Alexandria in Coronavirus
United States passed one million Covid-19 Cases, and more than 50,000 deaths, while here at home, business task forces, hunger, more medicaid, expired licenses and more.
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Catfish Fry Feeds Many in Gum Springs
The lot at the Greater Morning Star Apostolic Church is busy on Sundays.
Catfish meal in Mount Vernon.
Pass or No Grade in Alexandria
School Board unanimously adopts new grading policy, scraps final exams.
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Obituary: Thomas M. Parkins, 70
Former Registrar of Voters and Elections for the City of Alexandria.
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Mounting Layoffs
Businesses notify state officials of 5,000 layoffs in Northern Virginia.
Businesses across Northern Virginia are flooding the Virginia Economic Commission with thousands of layoff notifications, an indication of how deep the region’s economic uncertainty is becoming as the COVID-19 crisis continues its devastating path. Since the beginning of March, the commission has received notification of about 5,000 layoffs in Northern Virginia. That’s more layoffs in one part of the state than all the other regions in Virginia combined.