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New Girls Golf Program Begins at Burke Lake Golf Course
Erin Herbig of Clifton admits signing her daughters up for golf lessons was a decision to benefit the whole family, not just the girls Summer and Kolby.
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Alexandria/Mount Vernon Weekend Fun May 15-17
Events in Alexandria and Mount Vernon for the weekend of May 15-17
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Transportation Forum Discusses Options and Obstacles
High Level forum discusses regional transit options and obstacles.
Local, state and federal elected and appointed officials, business leaders, researchers and directors and staff from transportation and economic development agencies gathered on Friday morning, May 8, at the Greensboro Conference Center in he heart of Tysons.
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Treating All Students and Staff with Dignity and Respect
“The decision by the School Board to add “gender identity” to our nondiscrimination policy is to provide an environment which promotes equality where every student and employee is treated with dignity and respect. This tells our students and staff that school and the FCPS workplace are places where they can be safe from harassment and discrimination."
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Obituary: Dorothy Riley Owen
Obituary
Dorothy Riley Owen, 94, of Alexandria, died on April 30, 2015. She was the beloved wife of the late Jack S. Owen for 66 years.
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Obituary: Remembering Civil Rights Activist, Architect Melvin Miller
Architect of affordable housing dies at 83.
For nearly 60 years, Melvin Miller was a fixture in Alexandria, known as a civil rights activist and the architect of affordable housing across the city.
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Column: Why Fi?
Commentary
“That’s the dream; to have Wi-Fi in the car.” So says one of the focus group participants (“real people, not actors”) in a recent television commercial from Chevrolet. The answer is to a question asked of five adults to identify which car brand: Mercedes, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, or Toyota, includes “Built-in Wi-Fi” in their product line.
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Alexandria: 2015 Athletes of the Year
Angus King to keynote Alexandria Sportsman’s Club banquet.
Alexandria native Angus King, a former governor and current senator representing the state of Maine, will be on hand as the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club honors the city’s top high school athletes at its annual awards banquet May 19 at the Westin Hotel.
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Video Released of 2009 Officer-Involved Shooting
Dashboard camera recorded audio, not video of the shots fired.
Barrie Masters’ son David died Nov. 13, 2009. A Fairfax County Police officer shot and killed him while he sat, unarmed, and behind the wheel of his car. Last week, more than five years later, Fairfax County Police released the dashboard video from the cruiser of the officer who shot David Masters.
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Letter: Service Trumps Party Label
Letter to the Editor
We write to express our staunch, and perhaps unexpected, support for Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg in the upcoming mayoral race.
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Letter: The Choice Is Clear
Letter to the Editor
In less than four weeks residents will be able to take the first step in taking back control of their city. There is absolutely no doubt that this off-year primary election is destined to direct the future course of Alexandria for many years to come.
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Letter: Reject Option B
Letter to the Editor
The George Washington Memorial Parkway is one of finest federal parks in the Unites States that uniquely incorporates the beauty of D.C. with the marvels of nature.
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Letter: Steady Leadership
Letter to the Editor
In the upcoming Democratic Primary for mayor it is imperative that Silberberg not be elected.
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Letter: Unnecessary, Unaffordable
Letter to the Editor
When a Metro site was envisioned 40 years ago for the Potomac Yard, there were no Metros stations in Alexandria. Now we have a passel. And near each today, there are vacancies aplenty. These vacancies exist despite lower property tax rates than planned for the Potomac Yard Metro.
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Letter: West End Traffic
Letter to the Editor
The April 30 - May 6 edition of the Gazette Packet ignored the "development" that's been underway in Alexandria for over a year regarding Eisenhower West End Small Area Planning. See www.alexandriava.gov/EisenhowerWest.
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Letter: Appoint Ombudsman
Letter to the Editor
The mayor’s Ad-Hoc Monitoring Group for Waterfront Construction continues to identify the many adverse things that might happen to property near one of the six future construction sites on the waterfront. Ironically, they are doing all this without the assistance or advice of the City Attorney’s Office, which refuses to assist committees not appointed by the City Council. In other words, they refuse to speak to the very citizens who pay their salaries .... a sad commentary, at best.
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Letter: Protect Parkway
Letter to the Editor
The City of Alexandria is about to choose their preferred alternative for a new Metro stop.
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Merrily ‘Rolling Along’
Cappies Review
When we're young, we're naïve. We're innocent. We're dreamers, and lovers, and most importantly friends. The world is at our feet, and we think nothing will ever get in the way of our relationships or our dreams.
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Letter: A Call For Justice
Letter to the Editor
I am Barrie Masters, a retired Army Colonel and father of David Alan Masters who was killed by a Fairfax County police officer on a rainy afternoon, Nov. 13, 2009, while sitting in his Chevrolet Blazer stopped at a traffic light on Route 1 and Fort Hunt Road in Fairfax County.