The date has been set for the ribbon cutting for a new vintage gift shop in Del Ray.
Stardust Vintage & Gift (1904 Mount Vernon Avenue) will formally be unveiled to the world at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14. The event will include a continental breakfast, cake, and a toast to the business’s good fortune.
Alexandria City Councilman Canek Aguirre is stepping into a new role as Vice President of the Virginia Transit Association (VTA). His election, which took place at the VTA’s 48th Annual Conference and Expo in Richmond, was unanimous.
According to its website, the VTA provides public education and legislative advocacy to support public transportation systems throughout the Commonwealth. The VTA has 125+ total members, which include transit properties, businesses, regional entities, and non-profit and organizational associate members.
The list including the City of Alexandria as a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction,” has been removed from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) website.
President Donald J. Trump’s administration initially published the list, which included hundreds of communities across thirty-five states and the District of Columbia, on Thursday (May 29). At some point over the weekend, the list was unpublished from the website. The list included multiple errors, like listing localities multiple times, and incorrectly listing towns with small populations as cities.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 76 degrees. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning. Mostly clear tonight, with a low around 55 degrees. Calm wind.
A 35-year-old man from Fairfax County is facing several charges linked to two separate assaults near Alexandria Metro stations last Friday evening (May 30).
Jeffrey Gary has been arrested and charged with assault and battery, sexual battery, and two counts of abduction with force, according to officials at a joint press conference on Monday.
Good Saturday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 73 degrees. West wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50%.
A Tornado Watch is in effect until midnight tonight (May 30 – June 1) for Alexandria and surrounding communities.
The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Watch at 5:02 p.m. on Friday (May 30). A Flood Watch also remains in effect from 7 p.m. through late night.
What a week we just had in Alexandria!
Here’s our recap of everything worth talking and reading about over the past week in the Port City. This week, Alexandria was named a Sanctuary Jurisdiction by the Trump administration, a distinction Mayor Alyia Gaskins said “wrongly targets and mischaracterizes Alexandria and dismisses core principles that make up the foundation of our democracy.”
Two people were transported to Inova Alexandria Hospital this afternoon (May 30) after a two-car crash at N. Van Dorn Street and W. Braddock Road.
The crash between a black truck and a gray vehicle was reported at around 12:30 p.m. and briefly shut down the intersection. One of the people transported to the hospital complained of arm, back and abdominal pain, but was walking and alert, according to dispatches with first responders.
The Alexandria Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in locating Justice Burch, a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for over two months.
Justice was last spotted on Friday evening, March 28, 2025. She’s 4 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 90 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair.
Alexandria City Public Schools is welcoming Jerylen Lavender Daniels as the new principal of Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School (535 Ferdinand Day Drive), starting June 16, 2025.
Daniels isn’t new to Tucker; she has been the assistant principal since 2021.
