As families around Alexandria get ready for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is hoping for some help from the community to make life a little easier for some students and parents.
ACPS is running its 2024 Backpack and School Supply Drive with donors able to purchase backpacks and supplies for students from a wishlist or via direct donations.
The Alexandria Little League All-Star Intermediates are state champs.
Alexandria’s top 13-and-under players won the Virginia State Championship on July 10, defeating the Broadway Community Little League 10-0 at Eugene Simpson Park.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected, with a possible thunderstorm after 7am and a high near 82°F. A calm wind will turn northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon, and there’s a 90% chance of precipitation, with rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch. For Friday night, showers and possibly a thunderstorm are likely before 2am, followed by a chance of more showers and thunderstorms after 2am. The low is expected to be around 73°F with a light southeast wind, and a 70% chance of precipitation with similar rainfall amounts as earlier.
A 40-year-old Alexandria woman was indicted on child abuse and neglect charges Wednesday for allegedly abusing a three-year-old and six-month-old child in her care last year.
Rhonda Holland was arrested on July 1 and is being held without bond. She was indicted for two felonies — aggravated malicious wounding and child abuse/neglect.
The City of Alexandria will celebrate its 275th Birthday on Saturday, July 13, at Oronoco Bay Park. The event includes live music and ends with the Grand Finale—a fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Scheduled activities for the celebration on Saturday include the following:
Del Ray bakery Taste of Eurasia (428 A Hume Avenue) closed last month after seven years serving cuisine from the Caucasus, Central Asia and beyond.
In a post on Alexandria Dining — a popular group dedicated to Alexandria cuisine run by The Zebra Press — owner Shohina Touraeva said the restaurant was closing as she pivoted back to work in real estate.
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Alexandria City Public Schools will give “thoughtful consideration and review” in upcoming meetings on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s recent executive order banning cell phones in public schools.
Youngkin issued Executive Order 33 earlier this week, directing the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to create guidance for school systems across the state to “adopt local policies and procedures establishing cell phone-free education.”
The parks along Alexandria’s waterfront will be getting an upgrade to LED this fall.
In a memo to the Parks and Recreation Commission, Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Deputy Director Jack Browand said the lights in Rivergate Park, Oronoco Bay Park, Founders Park, Waterfront Park, and Roberdeau Park will all be converted to LEDs this fall.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect mostly sunny skies and a high around 91 degrees, accompanied by a west wind of 8-10 mph. Thursday night brings a 50% chance of showers, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low temperature of 73 degrees. The north wind will be at 6 mph, becoming calm in the evening.
There’s a new boutique hotel on King Street in Old Town.
On Tuesday (July 9), Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria officially took over operations at the 107-room hotel that was previously home to the Lorien Hotel & Spa (1600 King Street) for 15 years.
