Alexandria Letter: Shopping Cart’s Return
Letter to the Editor
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I noticed an abandoned shopping cart behind Jefferson-Houston School, so after a few days I dragged it home and called the city’s service line.
Alexandria Snapshot: Memorial Day Jazz Festival
The Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities held a Memorial Day Jazz Festival at the Lee Center in Alexandria. Local bands such as the Nitehawks and the U.S. Navy Band Commodores performed a variety of music and food trucks catered to audiences outside the venue. Visit AlexandriaVA.gov/Recreation for a calendar of upcoming events.
Alexandria Commentary: Summer Living In Old Town
Trends and tips to keep cool.
Summer living is easy except when it’s not. Trying to beat the heat of a Virginia summer sometimes feels like an effort in futility. This year it doesn’t have to be. The latest trends are guaranteed to make your summer as cool — literally and figuratively — as possible. Summer living is easy except when it’s not. Trying to beat the heat of a Virginia summer sometimes feels like an effort in futility. This year it doesn’t have to be. The latest trends are guaranteed to make your summer as cool — literally and figuratively — as possible.
Alexandria Snapshot: Hometown Hero
Miller, who has lived in Del Ray for over 30 years, is often described as the “unofficial mayor of Del Ray.”
City Takes Control of Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory
Temporary measure met with cautious optimism by artists.
On the surface of Alexandria’s arts community, but in the depths of city bureaucracy, major changes are underway at the Torpedo Factory, the arts facility right at the heart of Alexandria’s waterfront.
Alexandria: Saluting Veterans
Market Square D-Day Commemoration
In remembrance of D-Day’s 72nd Anniversary, a commemoration ceremony was held at Market Square in Alexandria on Saturday, June 4.
Alexandria Commentary: Returning Citizen or Just Plain Citizen
Returning After Incarceration
Securing a job, renting an apartment, voting in an election: things people without a felony conviction do with relative ease.
Alexandria: Reach and Rise for Excellence
At Hammond Middle School.
The sky is truly the limit for the student participants of the Reach and Rise for Excellence (RARE) Program at Francis Hammond Middle School
Alexandria: Teacher Retires After 40 Years
Cecelia Snyder leaves Old Town Montessori School.
After 20 years of teaching 3-6-year-olds at the Old Town Montessori School on S. Columbus Street and serving as its administrative director, Snyder is retiring.
Alexandria: Irreverent Update of Anton Chekhov's ‘The Seagull’
Port City Playhouse presents "Stupid F#@*ing Bird."
The Port City Playhouse is presenting "Stupid F#@*ing Bird" by Aaron Posner June 10-25 in Alexandria.
Alexandria Appetite: Port City’s Derecho Storms Back Into Town
Brewery is hosting annual release party on Friday and Saturday.
The origins of one of Port City Brewing’s most popular beers came from a rather unfortunate situation.
Alexandria: TC Girls' Soccer to Face Battlefield for 6A North Championship
Freshman Bates' 2 goals lead Titans past Oakton in region semifinals.
The T.C. Williams girls' soccer team will face two-time defending state champion Battlefield tonight.
Alexandria: Remembering D-Day
Caen Sister Cities committee to commemorate 72nd anniversary.
It was 80 years ago when Bill McNamara joined the National Guard in 1936. He was just 15 years old then and by the time he was 23, he was the youngest major in Europe, working for the Stars and Stripes newspaper and leading a six-man detachment across Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944.
Alexandria: Trial of City Council Underway
City faces allegations of corruption in rezoning case.
329 N. Washington St. is a quintessential Old Town mansion. It’s a historic, four-story home facing the George Washington Parkway on one side and the the cobblestone Princess Street on the other. Unlike most Old Town homes, however, the property is currently at the heart of a lawsuit against the City Council with allegations of corruption within City Hall.
Alexandria Veterans Honor Fallen Comrades and Retiring Commander
Lost but not forgotten.
There’s some laughter and chatting around the American Legion headquarters under Gatsby’s Tavern, but a heavy mood still weighs over the room.
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