Be aware that the School Zone speed limits will now be in effect during the day at Alexandria City High School starting next month.
The City of Alexandria announced an “expanded enforcement of school zone speed limits” beginning on Monday, Nov. 4. The release said school zone speed limits will be active at the King Street and Minnie Howard campuses during the school day, in addition to morning arrival and afternoon dismissals.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and temperatures reaching around 80 degrees accompanied by a southwest wind blowing at 7 to 11 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph. Later in the evening, there will be a slight chance of showers after 2 am, partly cloudy skies, and a low temperature near 64 degrees. The southwest wind will be around 11 to 14 mph with gusts as high as 22 mph, and there will be a 20% chance of precipitation.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) said it’s shutting down the northbound ramp to Seminary Road tonight (Thursday) for asphalt work.
The ramp at Exit 4 will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., weather permitting.
A nine-year-old child, an adult pedestrian and a motorcyclist were injured in a crash Wednesday night in Old Town (Oct. 30).
At around 6 p.m., APD received a call from witnesses that a motorcyclist struck two pedestrians.
Just a few days after an alert for the Taylor Run area, the Alexandria Health Department has issued a second rabies alert: this time for the Dora Kelley Nature Park vicinity.
The alert comes after a raccoon came into contact with a dog on Oct. 27 on the Dora Kelley Nature Park trail, four miles from Taylor Run. The raccoon tested positive for rabies.
The Patrick Henry and Jefferson-Houston school communities largely want their schools to remain as-is, but Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) said analysis showed they might need to convert to an elementary and middle school to help with division-wide capacity problems.
Currently, Patrick Henry and Jefferson-Houston are Pre-K through 8th-grade schools, but ACPS is considering converting one or both schools into elementary schools (Pre-K through 5th grade) or middle schools (6th through 8th grade).
Any adult Alexandrians missing that high of browsing the Scholastic book fair at schools can get a hit of it at the Old Town Book Fair next week.
The Old Town Book Fair: Adult Edition is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, at Morrison House (116 S. Alfred Street) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Supreme Court has just allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations, granting an emergency appeal from Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
The Supreme Court granted the appeal after a federal judge in Alexandria found the state had illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high of about 79, accompanied by a southwest wind blowing between 5 and 8 mph. On Wednesday night, the sky will be partly cloudy with a low temperature near 61, while the southwest wind remains at approximately 7 mph.
A woman was uninjured in an attempted abduction Tuesday evening, and the Alexandria Police Department is asking the public for help.
The victim told police that she was able to break away after a man allegedly grabbed her, put his hand over her mouth and nose, and tried to pull her into the Holmes Run Trail at Tarleton Park, according to APD dispatches.
The City of Alexandria is considering a new ordinance that will prohibit (item 7) any new retail selling tobacco products within 1,00 feet of a child day center, public, private or parochial school.
The ban includes stores selling tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, alternative nicotine products or hemp products. The ban will only affect new businesses: those in operation before July 1 are grandfathered in.
