Alexandria City Council voted to maintain the current real property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, rejecting proposals to advertise a higher maximum rate during Tuesday's legislative meeting.
Council members cited economic uncertainty and potential impacts on federal workers living in Alexandria as key factors in their decision to keep the tax rate flat at $1.13 per $100 of assessed value.
A special use permit to allow for the operation of a new garden center in Del Ray is heading to City Council this Saturday (March 15).
Jay Portlance, owner of Del Ray Hardware (2003 Mount Vernon Avenue), wants to soon open the Del Ray Farmhouse Market and Garden right across the street at 1913 Mount Vernon Avenue.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued urgent safety recommendations to permanently prohibit helicopter operations on Route 4 between Hains Point and Wilson Bridge when runways 15 and 33 are in use at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The recommendations follow the January 29 midair collision between a US Army Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter and PSA Airlines Flight 5342, a CRJ700 regional jet, which killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
Two Alexandria women are celebrating big wins from the Virginia Lottery, with combined winnings of $883,065 in separate games this month.
Denise Freeman snagged a $500,000 top prize in the Money Multiplier scratcher game on March 5. She bought her lucky ticket at BJ’s on S. Van Dorn Street in Alexandria.
Alexandria City Public Schools is advancing its school boundary redistricting process with three proposed plans aimed at balancing student enrollment and improving school capacity utilization across the district.
The Redistricting Steering Committee will review the "Green," "Blue," and "Purple" plans during its March 12 meeting, which is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room.
The Alexandria Democratic Committee isn’t happy that Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner recently voted for a number of President Donald Trump’s new cabinet secretaries.
At its March meeting last week, the ADC passed a resolution asking the Democratic lawmakers to withhold future support in all forms.
Running along the Alexandria waterfront with the Tall Ship Providence in the background (staff photo by James Cullum)[/caption]
Alexandria is welcoming a wave of new developments across the city, from waterfront dining to boutique retail and major upcoming events that promise to draw visitors from around the world.
Claire Mouledoux, Visit Alexandria's senior vice president of marketing and communications, presented the city's latest attractions during the "What's New 2025" event at Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard on Tuesday.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today's weather: Sunny, with a high near 54 degrees. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight - Partly cloudy, with a low around 38 degrees. South wind around 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Some big changes are being proposed at 400 King Street in Old Town.
The building takes over an entire city block and is currently home to The Alexandrian Old Town Hotel at 480 King Street and Southern restaurant King & Rye. The latter is undergoing an interior renovation and is serving a limited menu through the end of March.
Alexandria City Manager Jim Parajon will be able to order around all City employees under his purview, not just department heads, if City Council approves one of his latest requests at their meeting on Tuesday (March 11).
At that meeting, Parajon is asking Council to amend and approve an ordinance to “increase interdepartmental enforcement flexibility,” as it’s described in a staff memo.
After years in limbo, a parking lot along Alexandria’s waterfront could be turned into an outdoor dining area for a local restaurant.
Mai Thai (6 King Street) last month submitted a request to the city to license four city-owned spaces in the eight-space parking lot in the rear of the building.
