Vernon Miles is the ALXnow cofounder and editor. He's covered Alexandria since 2014 and has been with Local News Now since 2018. When he's not reporting, he can usually be found playing video games or Dungeons and Dragons with friends.
Port City is getting its own new, permanent taco spot this weekend.
La Tingeria is scheduled to have a grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 1 p.m. at Port City ( 3950 Wheeler Avenue).
The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) warned locals today another West End raccoon has tested positive for rabies.
AHD said a raccoon tested positive near Chambliss Park after an encounter with several dogs near the park.
The Alexandria Police Department (APD) announced that two Fairfax County residents have been arrested for a non-fatal double shooting in the Braddock neighborhood earlier this year.
The shooting occurred at the intersection of N. Fayette and Wythe Streets on Sept. 28. Two juveniles were shot while they sat in a parked car on Wythe Street.
Alexandria’s Workforce Development Center (4850 Mark Center Drive, 8th floor) is hosting a pop-up event this week helping locals in need access business attire.
The pop-up will offer “gently used professional attire, business casual clothing, and accessories for men and women.”
No one was injured, but a fire this weekend has shuttered three Old Town businesses.
The Friends to Lovers Bookstore opened four days ago at 103 S. St Asaph Street, and closed along with Madam Coco — Emporium and Everything Chocolate and the Little Birdies kids boutique.
Alexandria is seeking $3.5 million in state funding for a new feature that could improve bus stops across the city.
Hillary Orr, deputy director of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, said in a letter to the Transportation Commission that the city is proposing to apply for a grant from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) improvement program and the Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP).
At a City Council meeting this week, more details emerged about plans to convert the Eisenhower Valley’s long-beleaguered Victory Center into a new bastion of affordable housing.
The developer, Stonebridge, proposes to convert the long-vacant office building and part of the massive parking lot into 825 mixed-income housing units.
The Alexandria Police Department said it has arrested Rohid Hakimi, a 21-year-old non-city resident, for an attempted abduction at the Holmes Run Dog Park late last month.
According to police:
An argument over major roadway changes left City Council members, like drivers at the Duke Street and Cambridge Road intersection near Bishop Ireton High School, stuck at a messy impasse.
As the City of Alexandria’s been working through the Duke Street In Motion plans — an overhaul of Duke Street with a bigger focus on transit, cyclist and pedestrian safety — the intersection of Duke with Cambridge Road has been a sticking point.
BRABO Brasserie at 1600 King Street is getting replaced with a new location from the Midwest breakfast/brunch restaurant chain HomeGrown: A Daytime Eatery.
The restaurant is located inside the Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria, which took over the space from Lorien Hotel and Spa earlier this year.
A proposal for a new townhouse development scored a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation in spite of some tense discussion and pushback from neighbors.
The proposal would see seven new townhomes built at 5216 Seminary Road. Each home will be three stories plus a roof deck and garage, with one unit set aside as affordable.
