Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect scattered showers to clear by 7am and patchy fog dissipating by 9am, giving way to mostly sunny skies with a high temperature near 57°F. A northwest wind will blow at 6 to 10 mph, accompanied by a 30% chance of precipitation. For Friday night, anticipate mostly clear conditions and a low temperature around 45°F, with northwest winds persisting at 8 to 10 mph.
Bagpipes, kilts and crowds in red-and-green plaid. The 53rd annual Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Parade is around the corner.
Here’s your guide to one of Alexandria’s most celebrated and well-attended weekends of the year. Hundreds of costumed musicians, dancers, performers and thousands of spectators are expected to attend the free event, which is produced by Visit Alexandria, the Campagna Center and the city.
The Alexandria Police Department said it has arrested Rohid Hakimi, a 21-year-old non-city resident, for an attempted abduction at the Holmes Run Dog Park late last month.
According to police:
An argument over major roadway changes left City Council members, like drivers at the Duke Street and Cambridge Road intersection near Bishop Ireton High School, stuck at a messy impasse.
As the City of Alexandria’s been working through the Duke Street In Motion plans — an overhaul of Duke Street with a bigger focus on transit, cyclist and pedestrian safety — the intersection of Duke with Cambridge Road has been a sticking point.
There’s less than two weeks left to weigh in on a survey of the four conceptual designs for the renovation of Market Square in front of Alexandria’s City Hall (301 King Street).
The survey deadline is midnight on Nov. 25.
Here’s a roundup of all the events, live music, and entertainment happening around Alexandria this weekend, Friday, November 15, through Sunday, November 17, 2024.
Are you organizing an event? Submit events to ALXnow.
A 49-year-old Alexandria woman and her 40-year-old boyfriend are being held without bond after she allegedly encouraged him to pay for sex with her juvenile daughter.
The mother was arrested Oct. 10 and charged with production of child pornography and possession/distribution of child pornography. The male suspect, who lives in Manassas, was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with rape, aggravated sexual battery, indecent liberties with a child under 15 and possession of child pornography.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌧️ Today’s weather: Expect rain after 4pm, with cloudy skies and highs around 53°F, accompanied by an east wind at 5-8 mph. There’s a 60% chance of precipitation, with an accumulation of up to a quarter-inch. Thursday night, rain will continue until around 4am, with patchy fog after 9pm and low temperatures near 45°F. A northeast wind of 7 mph will persist, while the chance of precipitation rises to 90%, and new amounts may reach half an inch.
BRABO Brasserie at 1600 King Street is getting replaced with a new location from the Midwest breakfast/brunch restaurant chain HomeGrown: A Daytime Eatery.
The restaurant is located inside the Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria, which took over the space from Lorien Hotel and Spa earlier this year.
A proposal for a new townhouse development scored a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation in spite of some tense discussion and pushback from neighbors.
The proposal would see seven new townhomes built at 5216 Seminary Road. Each home will be three stories plus a roof deck and garage, with one unit set aside as affordable.
Despite mixed community reaction, Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt included the conversion of Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School into a middle school and Patrick Henry K-8 School into an elementary school in her proposed 10-year Capital Improvement Program budget.
