The Alexandria City Council is set to take the next steps in amending its noise ordinance to ban gas-powered leaf blowers.
The proposed changes will be introduced during the council’s May 13 legislative meeting and will move forward for further consideration.
Meet your new best friend, Molly – this week’s adoptable dog of the week!
Molly is an 8-year-old female mixed-breed available for adoption from the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA).
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce will honor local first responders and community leaders at its Community Champions Honors event on May 22.
Inova Health System is presenting the ceremony, which will take place at Belle Haven Country Club from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Teaching kids is challenging, and on Thursday (May 8) Alexandria City Public Schools named two of its best the principal and teacher of the year.
School Board Chair Michelle Rief and Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt presented the awards to Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School Principal Suzanne M. Hess and James K. Polk Elementary School third-grade teacher Sharon Phox.
What started as a simple policy change has erupted into a full-blown fight over the First Amendment in Alexandria City Public Schools.
Facing backlash from city leaders, the Alexandria School Board officially went back to the drawing board Thursday night (May 8), by announcing that its intended policy changes on the oversight of Alexandria City High School’s student publications have been put on hold. The announcement was made as more than a dozen student journalists held signs and demanded their editorial independence from ACPS administrators. So far, their Voices Unbound plan has the backing of City Council members and Mayor Alyia Gaskins.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: Showers, mainly before 5 p.m. High near 64 degrees. North wind 6 to 9 mph. The chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch are possible. Scattered showers tonight, mainly before 7 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49 degrees. Northwest wind around 7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 30%.
Alexandria’s economic leaders and city officials are charting a new course for the city’s economic future at the Alexandria Economic Summit, which began at 3 pm on Thursday (May 8) at the Westin Alexandria.
The summit, described as a continuation of similar efforts from 2007, brings together city leaders, business representatives, and economic development experts to create a comprehensive strategy for Alexandria’s growth.
Alexandria’s Commonwealth Attorney Bryan Porter isn’t facing opposition this November.
In fact, Porter has never faced opposition in any of his elections. He took office in 2014 and spent his first two years consumed with the prosecution of Alexandria serial killer Charles Severance. Porter later wrote a book about the experience.
Your stretchy pants are about to get a workout, because the Taste of Del Ray is returning June 1 (Sunday).
More than a dozen Del Ray restaurants are participating in the 16th annual event, which will run from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Recreation Center fields (2701 Commonwealth Avenue).
According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, drivers on Interstate 395 near the Pentagon on Friday and Saturday night can expect traffic shifts in both directions.
The work is part of a project to repair joints and other “minor” repairs at several bridges on I-395.
There are only 40 days left until the June 17 Democratic primary for Virginia lieutenant governor and attorney general, and early votes are trickling in in Alexandria.
Early voting started on May 2, and 7,309 mail-in ballots were sent to early voters, according Alexandria’s election dashboard. So far, 71 Alexandria residents have cast in-person ballots, and 19 have returned mail-in ballots.
