Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect mostly sunny skies with a high close to 85 degrees. A northeast wind will blow at 5-7 mph, shifting southeast in the afternoon. The night will be mostly clear, as temperatures drop to around 66 degrees, accompanied by a south wind at 5-8 mph.
Robinson Terminal North, a major piece of waterfront development in Old Town, could heat to City Council review by the end of this year or early next year.
Robinson Terminal North is the last of the large industrial sites in the city’s Waterfront Plan and one of the final pieces of a long-held aim of the city to have a fully walkable waterfront.
A new ambulance service is likely heading to Alexandria, though it won’t be able to respond to medical emergencies in the city.
City Council will consider a resolution tomorrow on allowing RIDE24 LLC, a new private ambulance service located at 2121 Eisenhower Avenue, to provide non-emergency related services within Alexandria.
The Alexandria Police Department released the identities of the dead victim and suspect in Saturday’s shooting at the Onelife Fitness (305 Hooffs Run Drive) in Carlyle. APD said that the suspect and the victim were “known to each other.”
According to dispatch, the shooting occurred inside the Onelife Fitness at around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Alexandria is still working out the kinks in its short-term rentals policies, but rentals on sites like Airbnb have already taken over a considerable amount of the city’s transient lodging market.
In a newsletter, Mayor Justin Wilson said there are over 700 short-term rentals in Alexandria, comprising less than 1% of the city’s housing stock, but that those rentals account for over a quarter of the city’s transient lodging tax revenue — a market traditionally defined by hotels.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is celebrating Independence Day by going fare-free for the holiday.
On July 4th (Thursday) all Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess will be free after 5 p.m. The Metro system closes at midnight, but last train times vary by station.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny skies and a high around 80 degrees, accompanied by a north wind at 14 mph and gusts reaching 22 mph. Monday night will be mostly clear, with temperatures dropping to around 63 degrees, and a north wind from 5 to 7 mph.
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a shooting this afternoon on the 300 block of Hooffs Run Drive that left one man and the alleged male shooter dead.
Police said in a release that both people were transported to local hospitals and there is no threat to the public related to the incident. In an update around 11:45 p.m. police said the male victim and alleged shooter both succumbed to their injuries.
Another busy week in Alexandria, this one with multiple appearances by the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
The first was the bridge opening on Tuesday night, the second of a pair of openings related to the Clipper Round the World Race yacht race.
It’s the season for fireworks, but not in Alexandria.
With the Fourth of July and the City’s birthday celebration (July 13) right around the corner, the Alexandria Fire Department sent out a reminder this week that fireworks are illegal.
As part of the 275th birthday celebrations this year, the Office of Historic Alexandria has launched a new exhibit in The Lyceum (201 S. Washington Street) dedicated to an oral history project.
The project is called Mapping Alexandria: Stories of a Changing City. It includes interviews with current and former residents to get first-hand accounts of Alexandria history and how its neighborhoods have evolved over time.
