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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Dec 19, 2025

By ALXnow.com

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 — Dec 19, 2025.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Baltimore woman arrested as two suspects flee from brazen Old Town yoga store theft (1035 views)
  2. One person transported to hospital after Friday apartment fire in Alexandria West (661 views)
  3. New names for ACPS sports facilities, library and courtyard receive final approval (421 views)

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

  1. Ross Dress For Less will close in Old Town next month ahead of private school conversion (4550 views)
  2. Former Washington Post journalist running unopposed to lead Alexandria Democrats (3983 views)
  3. New Old Town affordable housing building and 640-unit Potomac Yard project receive approval (3217 views)
  4. ‘Indochen’ in Cameron Station will close permanently later this month (3121 views)
  5. Alexandria police investigating November hit-and-run after driver ran over student’s foot (1968 views)
  6. Winning $50K Powerball ticket purchased at Arlandria convenience store (1760 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

Expect a mostly sunny day with a high temperature near 44 degrees, as calm winds in the morning shift to the south, ranging from 5 to 9 mph. For Saturday night, skies will be partly cloudy, with the temperature dropping to around 36 degrees and a south wind blowing between 8 to 11 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Alexandria!

About the Author

  • This is the staff byline for ALXnow, used by editors and other full-time staff. Launched in October 2019, ALXnow is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Alexandria, Virginia.