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Notes: Alexandria High School Senior wins National Merit Scholarship

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Alexandria City High School (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Good morning, Alexandria! 👋 Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2025. There are 154 days left in the year.

☀️ Today’s weather: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98 degrees. Heat index values as high as 107 degrees. Calm wind becoming south around six mph in the afternoon. Mostly clear tonight, with a low around 77 degrees. South wind around five mph, becoming calm in the evening.

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Notes: Alexandria’s 11% drop in homelessness at risk under Trump order, Mayor Gaskins tells NPR

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Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins in Council Chambers, April 8, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Good morning, Alexandria! 👋 Today is Tuesday, July 29, the 210th day of 2025. There are 155 days left in the year.

☀️ Today’s weather: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97 degrees. Heat index values as high as 104. Light and variable wind. Partly cloudy tonight, with a low around 77 degrees. Light south wind.

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Friendship Fire Company festival returns Saturday to mark 251st anniversary

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Friendship Firehouse Festival (photo via Friendship Firehouse Museum/Facebook)

The Friendship Fire Company will mark its 251st anniversary with its annual community festival Saturday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 100 block of South Alfred Street.

The free, family-friendly event at the Friendship Firehouse Museum, 107 S. Alfred St., will feature fire safety education, demonstrations of Alexandria Fire Department equipment, and interactive activities for children.

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Penny Post to celebrate ‘Stationery Store Day’ on Saturday

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Penny Post Celebrates Stationery Store Day with Special Promotions and Community Fun (via Penny Post)

Penny Post, an independent stationery store in Alexandria, will celebrate Stationery Store Day on Saturday with special promotions and community activities.

The shop at 1201 King St. will offer exclusive swag bags worth more than $50 to the first 100 customers who spend $50 or more, starting at 10 a.m. The bags will contain premium paper goods and additional surprises.

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Pulitzer winner to speak on political violence at Alexandria lynching remembrance

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Remembrance Event for Benjamin Thomas (via City of Alexandria)

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn will address political violence and democracy at a remembrance event for Benjamin Thomas, a Black man lynched in Alexandria 126 years ago.

The Aug. 8 event at Shiloh Baptist Church, located at 1401 Jamieson Ave., will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m., with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. The program marks the anniversary of Thomas’ death on Aug. 8, 1899.

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Notes: Aces trail 1-0 in Championship Series, host crucial game 2 tonight

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Alexandria Aces schedule (via Alexandria Aces)

Good Monday morning, Alexandria! 👋 Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2025. There are 156 days left in the year.

☀️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 95 degrees. Heat index values as high as 103. North wind 3 to 5 mph. Mostly clear tonight, with a low around 76 degrees. Calm wind.

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Aces advance to championship series, host game Monday

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Photo of Alexandria Aces advancing to 2025 Cal Ripken Sr. League Championship Series (Photo provided by Newport Gulls)

The Alexandria Aces advanced to the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League championship series for the fourth time in five years after sweeping the Olney Cropdusters in the semifinals.

The best-of-three championship series against top-seeded Bethesda Big Train begins tonight at 7 p.m. at Shirley Povich Field in Bethesda, Md. Game 2 is Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Frank Mann Field in Alexandria, with a potential Game 3 Tuesday back in Bethesda if necessary.

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Governor Youngkin continues Alexandria appointments with three more state board selections

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks speaks at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus ribbon cutting, Feb. 28, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday (July 18) that three more Alexandria residents have been selected for state board positions, continuing a notable trend of Northern Virginia appointments that has seen at least 14 Alexandria locals named to state roles in recent weeks.

The latest appointees include Scott Kopple, Senior Director of Government Relations at BWX Technologies, Inc., who will serve on the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority. BWX Technologies is a major supplier of nuclear components and fuel to U.S. Navy and commercial nuclear power programs.

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Notes: Free Army Band concert ‘Musical Mosaic’ tonight at Schlesinger Center

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The U.S. Army Band In Concert (via Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center)

Good Friday morning, Alexandria!

🗓️ Today is Friday, July 18, the 199th day of 2025. There are 166 days left in the year. Alexandria native and Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles turns 28 today.

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