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Macy Gray to perform ‘On How Life Is’ 25-year anniversary show at Birchmere

By James Cullum
Macy Gray will perform at the Birchmere Music Hall on Nov. 4, 2025 (via Facebook)

Grammy winner Macy Gray is performing her greatest hits at The Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria next month, and spoke with ALXnow for a few minutes.

Gray is performing across the country this and next month on the final leg of an international tour marking the 25-year anniversary of the release of her hit album “On How Life Is”. The Nov. 4 concert is her second appearance performing in Alexandria, after she sang at The Birchmere in 2023, and she says she’ll be performing the entire album, plus a few covers and new songs.

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Alexandria Health Department urges residents to get vaccinated as respiratory illness season arrives

By Ryan Belmore
The entrance of the Alexandria Health Department (Credit: Alexandria Health Department)
The entrance of the Alexandria Health Department (courtesy of the Alexandria Health Department)

The Alexandria Health Department is encouraging residents to get vaccinated and practice healthy habits as cold and flu season approaches, officials announced Tuesday.

As temperatures drop, health officials warn that respiratory illnesses, including influenza, RSV, and COVID-19, typically increase, potentially leading to serious health complications, missed work and school days, and hospitalizations.

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City Hall renovation plans head to review board

By James Cullum
A rendering of the proposed City Hall and Market Square renovation (via City of Alexandria)

With construction expected to start next year, plans to demolish and encapsulate City Hall are heading to the city’s Board of Architectural Review.

Development plans call for City Hall (301 King Street) to be gutted and for the demolition of the Market Square plaza and the underground two-level parking garage. The BAR will review the plans on Thursday (Oct. 16). If approved by City Council at a yet-to-be-scheduled meeting, the project will break ground in the second quarter of 2026 with a completion goal of 2028, according to the city.

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Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

By The Associated Press
President Donald Trump listens during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the country has ever seen, enabling his budget office a rare authority to pick winners and losers — who gets paid or fired — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

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Early voting turnout in Alexandria outpaces 2021 ahead of November election

By Ryan Belmore
A voting sign at the Alexandria Registrar of Voters, 132 N. Royal Street, in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

Early voting turnout in Alexandria is running well ahead of the 2021 election cycle, with more than 9,600 ballots cast so far for the November general election.

As of Oct. 13, Alexandria has recorded 9,621 early votes, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project. At the same point in 2021 — 22 days before Election Day — the city had received just 5,434 early ballots, meaning current turnout is running 77% ahead of the 2021 pace.

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Alexandria repaves nine streets this week

By James Cullum
Paving Operations (via City of Alexandria)

Alexandria is repaving several streets this week.

The city said that temporary “No Parking” signs will be displayed before work begins, and that businesses and residents in the affected areas got advance notice through project signs and letters. While street repavings are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment issues or utility work coordination, below is the listing of all the streets the city will repave between October 14 and October 17.

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Registration opens for Saint Rita School 5K and 1K on Nov. 15

By James Cullum
St. Rita Catholic School 5K (photo via Saint Rita Catholic Church/Facebook)

Get your running shoes ready, because the Saint Rita Catholic School 5K and 1K Kids Fun Run are returning to Alexandria on Saturday, Nov. 15.

The races are a fundraiser for the school, and the course starts outside George Washington Middle School (1005 Mount Vernon Avenue), then heads down tree-lined Main Line Boulevard and Potomac Avenue, and returns to GW. More details on the races are below.

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Alexandria Choral Society singing with Alexandria Children’s Chorus on Oct. 26

By James Cullum
The Alexandria Choral Society is singing with the Alexandria Children's Chorus on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 (via Facebook)

The Alexandria Choral Society is collaborating with the Alexandria Children’s Chorus later this month for a concert that invites audiences to listen “with your heart, mind, and spirit.”

The “Do You Hear What I Hear” concert will explore sound and silent spaces in musical pieces such as “The Sound of Silence” and “Ain’t No Grave” at Westminster Presbyterian Church (2701 Cameron Mills Road). The concert will be held on Sunday, Oct. 26, from 3 to 5 p.m.

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Morning Notes for October 14, 2025

By ALXnow.com
Alexandria City High School (staff photo by James Cullum)

ACPS Backs Sales Tax Increase for School Construction — Alexandria City Public Schools supports a 1% local sales tax increase for school construction, in addition to several other legislative priorities that will be discussed at a School Board work session on Thursday. ALXnow

Collegiate Inventors Competition Comes to Alexandria — The future of American innovation is on display this week in Alexandria as 10 finalist teams from Purdue, Calvin University, Michigan State, Washington University in St. Louis, Rice, UT Austin, Dartmouth, Cornell, and MIT present their groundbreaking inventions at the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Oct. 16. National Inventors Hall of Fame

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