Pupcakes Raise $1,000
For five days the girls sold the decorated pupcakes. Their personal goal was $500.
Promoting Back-to-School Traffic Safety
Next week all Alexandria students will be back in school so Alexandria Sheriff’s Deputy Valarie Wright is spreading the word about traffic safety by distributing posters and giveaways for AAA’s annual “School’s Open Drive Carefully” campaign.
RTA Receives $15,000 Grant
Rebuilding Together Alexandria, a volunteer-based, non-profit organization that preserves affordable housing and revitalizes communities, received a $15,000 grant from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation this month.
Scuba for Wounded Warriors
Patriot Scuba instructors offered recreational scuba diving lessons to a number of military veterans in the pool at the Holiday Inn at Eisenhower Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 25.
Celebrating Lenny Harris at One Love Festival
On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, the field at Braddock Park filled with friends, neighbors and the family to celebrate the One Love Festival and the legacy of Lenny Harris.
Lee-Fendall House Hosts Great Gatsby Ice Cream Social
The house and garden of the Lee-Fendall House opened for an afternoon Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Aug. 26.
Covert Matters
Alexandria’s Dave Johnson for President
I’m absenting myself from the national political conventions this year.
Column: How Teamwork Saves Lives
Earlier this year, I shared some of Inova Alexandria Hospital’s successful efforts to improve quality of care for heart attack patients.
Alexandria Bulletin Board 8/29
Alexandria Bulletin Board 8/29
Working To Create Fitting Memorial
Contrabands and Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial on pace for Spring 2013 opening.
In Spring 2007, the City of Alexandria purchased a desolate and overgrown lot on the southern edge of town and promptly razed the site’s two buildings.
Carlyle House and the War of 1812
Re-enactors in 19th century costumes roamed the grounds and home of John Carlyle on Aug. 18 re-enacting life during the siege of Alexandria during the War of 1812.
Kids @ Play
Design Day drawings help create dream playground.
More than 40 Alexandria children joined Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot and Elliot Segal of the Elliot in the Morning Show at the Charles Houston Recreation Center Aug. 15 for Design Day, a day set aside for children to draw their dream playground for Old Town's Hopkins-Tancil Court area.
State Commits $1 Million to SySTEMic Solutions
General Assembly provides funding over next two years towards science and technology courses.
Despite high unemployment rate, many companies in the technology and research industries have unfilled positions because they cannot find enough skilled workers.
‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ at Signature Theatre
It was known as The Chicken Ranch, a century-old “business” in La Grange, Texas, that earned its nickname for accepting chickens as payment for services rendered.
Known and Unknown: What Would Candidates Do In Richmond If Elected?
Two candidates in special election say they don't know what bills they would introduce next year.
Voters in next week’s special election will be faced with a choice between the familiar and the unknown in the Sept. 4 special election.