Author: Vernon Miles

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.

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Superintendent says threats reportedly issued on social media against Alexandria schools

By Vernon Miles
School buses on W. Braddock Road on Dec. 10, 2021 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt said the school division is investigating threats reported against the local school division on social media.

No schools are currently closed as a result of the threats. Kay-Wyatt said in a message to the ACPS on Monday that the threats were not school-specific and are all being reported second-hand.

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APD: Alexandria resident killed in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles
Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station, Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, one of the victims in a Braddock neighborhood shooting last night, has died.

The shooting occurred around 8:14 p.m. at 1221 Wythe Street on Thursday night. Police said Frazier and another adult victim, a 46-year-old city resident, were transported to a hospital. A third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment on the scene.

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Documentary about history of racism in Alexandria to debut at screening on Saturday

By Vernon Miles
Resolved: Never Again poster (image via Historic Alexandria/Facebook)

A documentary tracking the history of racism in Alexandria will make its debut at a screening tomorrow.

The film is Resolved: Never Again by documentary filmmaker Robin Hamilton. The 50-minute film explores “Alexandria’s history, from its role in the domestic slave trade to the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas, and the city’s ongoing efforts to confront this past.”

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Two victims reported, one in critical condition, in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles and James Cullum
Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station (staff photo by James Cullum)

Update 9/20 — One of the victims, 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, has died. Police also said a third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment at the scene.

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is responding to a shooting in the Braddock neighborhood.

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Warwick Village’s mini-roundabout getting big artistic makeover

By Vernon Miles
Public art planned for the Warwick Village mini-roundabout (image via Chalk Riot/City of Alexandria)

The mini-roundabout at the intersection of Kennedy and Hickory Streets in the Warwick Village neighborhood will be getting some artistic beautification soon.

At the same Arts Commission meeting where designs for the next Waterfront Park project debuted, the city showed off new designs for the Warwick Village intersection by art team Chalk Riot.

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Vintage market and cider bar returns to Canal Center Plaza this weekend

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Flyer for A Vintage Affair (image via Lost Boy Cider/Facebook)

A market featuring 30 vintage-focused vendors, along with live jazz accompaniment and a cider bar, is coming to Canal Center Plaza this Saturday (Sept. 21).

The market, A Vintage Affair, is hosted by Lost Boy Cider at Canal Center Plaza (44 Canal Center Plaza). The market is scheduled to run from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

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Old Town hit with foul odor, City blames ‘stronger tidal smell’

By Vernon Miles
The Alexandria waterfront along the Potomac River (staff photo by James Cullum)

Old Town, I don’t want to be rude, but you smell pretty bad.

Over the last week there’s been a particularly strong smell in the air around Old Town. Multiple conversations were overheard along King Street about the smell and one person submitted an anonymous tip about the odor.

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EXCLUSIVE: Designs for the next Waterfront Park public art project revealed

By Vernon Miles
Break Water artwork planned for Waterfront Park (image via Nekisha Durrett/City of Alexandria)

The next Waterfront Park art project is built to flood.

The next piece, the seventh in a series of public art projects at the park, is called Break Water by artist Nekisha Durrett. A presentation at the Commission for the Arts last night showed some of the first images of the project and dove into the eclectic variety of influences, including the fact that the project is designed with frequent flooding on the waterfront in mind.

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Alexandria warns of possible flooding in Old Town at high tide tonight

By Vernon Miles
Alexandria marina (image via City of Alexandria)

The City of Alexandria is warning locals to be aware of a coastal flood advisory in effect until 10 p.m. tonight.

The advisory warns of one half foot of inundation above ground level in low lying areas due to tidal flooding, particularly along Alexandria’s waterfront.

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