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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Apr 2, 2026

By ALXnow.com

Good Thursday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 2, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Alexandria man scammed of $480K from person he met on Tinder: police (1411 views)
  2. The Old Town Festival of Speed & Style cruises back into Alexandria in May (830 views)
  3. Alexandria’s apartment rents are rising again but remain below 2025 costs (485 views)
  4. Underwater egg hunt, other Easter events set for holiday weekend in Alexandria (397 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Friday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

☀️ Friday’s forecast

Expect fog in the morning before 10 a.m., then mostly sunny skies with a high near 82°F. Winds from the south will range from 7 to 14 mph, with gusts up to 23 mph. Overnight, there is a 20% chance of showers before 2 a.m., with partly cloudy skies and a low around 65°F. Winds will come from the southwest at about 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.”
– Arthur C. Clarke

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!

Alexandria man scammed of $480K from person he met on Tinder: police

By James Cullum
Money (staff photo by James Cullum)

Nearly half a million dollars was stolen from an Alexandria man in a cryptocurrency scam from a person he met on Tinder, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

On Jan. 28, the victim reported to the Alexandria Police Department that he had been scammed out of approximately $480,000 of his own money.

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Alexandria asks NVTA for nearly $37M to fund transportation projects

By James Cullum
Traffic backup heading eastbound along Duke Street (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Alexandria is seeking more than $36 million to fund two transportation projects as part of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority‘s six-year program.

The total funding amount in NVTA’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2031 Six Year Program is $1.265 billion. Alexandria’s share includes $15 million for bus rapid transit improvements in the second phase of the Duke Street Transitway, and $21.86 million for pedestrian and bicycle improvements at Eisenhower Avenue and S. Van Dorn Street. NVTA adopts its six-year program every two years, allocating regional tax revenues to multimodal transportation projects.

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The Old Town Festival of Speed & Style cruises back into Alexandria in May

By James Cullum
The Old Town Festival of Speed and Style, May 18, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Attention exotic car lovers: the seventh annual Old Town Festival of Speed & Style is right around the corner.

The festival returns from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 17, showcasing rare vehicles along the 400–600 blocks of King Street and the 100 blocks of North and South St. Asaph Street and North and South Pitt Street. Organizers expect attendance to top 40,000 people.

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Alexandria’s apartment rents are rising again but remain below 2025 costs

By Scott McCaffrey
The Stratford apartment complex at Southern Towers (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s median apartment rental rate in March was up 2.5% during the first quarter of 2026 but remains 2.7% below where it stood a year ago.

The median citywide rental rate was $2,032 for one-bedroom units, $2,497 for two bedrooms and $2,219 overall, according to figures reported March 30 by Apartment List.

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Morning Notes for April 2, 2026

By ALXnow.com
Along the Alexandria waterfront in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

City Holds Open House for Affordable For-Sale Unit — The one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit, listed at a reduced price of $282,441, will have an open house Sunday, April 5, from 2-4 p.m. First-time homebuyers who live or work in the city and meet income requirements are eligible to apply for the condominium unit. [City of Alexandria]

Historic Alexandria Joins New Museum Collective — “The Office of Historic Alexandria announces they have joined the newly launched Virginia History Affiliates program. Organized and funded by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC), the professional museum collective is designed to connect historical sites, history museums and related organizations of all sizes from across the Commonwealth. The initial group of 24 affiliates will collaborate in four key areas: education and engagement; professional connection; collections and preservation; and sustainability.” [Historic Alexandria]

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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Apr 1, 2026

By ALXnow.com

Good Wednesday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 1, 2026.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. Duke St. Ice House pub closing next week at Whole Foods in Alexandria (1050 views)
  2. ACPS wants next principal to make ACHS ‘premier high school in the region’ (567 views)
  3. Gov. Spanberger signs first group of bills on housing, health care, energy (556 views)
  4. Morning Notes for April 1, 2026 (318 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Thursday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

🌦️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect a chance of showers and thunderstorms primarily after 3 PM, with patchy fog clearing before 11 AM. The day will be partly sunny, reaching a high of about 76°F, with an east wind at 5 to 8 mph. There is a 30% chance of precipitation. Thursday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 54°F and east winds between 7 to 10 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!

Colorful DASH bus to be unveiled at ‘Month of the Young Child’ kickoff in Alexandria

By James Cullum
DASH bus at the DASH facility (via DASH/Facebook)

Alexandria’s DASH bus service will unveil a bus with colorful wraparound graphics next week to kick off April as the city’s Month of the Young Child.

At 10 a.m. Monday, April 6, Mayor Alyia Gaskins will be on hand at DASH headquarters (3000 Business Center Drive) to reveal the bus, which includes colorful wraparound graphics outside the bus. Through a partnership with local nonprofit Kids’ First Years, buses will display messaging on the five principles to help young children thrive. This is the second year that the city has devoted April toward promoting early childhood education and development with planned activities across the city.

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ACPS wants next principal to make ACHS ‘premier high school in the region’

By James Cullum
The Alexandria City High School logo at the Earl Lloyd Court (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria City Public Schools wants the new principal of the city’s only high school to make it “the premier high school in the region,” according to a leadership profile shared last Friday (March 27) following a community survey.

After nearly an entire school year with an interim principal, ACPS posted a job listing for a “dynamic, visionary leader” to lead Alexandria City High School — Virginia’s largest public high school, with more than 4,500 students and hundreds of employees across four campuses: King Street, Minnie Howard, Satellite and Chance for Change.

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More than 20 operator proposals received for Alexandria’s new tech accelerator

By Emily Leayman
The Alexandria skyline (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A program operator for a new tech startup accelerator will be selected in mid-April after the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership received numerous applications through its request for proposals process.

AEDP is launching the accelerator program to support new tech startups based in the city — the first direct support the organization has provided for startups in these industries. Attracting high-growth industries and boosting support for entrepreneurs is one of the strategies in ALX Forward, a roadmap for the city’s future economic growth recently approved by City Council.

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Gov. Spanberger signs first group of bills on housing, health care, energy

By Emily Leayman
Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs bills on March 31, 2026 (via Office of the Governor of Virginia)

After more than 1,200 bills passed in the Virginia General Assembly, Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed the first set of bills tackling several areas of affordability.

The governor’s action marks the first major set of bills signed from the 2026 General Assembly session. Spanberger had previously signed voter referendum legislation allowing mid-decade congressional redistricting to go before voters on April 21. The signed bills address housing, health care and energy.

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