Around Town

ALXnow Daily Debrief for Oct 10, 2025

By Ryan Belmore

Good Friday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Oct 10, 2025.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Finn and Fire to replace Kismet in Old Town (1330 views)
  2. 32-townhome project in Old Town returns to BAR in November (721 views)
  3. Traffic Alert: Lanes closed due to vehicle fire on I-95 near Eisenhower Avenue (628 views)
  4. What’s happening this weekend in Alexandria: Oct. 9-13 (415 views)

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. ‘Beyond disqualifying’: Jay Jones controversy jolts Virginia’s pivotal 2025 elections (9885 views)
  2. Alexandria man charged with abduction, assault after ice cream dispute (8078 views)
  3. Grocery store opens inside Del Ray Farmhouse Market and Garden (7081 views)
  4. Alexandria-area bakery lands Capital One Arena pretzel contract (5045 views)
  5. Finn and Fire to replace Kismet in Old Town (3280 views)
  6. Alexandria activist group plans 1,200-person protest along Route 1 as part of national ‘No Kings’ movement (3090 views)
  7. Alexandria Police locate missing 24-year-old woman (2369 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌧️ Saturday’s forecast

Showers are possible before 11am and after 2pm, with mostly cloudy conditions and a high near 69°F. There’s a 30% chance of precipitation and an east wind at 5-8 mph. On Saturday night, showers are likely after 2am, accompanied by a cloudy sky and a low around 60°F. There’s a 70% chance of precipitation, with new amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, and a northeast wind at 8-13 mph with gusts up to 21 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
– Lyndon B. Johnson

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Alexandria!

About the Author

  • Ryan Belmore is a journalist based in Alexandria, Virginia. He served as Publisher of ALXnow from March to October 2025. He can be reached at [email protected].