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The public is invited to discuss more than a dozen transportation improvement projects that have major implications in Alexandria’s West End.

The West End Transportation Improvements Projects Open House will be held Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5-8 p.m. at the Alexandria City High School Minnie Howard Campus (3775 W. Braddock Road). Residents will be able to discuss multiple projects with city staff.


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Bishop Ireton High School is looking to make improvements to its athletic facilities at its Fannon Field.

The Catholic Diocese of Arlington is asking the city for permission to expand the school’s track from four lanes to six, add concessions and storage buildings, more bleacher seating and a new turf field.


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The Alexandria City Council will appoint an interim independent policing auditor at its meeting tonight (Oct. 27).

The interim auditor to investigate allegations of police misconduct will be revealed at City Council’s meeting at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center (4850 Mark Center Drive).


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Elected officials are considering major organizational changes for the Alexandria City School Board, including increasing pay for its members by 87% starting on Jan. 1, 2028.

Earlier this month, the School Board discussed increasing member pay from $15,000 to $28,000 on Jan. 1, 2028, and then by $5,000 every July 1 until members make $43,000 (a 187% total raise) in the 2031 fiscal year.


Around Town

Heroes, villains and all in-between marched to the Alexandria City High School zombie band at Del Ray’s 30th annual Halloween parade on Sunday.

Thousands turned out for what USA Today has dubbed one of the 10 best Halloween parades in the country. The weather was crisp and cool, about 65 degrees and considerably cooler in the shade.


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Alexandria has hired Heather McGaffin as director of its Department of Emergency and Customer Communications.

McGaffin, who worked most recently as the director of the District of Columbia’s Office of Unified Communications, will officially succeed the retiring Renee Gordon on Jan. 4, 2027, according to the city.


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The family of a 32-year-old man who died in Alexandria Police Department custody last summer has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the officers involved in his arrest.

The family of Allan Tucker II is asking the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for relief against the City of Alexandria and two officers involved in his arrest and death on Aug. 15, 2025.


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The Alexandria City Council unanimously and without discussion approved a sweeping plan to expand athletic facilities and field lighting to St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in the city’s West End.

Council approved the plan on Saturday (Oct. 17) to add a new 1,500-square-foot concessions building with bathrooms, bleachers, a 715-square-foot, open-air covered pavilion, a new 770-square-foot storage shed and press box as well as eight, 85-foot-tall field lights at the school’s Kelleher and Moss fields.


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The United States Maritime Foundation is poised to take over operation of the Tall Ship Providence and its floating pier at Waterfront Park in Old Town Alexandria next month, allowing waterfront tours and educational programming to resume.

Marion Smith, president of the foundation, told ALXnow that his organization will officially sign paperwork taking over responsibility for the pier and ship in early November.


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A 24-year-old D.C. man faces felony theft and attempted malicious wounding charges after allegedly breaking into and stealing multiple vehicles in residential parking lots in Alexandria’s West End.

In one case, he allegedly unleashed pepper spray at a vehicle owner.


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More details have been released regarding a 21-year-old Alexandria man held without bond after a stabbing in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.

In recently-released court documents, the Alexandria Police Department says that Jelzon Garcia Gonzales admitted to doing a “dumb thing” by stabbing a man early Sept. 15 outside a convenience store in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.


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