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Head of the Class in Alexandria

New members to join three incumbents on ACPS School Board.

Halloween Parade

Column: Racial Injustice Is Violence

Develop evidence-based actions to protect dignity and humanity of Black and brown lives.

Racial justice

Letter: School Board Needs Willie Bailey

School Board

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To the Rescue in Alexandria

3,000 coats to help kids in need.

Coat donations

Plea for Refugee Assistance in Alexandria

Donate to help refugees and their families who are still in Afghanistan.

Refugee Assistance

Voters to Determine Direction of City

Republican Annetta Catchings challenges incumbent Democrat Justin Wilson for mayor.

The race for mayor comes down to a simple question: Are Alexandria voters happy with the direction of the city or not?

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APPETITE in Alexandria

Off the Menu: Restaurant News and Notes

Restaurants

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ASC to Host Andre Collins

20th annual Football Night to be held Oct. 20.

Football speaker

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Female Stranger Remains a Mystery

Cryptic crypt continues to confound city.

Female Stranger

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They’re Back …For Now in Alexandria

Fractured Council votes 4-3 to temporarily restore SROs.

SRO

ALIVE! Walkathon

ALIVE! Walkathon

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Violence Awareness

And Chaos for Those Who Live on Lee Street

Lee Street

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The Great Pumpkin Patch

Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill sale benefits local charities.

Pumpkins

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Contaminated Legacy

From slave plantation to industrial pollution, a hidden history of North Old Town.

The shuttered power plant dominating the landscape in North Old Town has layers of industrial pollution, a hidden history buried under the contaminated soil of the Potomac River Generating Station. Even before the coal-fired power plant was constructed in 1949, the property was home to the American Chlorophyll Company and Potomac River Clay Works. That means the long and complicated task known as "remediating" the property could mean removing everything from coal ash and mercury to industrial fertilizer and hazardous metals.