Alexandria: TC Girls' Soccer to Face Battlefield for 6A North Championship
Freshman Bates' 2 goals lead Titans past Oakton in region semifinals.
The T.C. Williams girls' soccer team will face two-time defending state champion Battlefield tonight.
Fairfax County: High School Senior Addresses School Board on LGBT Issues
Board conducting community review of Family Life Education curriculum recommendations.
Bennett Shoop remembers first being bullied in second grade. He liked to dress all in black, wear weird shirts, be alternative in his outward expression.
Vienna: Joel’s Story
After foster care experience: Architecting his own path.
Joel was taken into foster care when he was a high school junior, after reporting to a coach what was going on at home. Schools are “mandatory reporters,” and, as such, they are legally compelled to call social services in a case like Joel’s.
Alexandria: Remembering D-Day
Caen Sister Cities committee to commemorate 72nd anniversary.
It was 80 years ago when Bill McNamara joined the National Guard in 1936. He was just 15 years old then and by the time he was 23, he was the youngest major in Europe, working for the Stars and Stripes newspaper and leading a six-man detachment across Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944.
Alexandria: Trial of City Council Underway
City faces allegations of corruption in rezoning case.
329 N. Washington St. is a quintessential Old Town mansion. It’s a historic, four-story home facing the George Washington Parkway on one side and the the cobblestone Princess Street on the other. Unlike most Old Town homes, however, the property is currently at the heart of a lawsuit against the City Council with allegations of corruption within City Hall.
Alexandria Veterans Honor Fallen Comrades and Retiring Commander
Lost but not forgotten.
There’s some laughter and chatting around the American Legion headquarters under Gatsby’s Tavern, but a heavy mood still weighs over the room.
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Alexandria Column: This Memorial Day, Let's Build a WWI Memorial
Commentary
As many Americans around the country take a moment to relax with friends and family this Memorial Day, I hope they take a moment to pause over their grills and swimming pools to ponder what the holiday really represents.
Alexandria Snapshot: Grand Opening
About a hundred well-wishers attended the ribbon-cutting at the new Holiday Inn at Carlyle on April 28. Also on-hand was the leadership from both the hotel’s owners, Wright Investment Properties, Inc. (WIP) and the capital investment firm AEW who financed the commencement project. From left are Mark Coltharp of WIP, Frank Cole of Eisenhower Partnership, Larry Wright Jr. of WIP, Mayor Allison Silberberg, Jonathan Martin of AEW, and David Martin of WIP.
Alexandria Obituary: Robert Martin Schwaner
Robert Martin Schwaner, born March 16, 1925, died at Goodwin House, Bailey’s Crossroads, on May 30, 2016. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to George and Mabel Schwaner, he served in the Marines in World War II and the Korean War.
Alexandria: Tribute to Memorial Day
Lyles-Crouch concert salutes veterans.
With a flag-draped City Hall as their backdrop, fifth-grade students from Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy presented A Tribute to Memorial Day concert May 27 in Market Square.
Alexandria: Tony “Da Beast” Suggs Writes Autobiography
He's still the champ.
Rows of people sat in plastic chairs in a gym. Each person wore the same dark green jumpsuit, some more faded with age than others, waiting for the guest speaker to arrive.
Alexandria Column: Be a Hometown Tourist
Commentary–Senior Services of Alexandria
Do you wait until you have visitors to check out the local sites? Most of us do — whether it is going into Washington, D.C. to visit the monuments and museums, or staying in Alexandria to walk around Old Town and Mt. Vernon.
Alexandria Letter: Rubber Stamping
Letter to the Editor
The Planning Commission should make a grand statement and resign en masse.
Alexandria Letter: Debate Ethics
Letter to the Editor
For the second time since the recent local election, Vice Mayor Justin Wilson abetted by his five council mates and the city attorney, have all together hijacked the mayor’s ethics program, thus essentially destroying totally any real meaningful progress toward making Alexandria an ethical model.
Alexandria Letter: Paving Over Green Space
Letter to the Editor
I found out May 11 that the City of Alexandria intends to place a 52-foot-long-by-6-foot-wide Capital Bikeshare Station holding 19 bike slots, a pay center and a large sign at the corner of Powhatan and Second streets, cementing over hundreds of square feet that is currently green space.
Alexandria Letter: Pending Betrayal
Letter to the Editor
Alexandria City Public Schools’ (ACPS) pending betrayal of its students and parents: ACPS is planning on redistricting to deal with the ACPS and the City Council's poor management of the schools and failure to get developers to contribute fairly to building new schools for building their new housing units.
Alexandria Letter: Totalitarian Response
Letter to the Editor
The interaction between the city government and citizens who choose to participate in public debate has never been more debased than it has become since our last local election.
Alexandria Letter: Scorched Earth Foreseen
Letter to the Editor
Ah, the sun and warmth did burst into Alexandria today, and gave fresh illumination to the disastrous clearing of trees on the riverfront below Windmill Hill Park.
Alexandria: Kiosk Enhances Four-Mile Run
Eagle Scout-organized effort completes project.
It was 92 degrees and Thomas Pollack stood on the spot where the new Four Mile Run Wetlands Trail and Bike Trail meet in Four Mile Run Park.