If it seems like a lot of folks are coming down with Covid, you’re not just imagining it; Alexandria has seen an increase in Alexandria Hospital admission levels for Covid this month.
Hospital admissions for Covid hit their peak for the last year during the week of Jan. 13, with roughly 10 hospital admissions per 100k residents.
Soma Yoga Healing Center, a new yoga studio at 2560 Huntington Avenue just south of Hunting Creek, held its grand opening this weekend.
The yoga studio offers a mix of private classes, group classes and workshops. The studio’s focus, according to the website, is using yoga to reduce anxiety and depression along with benefits like increased respiratory efficiency and gaining a better range of motion.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with a high around 45 degrees, accompanied by a light southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Heading into Tuesday night, there is a 30% chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, transitioning to a chance of rain after 4am. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low near 36 degrees and a southeast wind of 3 to 6 mph.
Alexandria’s political scene is heating up, as a number of Democrat candidates formally launched their campaigns over the weekend.
City Council Member Alyia Gaskins held a packed kickoff at Indochen in Cameron Station on Sunday, following her opponent Vice Mayor Amy Jackson’s kickoff on Jan. 21 at Doyle’s Outpost in the West End. On Saturday, City Council Member Kirk McPike launched his campaign at Pork Barrel BBQ in Del Ray and City Council Member John Taylor Chapman did the same at Port City Brewing Company.
Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is having a tough time finding a new logo.
At a School Board meeting earlier this month, the Board voted to direct Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt to redesign the logo yet again.
Sam I Am is an adorable senior dog searching for his forever home!
This 12-year-old is up for adoption at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.
Alexandria Police Chief Don Hayes is stepping down to take a new federal job, the city announced today. His last day is Feb. 9, and Assistant Chief Raul Pedroso will be interim police chief until a replacement is hired in a national search.
Hayes has been police chief since 2022, before which he was acting chief for a year after the departure of former Chief Michael Brown. He started his career with the Alexandria Police Department in 1981.
The ongoing public opinion war over the Potomac Yard arena continued this weekend with a public town hall at the Charles Houston Recreation Center (901 Wythe Street) on Saturday and a protest against it outside.
The two-hour town hall included a discussion of the economic impact of the new arena and public safety, but transportation continued to be the central piece of the Potomac Yard arena discourse.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies and a high temperature near 46 degrees, accompanied by northwest winds ranging from 15 to 18 mph and gusts up to 31 mph. During Monday night, the skies will be mostly cloudy with a low temperature around 31 degrees, and a north wind blowing at 6 to 10 mph.
It was a tense week in Alexandria.
A swatting situation on Wednesday shut down two Alexandria schools, putting one in lockdown and forcing the other to evacuate.
Two Alexandria restaurants were ranked in Washingtonian’s The 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington, DC.
At number 15 on the ranking was Japanese restaurant Nasime at 1209 King Street.
