Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and a high of around 72 degrees, accompanied by a northwest wind ranging from 7 to 13 mph and gusts up to 20 mph. As for Monday night, the sky will be mostly clear with a low temperature near 50 degrees, and a northwest wind at 6 to 8 mph.
Another busy week in Alexandria, one that saw the groundbreaking for the long-awaited replacement of the Landmark Mall site.
Alexandria and Inova leaders met this week for the groundbreaking of Inova Alexandria Hospital. The project, approved last year, will be the centerpiece of a new mixed-use development. The site was once home to Landmark Mall, a thriving commercial center in its heyday, but it decayed dramatically over time when major tenants pulled out. The site briefly received one last moment in the sun as the action centerpiece of a pretty awful Wonder Woman movie.
After a month-long renovation, The Westin Alexandria Old Town has reopened its Trademark Restaurant.
The renovations at 2080 Jamieson Avenue include a standout central bar, a new café space, a semi-private dining room and a dog-friendly street-side patio. There’s also a new menu featuring American and French fare.
Eries Interiors, a new shop focusing on interior design and home decor, is opening today in Old Town.
The new shop is at 101 S. St Asaph Street just south of King Street, between Bluemercury and Madame Coco. The store is named after the Erie Canal near where co-founders Jessica Moak and Elena Rall grew up.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Cloudy skies can be expected with temperatures reaching a high of 76 and south wind speeds of 3 to 6 mph. As we head into Friday night, isolated showers and thunderstorms are predicted before 11pm, followed by occasional showers between 11pm and 2am. The night will remain mostly cloudy, with low temperatures around 62, accompanied by light and variable winds. The overall chance of precipitation for the night is 20%.
A new head spa just opened on King Street in Old Town.
Meraki Head Spa soft launched last week at 320 King Street. Owner Kathleen Le has held onto the space since moving her beauty parlor Salon Meraki to 1101 Queen Street in 2021, and started renovating the 900 square-foot space in August. She added eight beds, seven staffers, ambient music and turned off the lights.
After lead exposure shut down Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School last week, the Alexandria Health Department (AHD) is offering walk-in blood lead level testing today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday).
According to Eve Elliott, communications officer for AHD, testing is being offered today from 1-6 p.m. and Friday from 1-6 p.m. The testing is free and available to all students, staff, faculty and volunteers. The Alexandria Health Department will not check class or faculty lists.
Here’s a roundup of all the events, live music, and entertainment happening around Alexandria this weekend, Friday, October 4, through Sunday, October 6, 2024.
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Francis Deonte Rose was sentenced today to 58 years in prison for the 2022 shooting deaths of two construction workers in the West End.
A jury found Rose guilty in May of killing Adrian Dejesus Rivera Guzman, 48, and his stepson, 24-year-old Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez, on the morning of July 16, 2022 in the northern section of the former Assembly Alexandria apartment complex in the 200 block of Century Place.
A plan to substantially overhaul a portion of King Street near the Bradlee Shopping Center is headed to City Council review next week.
The preferred concept would turn the access road closest to the Bradlee Shopping Center into a one-way street with a lane dedicated to public transit. The plan would also add a two-way bike path on the southern side of the street.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect cloudy skies to gradually transition into mostly sunny conditions with a high near 75. A calm southerly wind will pick up to around 5 mph in the afternoon. As for Thursday night, partly cloudy weather will persist, accompanied by a low temperature around 62, and a light southeast wind.
