The City of Alexandria wants Old Town residents to make some noise.

The Alexandria is hosting a virtual open house this month to discuss South of Airport Noise Mitigation Project, a project aimed at developing recommendations to modify flight procedures to reduce aircraft noise impacts on communities south of National Airport.


Good Monday morning, Alexandria!

☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 91, accompanied by a south wind of 8 to 11 mph. For Monday night, skies will be partly cloudy and the temperature will drop to around 70, while the south wind continues at 6 to 10 mph.


It’s been a busy week in Alexandria! There was some conversation and contention about the top story: King Street being ranked by Architectural Digest as one of the 71 most beautiful streets in the world.

“Architectural Digest out here just telling bold face lies,” one commentor said, while another called King Street the jewel of the city.


Two Alexandria teens have been charged after an 18-year-old was stabbed, tased and beaten in a West End parking lot last month, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The 16 and 17-year-old suspects were charged with malicious wounding by mob and destruction of property after the May 12 (Sunday) incident that left the 18-year-old victim with a knife wound to his leg.


The Alexandria Police Department says that the man who died of a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning in the Inova Alexandria Hospital parking lot was shot in D.C. and has turned the investigation over to the Metropolitan Police Department.

APD also canceled the “be-on-the-lookout” alert for the dark gray four-door Mercedes that dropped off the victim at around 2 a.m. in the parking lot of Inova Alexandria Hospital (4320 Seminary Road). He was found suffering outside the hospital entrance at around 3 a.m. and died while being treated by hospital staff.


Alexandria has kicked off registration for a ticket hotter than Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour: affordable Alexandria preschools.

Affordable childcare and preschool programs are in high demand around Alexandria. The ALX Preschool network is a coordinated enrollment system that can link families up to one of 16 public and private preschool providers in the city.


Good Friday morning, Alexandria!

⛈️ Today’s weather: Expect showers and thunderstorms, primarily after 5pm, accompanied by sunny skies and a high near 93. South winds will range from 6 to 8 mph with a 30% chance of precipitation. For Friday night, the chance of showers and thunderstorms continues, mainly before 11pm. The sky will be mostly cloudy and temperatures will drop to a low around 68, accompanied by a north wind of around 9 mph. The chance of precipitation remains 30%.


Without the pandemic keeping James “Jimmy” Lewis and his campaign team from unleashing their ground game, he says that years of door-knocking experience will significantly improve his second Democratic primary bid for Alexandria’s City Council.

Lewis faces 10 opponents, including four incumbent Council Members, for the six Council seats in the June 18 Democrat primary. He placed eighth in the 2021 primary with 6,606 votes, and that was 730 votes behind Kevin Harris. Like Lewis, Harris is trying again this cycle to get in the top six spots to secure his nomination for the November election.


With the June 18 primary for Alexandria mayor and City Council around the corner, candidates have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for what is anticipated to be a low-turnout election.

The only seats in contention for the Democrat primaries are Mayor and City Council, and there is also a single candidate running for Council in a Republican primary.


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