While largely liberal Alexandria has had a tense relationship with Republicans in the past, Gov. Glenn Youngkin included footage of Old Town in a video aimed at bringing Trump administration staffers to live in Virginia.

“To the new members of the President Trump administration moving to the area, I want to personally you to make Virginia your home,” Youngkin said in the 30 second video. Virginia is right across the Potomac. We offer a great quality of life, safe communities, award-winning schools where parents matter and lower taxes than DC or Maryland. ”


Land use attorney Kenneth Wire has seen six proposals for the redevelopment of the Victory Center come through in the last twenty years.

The latest one, which that would see the building converted into affordable housing while a neighboring lot is turned into market-rate housing, could be the one that finally overturns the Victory Center’s two-decade run of bad luck.


More than $27,000 worth of packages were stolen from the United Parcel Service facility last month on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria.

A man scaled a wall into a secure package area of the facility at 5601 Eisenhower Avenue on Sept. 25 incident, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit. The area is where high-value items are kept.


After the drivers of a suspected stolen vehicle in Alexandria refused to stop late last night, a pursuit followed that ended in a crash and injuries in the Belle Haven area of Fairfax.

Virginia State Police (VSP) were assisting Alexandria Police with the stop of the suspected stolen vehicle, a Hyundai Elantra, near Duke and S. Van Dorn streets around 11 p.m.


Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!

🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect cloudy skies to clear gradually by mid-morning, reaching a high of 62°F. A southwest wind will blow at 9-14 mph, shifting to northwest later in the morning and potentially gusting up to 25 mph. For Tuesday night, skies will be mostly clear with a low temperature near 36°F, and a northwest wind at 3-7 mph.


Alexandria City Public Schools is ramping up efforts to make sure its more than 15,000 students getting free education actually live in the city.

The School Board and City Council, on Monday (Nov. 25), received a report from ACPS staff on the plan.


Last week, Alexandria’s City Council voted to move forward with a plan to convert the four-lane S. Pickett Street near Cameron Station to one lane in each direction for much of the road, adding bike lanes and on-street parking.

The plan created considerable consternation among neighbors who expressed concerns that the changes would create cut-through traffic in the Cameron Station neighborhood. The outrage was reminiscent of the response to Seminary Road bike lane changes.


The Subway restaurant at 3829 Mount Vernon Avenue closed on Nov. 19.

The business has been in the Del Ray North shopping center for decades. The owner of the Arlandria franchise said that paying rent was becoming increasingly difficult and that he was forced to shut down.


The holidays officially brightened up in Alexandria with the annual lighting of the city’s Christmas tree on Saturday night.

Mayor Justin Wilson joked with Santa Claus onstage in front of City Hall (301 King Street) before the official countdown to spark the 40,000 lights on the 40-foot-tall plastic tree.


Good Monday morning, Alexandria!

☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a sunny day with a high near 59 degrees and calm winds shifting south at 6 mph in the afternoon. The night will bring a 50% chance of showers after 1am, mostly cloudy skies, and a low around 48 degrees with south winds at 3 to 7 mph.


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