Michael O’Brien, a parent who currently has two children attending Jefferson-Houston, initiated a legal challenge to the Alexandria School Board’s decision to convert the K-8 school into a middle school.
The School Board voted to convert Jefferson-Houston into a middle school in December. In the same meeting, the Board voted to turn Patrick Henry, also an K-8 school, into an elementary school.
The Founding Farmers location in the new Oakville Triangle development project is scheduled to open next month.
The opening is scheduled for sometime in mid-March at 461 Swann Avenue.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
🌨️ Today’s weather: Snow may appear briefly before noon, followed by sleet between noon and 1pm, and then both snow and sleet after 1pm; expect cloudy skies and a high near 37. On Wednesday night, sleet is likely before 1am, turning into freezing rain and sleet between 1am and 4am, and either rain or freezing rain after 4am; temperatures will dip to around 32. Anticipate a 30% chance of precipitation during the day and a 100% chance at night, along with potential ice and sleet accumulations of less than 0.1 inches and half an inch, respectively. Light winds during the day will turn southeast at 3-5 mph at night.
A candlelight vigil is planned tonight at Rivergate City Park (2 Montgomery Street) in Alexandria for victims of the midair collision last week at National Airport.
There were 67 people killed when a landing airplane struck a military helicopter, including a mother and daughter from Alexandria. Yesterday, the remains of all 67 victims were finally recovered from the Potomac River.
A fairly quiet corner of Seminary Hill off Quaker Lane could become a new cluster of homes built around a new cul-de-sac.
A proposal for a new cluster of homes at 1 and 2 N. Clarens Street, called Clarens Estates, is scheduled for review at the Planning Commission meeting tonight (Tuesday).
The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office is warning local residents to be wary of an ongoing phone scam in which suspects pose as local law enforcement and coerce victims into giving money.
The Sheriff’s Office warned the scam has been occurring throughout the region, including in Alexandria.
While it’s clear blue skies this Tuesday afternoon, Alexandria could see a return of winter weather tomorrow (Wednesday).
The National Weather Service is warning that there’s a chance for snow and sleet tomorrow with a freezing rain likely overnight.
ALXnow’s family just got a little larger.
Reporter James Cullum and Netsanet Hailu welcomed a daughter Blanquita ‘Coco’ Cullum yesterday.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect a mostly sunny day with temperatures reaching a high of around 54, accompanied by a northwest wind at 6 to 14 mph and gusts reaching up to 26 mph. For Tuesday night, the clouds will increase, and the temperature will drop to around 31 degrees. A north wind will blow at 3 to 7 mph.
Additional restrictions have gone into effect around Reagan National Airport following Wednesday night’s fatal mid-air crash over the Potomac.
The low-altitude helicopter corridor in use at the time of the fiery collision has been closed for the time being, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) confirmed with ARLnow.
The Alexandria Police Department (APD) investigating a report of an armed robbery on the iconic cobble stone Captain’s Row in Old Town.
According to the scanner, a person called in around 1:20 p.m. saying they were just robbed at gunpoint at the intersection of Prince Street and S. Lee Street in Old Town, two blocks from the waterfront.
