Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and a high near 52 degrees, with north winds at 7 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. The night will bring mostly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 37 degrees, accompanied by a gentle east breeze.
The holiday shopping season is right around the corner in Alexandria.
On Friday, Nov. 29, more than 50 retailers are participating in the 15th annual Plaid Friday. Alexandria’s alternative to Black Friday asks shoppers to shop at local boutiques for big deals.
“That was fun,” a Patrick Henry seventh grader said this afternoon (Nov. 12) after virtually installing solar panels on the roof of a building.
The student wore an Oculus II headset, and got a chance to see what kind of work she could get paid to do in the real world of the future. It’s the first year of the new Career Investigation course for middle schoolers, and today’s class was observed by Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons and Alexandria City Public Schools leadership.
Local goods shop Made in ALX is opening up in a new location this Saturday.
Made in ALX announced in a release that a new store and workshop space will open on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 415 King Street.
Like a scene from Cobra Kai, local martial artists are getting it on.
On Saturday (Nov. 9), fighters from a number of local martial arts gyms participated in an informal smoker’s kickboxing tournament at Atlas Muay Thai (6301A Richmond Highway).
The Alexandria Police Department apprehended a man wielding a knife and trying to board buses on Duke Street around 11:20 a.m. today.
Scanner traffic indicated the man attempted to a bus at the intersection of Duke Street and Jordan Street. The bus driver reportedly shut the door to keep him from entering the bus. The man reportedly tried to get onto another bus with the knife and the second driver did the same thing.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high of around 58 degrees, accompanied by a north wind blowing at 13-15 mph, gusting up to 24 mph. Tuesday night will see clear conditions and a low temperature of around 33 degrees. Winds will come from the north at 6-9 mph, gusting up to 18 mph.
The most festively decorated pop-up bar in Alexandria is returning this month.
It’s the fourth year in a row that “Joy on the Avenue” will open for the holidays at 2312 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray.
A Virginia man sentenced to two and a half years in prison last year just got slapped with another four years and three months after police discovered that the man embezzled funds from one job to pay off restitution obligations to a previous employer he embezzled funds from.
John Babsa, a 35-year-old Virginia resident, has been sentenced to serve an additional 4 years and 3 months of active incarceration for two counts of felony embezzlement and one county of felony money laundering.
Alexandria City Council Member Sarah Bagley won the most votes in Tuesday’s election, making her the presumptive vice mayor-elect.
Bagley won a second term, receiving 42,291 votes in Tuesday’s election, just 664 votes more than Council Member John Taylor Chapman, who got the second-most votes with 41,627 votes.
This week saw multiple days of wall-to-wall election coverage, but none of them took the top spot.
That honor went to Hypergoat Coffee Roasters, a new coffee spot that opened in August at 215 N. Payne Street.
