Alexandria Brief: Cava Grill’s Newest Location
Cava Grill recently opened its 16th restauraunt, located at 4513 Duke St., Alexandria.
Alexandria Brief: Burglar Sentenced to 10 Years Prison
Tonny Anthony Pitt, a 30-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on May 19 to serve 10 years in the penitentiary for statutory burglary while armed and 10 other counts. The case related to the burglary or vandalism of five different homes in Alexandria.
Alexandria: Four Mile Run Restored
Natural habitats slowly return to Alexandria’s northern creek.
In the 1970s, Alexandria was desperate. Throughout the ’60s and ’70s, Four Mile Run along the city’s northern border with Arlington was flooding.
Inside AlexRenew
Early June eyed for AlexRenew field opening.
On the surface, the nearly completed park near the east end of Eisenhower Avenue looks like any soccer field.
Alexandria Snapshot: ‘RED Day’
Each year on May 12, Keller Williams Associates devote their time and energy to helping a local charitable organization.
Alexandria Snapshot: National Healthcare Decisions Day
Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare host its annual National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 29 to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning.
Alexandria Brief: King-Beauregard Project to Begin
The City of Alexandria will soon begin the King-Beauregard Intersection Improvements Project which includes roadway and sidewalk improvements, as well as the construction of new medians and a 10-foot shared use path on portions of King Street.
Alexandria Brief: Two Indicted for Murder
On May 16, the Grand Jury for the City of Alexandria returned murder indictments against two men in the death of Eduardo Almandarez.
Alexandria Brief: Snapshot of Homelessness
The 2016 Annual Point-in-Time Count revealed 224 persons experiencing homelessness
Alexandria: Kluge Bids Farewell
Maestro Kim Allen Kluge preferred to tell well-wishers “To be continued.”
He refused to say goodbye. Although it was his final concert as music director of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Kim Allen Kluge preferred to tell well-wishers “To be continued.”
Alexandria Brief: Food Truck Locations Approved
After a long battle at the Parking and Traffic Board, the proposed locations for Alexandria’s Food Trucks made it’s way to City Council on May 10 with the two locations in North Old Town removed.
Alexandria: ‘Lemonaide Day’ To Be Held May 21
Youths from all over Alexandria will put up lemonade stands on Saturday, May 21, as part of a day-long effort to raise money to benefit nonprofits supporting at-risk children in Alexandria.
Inside the Alexandria Police Department: Street to Cell
An occasional series, drawn from the Alexandria Citizen’s Police Academy.
Whether it’s being pulled over for a traffic violation or being directed around the site of a crash, virtually every Alexandrian has had some interaction with the Alexandria Police Department’s Traffic Section.
Alexandria: Stamp Out Hunger
Letter carriers food drive set for May 14.
The 2016 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service, will take place Saturday, May 14 throughout the City of Alexandria.The 2016 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service, will take place Saturday, May 14 throughout the City of Alexandria.
Inside the Alexandria Police Department: Specialists in Action
An occasional series, drawn from the Alexandria Citizen’s Police Academy.
In 1989, a hostage situation was unfolding at 316 Hopkins Court. A man trying to collect on a drug debt had taken hostages at gunpoint inside a house and the Special Operations Team (S.O.T.) was called out to the site in response.