Alexandria: People At Work
Store combines exotic plants and comics since 1974.
The front window of Exotic Planterium and Card and Comic Book Collectorama on Mount Vernon Avenue is crowded with plants of all varieties.
Letter to the Editor: A Money-Losing Program in Alexandria
The Gazette Packet article about Alexandria’s money-losing bike share program is emblematic of our anti-entrepreneurial, tax-and-spend City Council.
Letter to the Editor: Alexandria Ignoring Own Advisory Groups?
A great number of Alexandria’s citizens have already voiced their concerns as to the City Council’s decision to move the Appomattox statue from its current position at the intersection at Washington and Prince to a little grass patch fronting the Lyceum.
Alexandria: Sites of Conscience
New exhibit comes to Alexandria Black History Museum.
Robert Sanabria had over 650 paintings, mainly of concentration camps, slave quarters and insane asylums, and no idea what to do with them.
Alexandria: Jingle Bell Rock 5K to raise arthritis awareness.
It is the leading cause of disability in the United States, with more than 53 million Americans being affected by some form of arthritis.
Goodwin House of Alexandria Residents Share Memories of Thanksgiving
Residents at Goodwin House on Fillmore Street in Alexandria shared memories of Thanksgiving traditions.
Springfield: Key Center Teacher Publishes Counting Book
If Barney, the big purple dinosaur, motivates one of his students to learn to count, Ka’ala Rapoza won’t stand in the way. But Rapoza, 37, also recognizes the need to balance age-appropriate teaching tools with the skill being learned.
Fairfax County: Commonwealth’s Attorney Begins Review of FCPD Report on Deputy-Involved INOVA Shooting
Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh said he has received the completed criminal investigation from Fairfax County Police into the Aug. 15 fatal shooting of Yovani Amaya Gomez, 29, by Fairfax County Sheriff’s Deputy MDS Patrick McPartlin outside Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Serving the Poor a Thanksgiving Meal in Alexandria
While many people will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family, others have no one to spend it with – much less a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings.
Preparing Thanksgiving Baskets in Alexandria
Preparing Thanksgiving Baskets in Alexandria
Alexandria: Cider City
Sipping cider’s history.
From hand-cranked wooden presses to the tab at an Old Town pub, hard cider has a long history in Alexandria.
Alexandria: North Ridge Annual Community Tree Sale
The North Ridge Citizens Association has teamed up for more than 25 years with Almost Heavenly Christmas Trees to bring fresh trees for the community’s Annual Community Christmas Tree Sale.
‘Open Doors to Independence’ in Alexandria
Community Lodgings hosts second annual breakfast.
Community Lodgings hosted its second annual "Open Doors to Independence" Breakfast at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Old Town on Oct. 20.
‘Read Across Alexandria’
The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with the Alexandria City Public Schools and Alexandria Fire Department for “Read Across Alexandria,” a new initiative to bring guest readers into classrooms to read to elementary school students.
Corrections to Alexandria Gazette Packet
Corrections to Alexandria Gazette Packet
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