Alexandria: Co-creating Cable TV Show
From theater to cable.
Former Alexandrian Thomas Kail had his first brush with the media while on an Alexandria youth league soccer team.
Renovation Keeps Rolling at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria
New wing showcased at Nov. 14 ribbon-cutting.
Thomas Jefferson senior Thomas Rogers is big on the laser cutter. “You can cut anything you want,” said the McLean resident, “like exact designs on sheet metal.” Rogers was enthusiastic about the device, but wouldn’t fire it up during the Nov. 14 tour of the Science and Technology Governor’s School’s new two-story wing with 14 research spaces.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors makes two rail-facilitating moves; Arlington ends streetcar project.
As the Silver Line Metororail project progresses towards its second phase opening date of 2018, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors are helping pave the way.
Column: And The “Scancer” Is…
Unknown at this date – Saturday, November 15. In fact, it will be six days from now until we’ll know the results. As it is always scheduled, a week or so after my quarterly CT Scan, we will have our usual follow-up, face-to-face appointment with my oncologist.
Alexandria: Honoring Veterans
Bugler Brent Anderson called the Veterans Day ceremony to assembly and attention at the Mount Vernon Community Center on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 11
Alexandria Living Legends: Charles Eugene ‘Tony’ Gee
Civic leader, businessman and pastor.
Charles Eugene “Tony” Gee is more than just legendary. He was a pioneering African American business leader during a period of profound social change in Alexandria and played a critical role in the economic development of lower King Street.
Letter to the Editor: Overseeing Construction
At the behest of its citizens, Alexandria decided to appoint an “Ad-Hoc Monitoring Group for Waterfront Construction.”
Letter to the Editor: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The Alexandria Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) is acting to improve safety across the city, with a recent focus in Old Town.
Letter to the Editor: Sports over Scholarship?
Who wouldn’t like to look around at their finances and find a loose $545,000 floating around? The Alexandria School Board did recently and was delighted to spend it right away — not on children’s education — but on tennis courts. I am not sure the taxpayers of Alexandria should be so happy about this “lucky find.
Letter to the Editor: Celebrating Thanksgiving
Virginians can rightly claim our forebears first celebrated and established the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving on these shores.
Letter to the Editor: More Cost To Businesses
The city continues to unearth new sources of revenue on the back of its citizens.
Letter to the Editor: Protect Proffers
On Nov. 15, Alexandria's City Council will consider a development application for 100 S. Pickett Street where a bowling alley is currently located.
Alexandria: Obituary
Marie Elizabeth Krafft, Aug.15, 1956 - Nov. 9, 2014
Marie Elizabeth Krafft, the Martin A. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University, 58, of Tallahassee, Fla, died Nov. 9, 2014 after a two-year long struggle with brain cancer.
Alexandria: From Leaf Piles to Mulch
Trucks vacuum up autumn’s droppings.
The gray vacuum hose weaves back and forth across the pile of leaves like an elephant trunk searching for a peanut.
Alexandria: Union Soldier Revisits Fort
Local historian takes on role of civil war veteran for a tour.
Fort Ward doesn’t do as good a job holding out Southerners as it used to.
Alexandria: Flood of Sewage
Burst water line on South Jordan Street results in flooding of 14 homes.
Helping a crew remove his water-damaged belongings from his 89-year-old mother’s home was not how Guy Foster, discharged from the Navy in 1969, had planned on spending his Veterans Day.
Alexandria:Found Money
School Board votes to fund increased cost of TC tennis courts. jump
The six tennis courts at T.C. Williams High School will not cost $800,000 as originally planned.
Alexandria: Straight from the Heart
First Christian Church of Alexandria hosted its annual holiday art and craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 8, in the church hall.
Alexandria: Friends Mourn Death of David Abshire
Ambassador and public policy leader dies.
For a career spent around the world, David Abshire always considered Alexandria home.