Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤 Today’s weather: Sunny. Mild. High of 74 and low of 45.
⛅ Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. Pleasantly warm. High of 86 and low of 50. Sunrise at 6:25 am and sunset at 7:49 pm.
🚨 You need to know
The Old Town Festival of Speed & Style will roll back into Alexandria next month.
Zebra reported the car show will return on Sunday, May 21, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
It’s the festival’s fourth annual outing. The show brings over 100 rare cars, from antiques to racing vehicles, to lower King Street.
The event is free and open to the public, but all proceeds from activities in the festival will go to local nonprofits ALIVE! and the Campagna Center.
📈 Tuesday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Apr 18, 2023.
- Four ACPS schools placed in ‘secure the building mode’ today (3939 views)
- Notes: Police say ‘subjects detained’ in Monday’s shootings (1615 views)
- ACPS: Broken water pipe shuts down three Alexandria schools (622 views)
- Alexandria City Council asks: How long should new developments pay for their local impact? (556 views)
🗞 Other local coverage
- Galactic Panther in Old Town Alexandria Hosts Opening Reception for Contemporary Art Exhibit April 22
Zebra (Tuesday @ 5:03 pm)
- Hotel AKA Adds New Luxury Accomodations In Alexandria
Patch (Tuesday @ 4:02 pm)
- The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Announces their Finalists for 2023
Zebra (Tuesday @ 1:59 pm)
- YMCA Alexandria’s Healthy Kids Day A Chance To Get Active, Have Fun
Patch (Tuesday @ 12:45 pm)
- River Farm Market in Alexandria Draws Crowd
Zebra (Tuesday @ 11:48 am)
- 3 Alexandria Schools Closed Due To Water Service Issue
Patch (Tuesday @ 9:42 am)
- 2 Alexandria Gunshots Incidents In 1 Day: Persons Of Interest Found
Patch (Tuesday @ 9:23 am)
- A Healthier Alexandria through Spring2ACTion
Alexandria Living (Tuesday @ 7:59 am)
📅 Upcoming events
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Recent Stories
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Potomac Harmony is Back! Following a gap year of competing, then virtual rehearsals during the pandemic, followed by the well-earned retirement of our long-term director, a year of a director search, Potomac Harmony hit the regional contest stage in Concord, North Carolina in March for the first time since 2018! It was exhilarating, reaffirming, and rewarding!
The chorus hit all of its goals, the biggest of which was to have fun and sing our best on contest stage — we did both! Because we earned a score over 400 points, our new Director, Allison Lynskey, was awarded the Novice Director award, photo above. Additionally, one of our charter members, Jackie Bottash, was nominated for and honored with the Leadership Excellence award. It was a celebratory weekend!
What’s next? So much! We now look forward to upcoming performances, growing our membership, and expanding our musical product with new arrangements and an education component each week. It’s an exciting time to be part of this ever-growing ensemble!
Alexandria NAACP, Shiloh Baptist Church, DPC to hold City Council…
The Alexandria Branch of the NAACP, Shiloh Baptist Church, and The Departmental Progressive Club to hold the City Council Candidate Forum for ALL Candidates in the City of Alexandria Virginia. The event is Free of Charge and Open to The
