Old Town Ace Hardware Hosts Pinewood Derby Workshop
Popcorn was popping, the jig saw was cutting, sanders were smoothing out rough edges as the Old Town Ace Hardware’s Pinewood Derby Workshop got underway Saturday morning, Jan. 7.
‘Wings of Gold’
At ceremonies at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla. on Nov. 18, 2011, Ensign Brittany Amerau, U.S. Navy, and Second Lieutenant Reed Inglee, U.S. Marine Corps, received their designations as naval aviators upon completion of Navy Flight School and received their Navy “Wings of Gold.”
A Million-Dollar Winner
David Williams of Alexandria bought and scratched a Casino Royale ticket from the Virginia Lottery. It turned out to be the game’s first $1 million ticket.
Tasty Support For Heart Association
Occasionally Cake of Alexandria is now taking orders for Valentine’s Day treats through Feb. 11 for pick-up on Tuesday, Feb. 14, ranging in price from $15 to $35
News Briefs
Accidental House Fire, UCM Seeks Food Donations, Surovell Appointed to Public Safety, Guilty Plea in Shootings, UCM Receives $15,000 Grant, Supporting Wounded Warrior Project
Aspire, Advance, Achieve
The Baltimore-Washington Section of the Society of Women Engineers, along with Booz Allen Hamilton’s African American Forum, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter and Omicron Rho Chapter), National Society of Black Engineers, and Booz Allen’s Woman Forum presented “Making it Better” Badge Day at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Sampling City’s Arts
Chinese art delegation arrives in Alexandria.
Alexandria welcomed a delegation of Chinese media and artists from Jiangsu Province on Jan. 13, which marked an auspicious start to 2012 and the Year of the Dragon.
Homeless Couple Survives the Streets
“There’s a place called Rising Hope.”
Trapped in a downward spiral of homelessness beginning in the summer of 2009, Marvin and Debra Britt, both 52, endured. “That’s when the economy got hard. We lost our jobs,” said Marvin Britt, who was working building homes at Fort Belvoir while Debra had a job doing inserts for a newspaper.
Going Wireless at City Hall
Wi-Fi project returns.
Here’s a paradox for the digital age: When members of the Alexandria City Council were presented with the Digital Cities Award from Government Technology Magazine last week, members of the public who were in attendance would have had a difficult time sending an email about it or update their Facebook status.
Budgeting for Crisis
Community service boards push legislators to create five crisis centers.
Johnny is a 13-year-old student at school in Northern Virginia. He’s been acting out lately, running away and confronting other children on the playground.
Lenny Harris: From Missing to Murdered
Maryland man confesses to crime; three or four more suspects remain on the loose.
Since last summer, friends and supporters of missing Alexandria civic activist Lenny Harris have been hoping and praying that he would show up.
In Session
For those keeping score, mark one for King’s Dominion. That’s the popular and powerful amusement park that holds a strange power over school officials across Virginia.
Week in Alexandria
The controversial waterfront small-area plan may have squeaked through City Hall on a five-to-two vote last month, but a final resolution could be months away.
Making the Most out of Winter
A survival guide for indoor and outdoor enthusiasts.
We all know the type. Those chipper, cheery souls who bound out of bed in sub-zero temperatures to embrace any opportunity to get outside. But for many people, it's a challenge to stay active during the winter months.
For people who smoke, January is a time to quit.
For people who have resolved to quit smoking, the new year’s resolution to quit marks both a challenge and an opportunity.