Meet the beautiful Betty, an all black bunny up for adoption through the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.
This 2-year-old girl has a friendly personality and is extremely outgoing!
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Alexandria city staff have been ordered to evaluate turning the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone.
Mayor Justin Wilson and City Council Member John Taylor Chapman asked staff to create a pilot program to turn the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone. The move would effectively eliminate cars from the main thoroughfare next door to City Hall’s Market Square (301 King Street) all the way down to the waterfront.
A developer is submitting a proposal to Alexandria’s Planning Commission this fall to replace a single-family home on Seminary Road with seven new townhomes.
The proposed “cluster” development is planned for 5216 Seminary Road. The development would have seven parking spaces on-site.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect patchy fog to clear by 9am, followed by mostly sunny skies and a high near 82°F, accompanied by an east wind blowing at 3 to 8 mph. For Thursday night, skies will be partly cloudy with a low temperature of around 63°F and a gentle southeast breeze at 3 to 6 mph.
Early voting starts next week in Alexandria.
There are a number of voting options for those who can’t wait or make it to vote in-person at their home precinct on election day Nov. 5.
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A vehicle crashed into Inova this afternoon, damaging a portion of the visitor’s entrance.
The crash occurred around 1:40 p.m. The scanner said “no patient care was needed” at the immediate scene with the hospital handling the driver involved in the crash.
Alexandria has been awarded $525,000 to support planning for the city’s ongoing flood mitigation efforts.
The grant funding comes from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF). The funds will go to support the development of a “new comprehensive Flood Resilience Plan.”
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On average, an Old Town resident could make it into their late 80s. Just a few blocks north, residents in the Braddock neighborhood would be lucky to make it out of their 70s (page 8).
As Alexandria gears up for a new Community Health Assessment — the first since the Covid pandemic — Mayor Justin Wilson highlighted the findings of the 2019 report in a newsletter.
In case you missed Otakon last month, an anime merchandise vendor with a warehouse on Eisenhower Avenue is opening up the inventory for a sale this weekend.
Collectors Anime is hosting a warehouse sale at SaltBox (4700 Eisenhower Avenue) from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high temperature around 85°F, with calm winds shifting to an easterly direction at 5 mph in the afternoon. The night will be mostly clear, as the low drops to about 62°F, with southeast winds at 5 mph settling to a calm breeze in the evening.
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Debate night has arrived.
The presidential debate between Vice President Kamalah Harris and former President Donald Trump is tonight, and we’ve found a number of Alexandria local businesses that will be viewing the event on televisions behind the bar.