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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Mar 13, 2026

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 — Mar 13, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Landlord drops lawsuit against Del Ray beer garden owners (1403 views)
  2. New Falafel Inc. on Duke Street keeps Philadelphia Cheesesteak Factory menu (1011 views)
  3. Poll: The best burger spot in Alexandria (930 views)
  4. The Commodore cuts ribbon on new Old Town dive bar (603 views)

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

  1. UPDATE: Power restored after Old Town outage affecting nearly 2,000 residents (8068 views)
  2. ‘Taco Bell DC 50K’ plans return to Alexandria after hundreds run in November fast food race (5468 views)
  3. ‘Five-star dive bar’ The Commodore plans ribbon cutting in Old Town this week (4268 views)
  4. Two Alexandria chefs will compete in new season of ‘Top Chef’ (3014 views)
  5. Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge to open multiple times over next two days (2301 views)
  6. PHOTOS: St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to Old Town for 43rd year (1917 views)
  7. Despite School Board protest, City Council votes to change ACPS appropriation process (1414 views)
  8. ACPS board asks City Council to postpone resolution vote on new school funding measure (1141 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 mostly sunny skies with a high around 56 and west winds ranging from 10 to 16 mph, gusting up to 28 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy, with lows near 40. The north wind will be around 5 mph before becoming light and variable. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
– Steve Jobs

🌅 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.