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Notes: New steakhouse and grill opens in Franconia

By ALXnow.com
Meal at Firebirds (photo via Firebirds Wood Fired Grill/Facebook)

Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!

⛈️ Today’s weather: Isolated showers and potential thunderstorms after 5pm can be expected, with a partly sunny sky and high of around 89°F. A north wind at approximately 7 mph is also anticipated. Precipitation chance stands at 20%. Moving into Thursday night, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected before 8pm, followed by isolated showers between 8pm and 11pm. The sky will be partly cloudy, with a low of about 69°F, and a north wind at around 7 mph. Precipitation chance increases to 30% later in the night.

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Bacon Brothers and Kamasi Washington performing at Birchmere this month, but there’s bad news…

By Vernon Miles

On the one hand, it’s very cool that Kamasi Washington is performing at The Birchmere — his new album Fearless Movement is great — along with the Bacon Brothers, but there’s some bad news for Washington and Bacon fans.

The Bacon Brothers, a musical duo featuring Kevin and Michael Bacon, are returning to The Birchmere this weekend. Washington is playing on Wednesday, July 31. Unfortunately: both shows are sold out.

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Alexandria considering safety-minded street changes near Arlandria Catholic school

By Vernon Miles
Map of the Russell and West Glebe intersection (image via City of Alexandria)

Hot on the heels of changes to streets near William Ramsay Elementary School, the City of Alexandria is looking to make streets safer near a local Catholic school.

Changes (page 15) to West Glebe Road and Russell Road are headed to the Traffic and Parking Board on Monday, July 22 with the goal of making the intersection near Saint Rita Catholic School safer.

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Washington Post highlights Ethiopian restaurant in Van Dorn Shopping Center as great affordable spot

By Vernon Miles
Meat lover and veggie combo plater (photo via Feru Bar and Restaurant/Instagram)

Ethiopian spot Feru Bar and Restaurant in the Van Dorn Shopping Center (512 S. Van Dorn Street) recently won a spot on Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema’s top five great affordable restaurants around the region (shoutout to Patch for spotting it).

Sietsema praised not only the awaze tibs — a meat stew dish — but the down-to-earth atmosphere of the restaurant and the hard work of owner Firehiwot Bireka. Sietsema also praised the vegetarian kitfo with diced mushrooms, jalapenos and mitmita.

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Yarn boutique ‘fibre space’ celebrates 15 years in Alexandria

By Vernon Miles
Danielle Romanetti of fibre space at 1319 Prince Street in Old Town (via Sarah Marcella Photography)

Over the last 15 years, yarn shop fibre space (1319 Prince Street) has become a pillar of Old Town’s retail community.

Beyond just its notable exterior mural and unique triangular building, the crafting shop has endured through the rise of online retail, a Metro shutdown, and Covid. This summer, the shop is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

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Notes: Southern Towers air conditioning fails during intense heat wave

By ALXnow.com
Southern Towers (staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!

⛈️ Today’s weather: Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms from noon to 2pm, followed by showers and potential thunderstorms, with a high near 97 and heat index reaching 106. Southwest winds will be 5 to 8 mph, and there’s an 80% chance of precipitation with new rainfall amounts between a quarter and a half-inch. Wednesday night will have showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, likely showers and possible thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, and scattered showers after 2am. Expect a low of around 75, southwest wind 5 to 7 mph, 80% chance of precipitation, and new rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Alexandria with storms and heat likely tomorrow

By Vernon Miles

As of 3:45 p.m., the skies above Alexandria are cloudy but not too ominous. The National Weather Service, however, warned that could change this afternoon.

Alexandria and many of the neighboring localities are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. tonight (Tuesday). The chance of precipitation is only 40% tonight, but goes up to 80% tomorrow with isolated showers and thunderstorms likely between noon and 2 p.m. tomorrow.

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New emergency veterinary center opening in Foxchase tomorrow

By Vernon Miles
VEG staff treating a dog (courtesy photo)

A 24/7 Pet ER facility operated by the Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) is opening tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Shoppes of Foxchase shopping center.

The facility at 4525 Duke Street is scheduled to launch with an open house from 4:30-6:30 p.m. followed by a ribbon cutting.

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Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail wins National Park Service volunteerism award

By Vernon Miles

Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail is a volunteer group that’s worked tirelessly to maintain and improve one of the region’s most beautiful trails and the National Park Service (NPS) recently recognized the group for those efforts.

The group took home the National Park Service Impact Award: Team Category in the NPS’ Excellence in Volunteerism Awards.

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