Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with temperatures reaching near 63 degrees and calm wind turning southeast at about 6 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night brings a slight chance of showers accompanied by mostly cloudy conditions and a low around 51 degrees, while light southeast wind lingers. Precipitation probability stands at 20%.
🚨 You need to know
The Sportrock Climbing Center (5308 Eisenhower Avenue) in Alexandria was featured on a 60 Minutes program about rock climbers with Parkinson’s Disease.
The story focused on a group of rock climbers in a group called Upending Parkinson’s, a group of people with Parkinson’s who use rock climbing as a way of improving balance, mobility and more, while also finding community with others who are struggling with the disease.
The group was founded by Molly Donelan-Cupka, the director of Sportrock Climbing Centers, Alexandria, in 2012. While Parkinson’s affects mobility and speech, many in the group are able to overcome those obstacles to scale cliff faces in the gym and around the region.
📈 Monday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Nov 18, 2024.
- ‘Friends to Lovers Bookstore’ and two others to close after fire in Old Town (3040 views)
- City Council approves pilot closure of 200 block of King Street in Old Town (2416 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
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