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Alexandria Issues Seeking Statewide Solutions

City reviews 2017 legislative package.

From the ongoing debate over Confederate statues to the cutting edge of body-camera technology, Alexandria’s City Council considered a series of local and statewide topics to be addressed in the upcoming state legislative session.

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People at Work

Sharing Food and Conversation

The telephone is ringing; customers line up at the counter for large white carry-out plastic bags of scrambled eggs and pancakes; the cash register clinks.

Police Investigate Industrial Accident

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating an industrial accident in the 700 block of Wythe Street.

West End Pantry Tackles Food Desert

An ecumenical project.

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Ghost Stories of Old Town

Mysteries, phantoms, and Devil-Bats lurk through city streets.

Many Old Town Alexandrians are protective of their city. For some, that defensiveness continues beyond the grave.

Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Two Alexandria Banks

Budder Khan, a 26-year-old resident of Arlington, pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to two counts of bank robbery.

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Lawless Streets

Traffic Calming?

Sunrise, Oct. 21.

Memorial Service

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Clean-Up Honors Jeff Todd

Chamber project dedicated to his civic spirit.

Walking along Jeff Todd Way in the Mount Vernon area, picking up litter didn’t seem like an exciting way to spend a Saturday morning, but Hannah Todd didn’t seem to mind.

Rock 'n' Run

Stratford Landing Elementary School students raised funds during their annual Rock ‘n’ Run on Friday, Oct. 21.

A Toast to Art

Two friends and young entrepreneurs, Rachel Bell and Camille Herrera, opened a brick and mortar franchise on Oct. 22 called Wine & Design

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