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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Nov 21, 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 — Nov 21, 2025.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Morning Poll: Who’s having more fun, Alexandria or Arlington? (953 views)
  2. Facing financial decline, Alexandria releases new draft plan for economic growth (597 views)
  3. Maryland-based valet company proposes new service in Old Town (360 views)
  4. Alexandria Weekend Guide: Tree Lighting, cat yoga and turkey trots (356 views)

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

  1. Living in mold and disrepair, ARHA tenants decry unsafe living conditions, neglect (8688 views)
  2. UPDATED: APD arrests suspect following Sunday night Arlandria stabbing (5864 views)
  3. Alexandria Cider Festival brings tastings, food trucks to Old Town this weekend (3915 views)
  4. LaPluma cafe gets more seating and longer hours in Old Town, after neighbors rally support (2978 views)
  5. National Science Foundation will stay in Carlyle, retaining hundreds of jobs (2823 views)
  6. Akeno Sushi plans late November opening in Old Town (2534 views)
  7. Alexandria staff zero in on options to prevent displacement and preserve affordable housing (2303 views)
  8. AFD extinguishes fire at Landmark high-rise, transporting two residents to hospital (2222 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 10am, after which the sky will gradually clear up, resulting in a mostly sunny day with a high near 56 degrees. A north wind at 6-8 mph is expected, and there is a 40% chance of precipitation. The night will be partly cloudy, with temperatures dropping to around 36 degrees. The north wind at 5 mph will become calm in the evening. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

🌅 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.