Alexandria City Public Schools said school bus routes may be changing and students may be arriving at school late due to a shortage of bus drivers.
In a letter out to parents, MeChale’ Johnson, director of pupil transportation and fleet management, said ACPS is struggling to fill vacancies in transportation services and it will have an impact on students at the start of the 2024-2025 school year next Monday.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high of around 88 degrees, accompanied by a light north wind at approximately 5 mph. As night falls on Thursday, the skies will turn partly cloudy and the temperature will drop to around 69 degrees, with a gentle southeast breeze.
Car wash chain Mr Wash is offering free car washes tomorrow (Thursday) to celebrate the back-to-school season.
A release noted that customers don’t need to do anything but visit the car wash to participate. The deal is open to anyone, a change from the similar deal last year offered only to teachers, administrators and school faculty.
A posse of retired deputies and law enforcement personnel have been assembled by Alexandria Sheriff Sean Casey to contend with a staffing shortage.
It didn’t take long for retired Deputy Kevin Brown to un-retire… Again.
This month kicks off a major downsizing at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in the Carlyle neighborhood.
A new report from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) put the exact amount of office space the PTO is shedding at 764k square feet.
Old Town is no stranger to controversy over historic preservation, and the Office of Historic Alexandria’s superb This Week in Historic Alexandria newsletter documented the intense local controversy around the neighborhood’s historic designation 78 years ago.
Old Town is the third oldest historic district in the United States, after Charleston formed a historic district in 1931 and New Orleans six years later. The first preservation efforts focused on residential buildings and were called the Charleston Ordinance, WETA reported.
A massive outdoor celebration of international food is making its return for its eighth year to Old Town’s Oronoco Bay Park next week.
Around the World Cultural Food Festival, the largest outdoor cultural food festival in the region, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. in Oronoco Bay Park.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny conditions and a high near 86 degrees, accompanied by a north wind at 5 to 8 mph. Wednesday night will be clear with a low around 66 degrees and a light northwest wind.
Interim Alexandria Police Chief Raul Pedroso shared a few more details about the fatal shooting by an Alexandria Police Officer this morning, though many other details are being kept under wraps.
Pedroso said officers pleaded with the man to drop his weapon for around 35 minutes, but around 11:21 p.m. last night (Monday), in “response to threatening action” an APD officer shot and killed the man. The man was pronounced dead on the scene.
A group of Alexandria runners from the Old Town Run Club will be making a four-day trip from the Pentagon up to New York City next month to commemorate 9/11.
In a release, the club said the plan is to depart on the morning of Sept. 8 with a military send off and reading at the Pentagon.
A little over 1,000 apartments are opening in Alexandria this year, trailing behind D.C. and Arlington as the third most new apartments for any locality in the region.
Apartment search site RentCafe ran the numbers on new apartments opening in 2024 around the region. In a report, RentCafe said the region is on track to open 15,079 new rental units in 2024.
