Good morning, Alexandria! Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2025. There are 203 days left in the year.
☀️ Today’s weather: Widespread haze after 8 a.m. Sunny, with a high near 88 degrees. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Mostly clear tonight, with a low around 67 degrees. Light south wind.
Alexandria City Council is set to hold a public hearing on Saturday, June 14, at 9:30 a.m. to tackle various city matters.
The council will review special use permit requests, including one for an additional drive-through at the McDonald’s on S Van Dorn Street and another for a vehicle towing service on Colvin Street.
With six candidates on the ballot, the June 17 Democratic contest for lieutenant governor is the second most-crowded statewide primary in modern Virginia history.
If history is any guide, a congested primary can generate uncertainty and makes it possible that someone can claim the nomination with considerably less than a majority of votes cast.
With a years-long renovation breaking ground this summer, the move-out dates have been set for staff at George Mason Elementary School (2601 Cameron Mills Road).
Staff began packing up in early May, according to ACPS, and the main move, a 3.5-mile relocation to the building at 1703 N. Beauregard Street, is scheduled for June 16-20. The newly renovated George Mason Elementary is planned to reopen for students in August 2027.
With 167 senior residents and a police officer being forced out of the Ladrey Senior High-Rise by the end of the year, Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority CEO Erik C. Johnson says there’s actually an opportunity to capitalize on the situation.
“This comes down to whether or not the city is going to support seniors the way that we want to support seniors,” Johnson told ALXnow. “We’re not asking the city to finance it, nor is the city taking a first position loss in the event that something goes wrong.”
Get your lawn chairs ready, because Alexandria’s birthday celebration is right around the corner.
On Saturday, July 12, the city will celebrate its 276th and the U.S.’s 249th birthdays along the waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park (100 Madison Street). The free party includes food trucks, live performances by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, appearances by the town crier, poet laureate, and Mayor Alyia Gaskins, as well as cupcakes for thousands of attendees.
Alexandria leaders will participate in an anti-Trump protest in front of City Hall at Market Square (301 King Street) on Saturday.
Confirmed speakers at the event, which runs from 3 to 5 p.m., include U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8), Virginia House majority leader Charniele Herring (D-4), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-39), and Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter. Mayor Alyia Gaskins is tentatively scheduled to speak.
Good morning, Alexandria! Today is Tuesday, June 10, the 161st day of 2025. There are 204 days left in the year.
⛈️ Today’s weather: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 85 degrees. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. The chance of precipitation is 40%.
School’s out for summer in Alexandria starting this week.
Thursday (June 12) is the last official day of the 2024-2025 school year for Alexandria City Public Schools, not counting Alexandria City High School’s senior graduation last month.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins addressed a range of community concerns and upcoming city events during her monthly conversation with ALXnow on Monday (June 9), emphasizing the city’s response to recent severe weather events and highlighting key items on Tuesday’s City Council agenda.
The City Council meeting on Tuesday includes several significant items for public attention, according to Gaskins.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins and city staff are asking that the Virginia Department of Transportation delay approval of a preferred alternative on a plan to add express lanes from the Springfield Interchange across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
In an April letter to VDOT, Gaskins wrote that the project will bring “Alexandria substantial consequences” to our local neighborhoods, and asked that an alternative not be chosen until a noise, traffic, and air safety analysis is conducted. VDOT and the Commonwealth Transportation Board, in the meantime, have set a timeline for the project.
