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For Rent in Alexandria: March 25, 2021

Published March 25, 2021 at 12:00PM

This week in Alexandria, there are more than 250 properties available to rent, according to Homesnap, including 97 rentals listed in the past month.

These range from a $6.9K/month two-bedroom fully furnished penthouse in The Oronoco to a $1.4K/month “junior” one-bedroom apartment across from Holmes Run Creek.

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BREAKING: Man rams car into Verizon Store near Potomac Yard

By ALXnow.com

Published March 22, 2021 at 3:00PM | Updated March 22, 2021 at 3:51PM

(Updated 3:15 p.m.) Police and fire department are at 2920 Richmond Highway after a driver apparently crashed his vehicle into the building then left the scene.

There are no injuries reported yet, according to Alexandria Fire Department spokeswoman Raytevia Evans.

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Just In: Vice President Visits Old Town Shop Fibre Space

By ALXnow.com

Published March 3, 2021 at 2:30PM | Updated March 4, 2021 at 10:46AM

Danielle Romanetti (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo via fibre space)

Updated at 2:30 p.m. — Vice President Kamala Harris managed to stitch a visit to Old Town knitting store fibre space (1319 Prince Street) into the day’s agenda.

It was the vice president’s first official visit to a small business since she took office in January. Harris spoke for more than a half hour with owner Danielle Romanetti and her staff about the impact of the pandemic and the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that’s working its way through the U.S. Senate.

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Help ALXnow Better Serve Alexandria

By ALXnow.com

Published February 26, 2021 at 3:30PM

ALXnow needs your help in order to better serve the Alexandria community.

No more than once a year, ALXnow conducts a reader survey. The eight-question 2021 ALXnow Reader Survey should take no more than 5 minutes to fill out, but will have a big impact on the site.

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Alexandria Health Department Director: How Do We Prevent a Second Wave of COVID-19 in Alexandria?

By ALXnow.com

Published November 18, 2020 at 11:30AM | Updated November 18, 2020 at 2:26PM

The following Letter to the Editor was written by Dr. Stephen Haering, Alexandria’s Health Department Director.

One of the most common questions we receive at Alexandria Health Department (AHD) is how to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 in our community. To start, we need to acknowledge some hard truths, including that we never truly left the first wave.

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Poll: Thanksgiving Plans Amid the Pandemic

By ALXnow.com

Published November 10, 2020 at 5:00PM

Thanksgiving is only three weeks away, and with coronavirus on the rise in much of the country, plans for the holiday are in flux.

The usual gatherings of family and friends are now subject to a calculation: is a big turkey dinner worth the risk of contracting a potentially deadly or debilitating disease?

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BREAKING: Shooting Suspect In Custody, Police Announce

By ALXnow.com

Published October 26, 2020 at 11:10PM

Virginia State Police say Mitchell D. Thompson, a 26-year-old Alexandria resident, turned himself in.

“He is in police custody and being processed on the felony warrant for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,” said VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller. “Additional charges are pending, as the investigation remains ongoing at this time.”

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BREAKING: Massive Power Outage Reported in Alexandria

By ALXnow.com

Published October 23, 2020 at 8:25PM | Updated October 26, 2020 at 12:19AM

Thousands of Alexandria residents are in the dark Friday night due to a massive power outage.

At 8 p.m., the utility company was reporting over 12,750 customers without power. As of 8:20 p.m., that number had gone down to 6,846.

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Restaurants and Other Businesses for Sale in Alexandria

By ALXnow.com

Published September 22, 2020 at 3:45PM

It’s a tough time for many, but there are also opportunities.

We took a look through Alexandria listings of the website BizBuySell and found a number of businesses for sale. Many are restaurants, which have been heavily impacted the last several months due to the pandemic.

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Poll: How is the School Year Going So Far in Alexandria?

By ALXnow.com

Published September 16, 2020 at 1:15PM

Students learning at home during the COVID-19 shutdown (Photo via ACPS/Facebook)

With kids in virtual classrooms, ALXnow wants to know how the community feels about the school year so far.

The Alexandria City Public School Board voted in July for a virtual school year, and the school system spent considerable time training staff and working with the community in the days leading up the the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Students started officially participating in the Virtual+ model with Chromebooks,

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Numerous Restaurants and Other Businesses for Sale in Alexandria

By ALXnow.com

Published September 15, 2020 at 1:15PM | Updated September 22, 2020 at 3:19PM

It’s a tough time for many businesses around the city, but there are also opportunities.

We took a look through Alexandria listings of the website BizBuySell and found a number of businesses for sale. Many of the businesses are restaurants, which have taken a significant hit in the last several months due to the pandemic.