Housing Alexandria is hosting a “laid-back gala” next month with music, games and food.
This year, the annual fundraising event will be held Thursday, Oct. 9, from 4 to 8 p.m. at The Garden Alexandria (5380 Eisenhower Avenue) and will celebrate the nonprofit’s completion of the Cardinal Path Homes project. The project provides 36 townhomes and condos to first-time homebuyers, available via lottery.
Alexandria residents experienced internet, television and phone service disruptions Thursday after a third-party truck struck fiber lines, causing an outage affecting multiple neighborhoods across the city.
The outage began around 8 a.m. Thursday when the truck hit Xfinity’s fiber lines at the intersection of North Quaker Lane and Janney’s Lane, according to Comcast spokesman Charlie Schoenthaler.
Alexandria finds itself at the center of a housing market dynamic where federal downsizing has increased the number of residents putting homes on the market, while falling mortgage rates could boost buyer demand.
The White House told federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget instructed agencies to consider “a reduction in force” for programs “not consistent with the President’s priorities,” according to The Associated Press. Unlike previous shutdowns, where workers were furloughed and returned, this would permanently eliminate positions.
This week, AlexRenew is inspecting the Potomac Interceptor Sewer within Jones Point Park along the waterfront in Old Town.
AlexRenew will conduct video inspections and run bypass pumps along the Potomac Interceptor Sewer in the park, the wastewater treatment authority announced on social media.
When Alexandria residents want to know what’s happening in their community, they turn to ALXnow. Since launching in 2019, the local news site has become the go-to source for everything from City Council updates to restaurant openings, building a loyal readership of more than 250,000 engaged monthly visitors.
But here’s what many local business owners don’t realize: That same platform that keeps Alexandrians informed can also help promote your business to the community that matters most.
Good morning, Alexandria! Today is Thursday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2025. There are 97 days left in the year.
⛈️ Today’s weather: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 a.m. and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82°F. South wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
An Alexandria woman died Tuesday night after being struck by a hit-and-run driver and then by a responding police officer in Hybla Valley, the Fairfax County Police Department announced.
Trina Jones, 62, of Alexandria, was crossing Richmond Highway at Belford Drive, just outside the Mount Vernon Crossroads shopping center, when a southbound driver hit her around 8:39 p.m., according to a police news release. One of the officers responding to the scene then struck Jones while driving a marked police cruiser, the Fairfax County Police Department said.
City Manager James F. Parajon announced Wednesday the appointment of Paul Stoddard as the new director of the Department of Planning and Zoning.
Stoddard brings experience as a city planner and will officially assume the role Monday.
Following Tuesday’s story about DASH hiring policies not prohibiting sex offenders, the transit agency has placed two employees on the Virginia State Police registry on administrative leave to “assess the rigor of our recruitment standards and ensure we meet the highest standards in providing safe, fair, and accessible transit to our community.”
ALXnow looked into DASH’s hiring practices after the Alexandria School Board discussed safety concerns about a proposal to transport Alexandria City High School students on DASH buses starting next school year.
The Alexandria General District Court held a preliminary hearing on Wednesday on the eviction lawsuit against the owners of a popular Beer Garden in Del Ray.
In late August, Jeremy Barber and Justus Frank, the owners of The Garden (1503 Mount Vernon Avenue) filed a lawsuit in the Alexandria Circuit Court against their landlord, who listed the property available for rent on Sept. 1. The landlord, Twenty-Third Street Corridor LLC, then filed an eviction lawsuit in General District Court. Barber and Frank want both cases heard simultaneously and contend that their case was filed before their landlord. The pair is trying to get their landlord’s case dismissed, and all parties will go back to General District Court on Friday, Oct. 10, Barber told ALXnow.
Alexandria-based Aslin Beer Co. announced on Monday that it is merging with New York City’s Torch & Crown Brewing Company to form Driven Collective, a move that positions the 10-year-old local brewery as the production hub for an expanded East Coast operation.
The merger comes as the craft beer industry faces widespread closures and consolidation, with Aslin and Torch taking what they call a “contrarian approach” focused on controlled growth and vertical integration, according to Brewbound and DCBeer.com.
