Community Guide: About Animals
First Call Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
First Call Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
Nine Candidates Seeking Six Seats
On the ballot: Six Democrats, three independents, one Republican
ELECTION GUIDE 2024
There’s No Place Like Home
Alexandria celebrates its 275-year history.
Alexandria celebrates its 275-year history.
Alexandria’s Free Fall Festival for Animal Lovers is Oct. 13
Paws in the Park, benefiting the AWLA, returns to Oronoco Bay Park
Paws in the Park, benefiting the AWLA, returns to Oronoco Bay Park
’Souls Feeding Souls’ in Alexandria
Cook for Vets to hold fundraiser Sept. 21.
Cook for Vets to hold fundraiser Sept. 21.
Fighting Fires for 250 Years
Events to highlight history of firefighting.
Events to highlight history of firefighting.
‘Resolved: Never Again’
Alexandria News Briefs
The Legacy of Race-based Covenants
3 practices that created housing inequity: racial covenants; zoning; and limited access to mortgages based on race.
Some real estate developers and others selling property in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s used race-based, restrictive covenants to maintain segregation, and Virginia’s state and local governments were enablers at times, Dr. Krystyn Moon, University of Mary Washington history professor told a packed room of 120 on August 27 at the Sherwood Regional Library.
Prison Reform Takes Long, Tortuous Path
Del. Hope advocates for more humane conditions for incarcerated people.
Del. Patrick Hope (D-47) spearheaded legislation this session that creates a state ombudsman over the Department of Corrections.
Alexandria Old Town Art Festival
The Alexandria Old Town Art Festival returns to John Carlyle Square for the 22nd year. The popular, free showcase featuring thousands of fine art works from local and national artists happens Sept. 14 - 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Preserving Douglass Memorial Cemetery
Johnson to present updates Sept. 8. at Black History Museum.
Michael Johnson is a life-long Alexandrian, born and raised at a time when the city was divided by race. As a kid, he used to play in a field overrun by weeds, not realizing until decades later that it was the Frederick Douglass Memorial Cemetery, a historic African American cemetery where generations of his ancestors are buried.
Zoning Lawsuit Can Move Forward
Individual property owners have standing but Coalition dismissed as plaintiff in case.
Zoning