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Alexandria declares Snow Emergency, requiring vehicle removal on emergency routes

Published January 24, 2026 at 12:15PM

Richmond Highway, Jan. 6, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The City of Alexandria has declared a Snow Emergency ahead of this weekend’s forecasted winter storm, requiring all vehicles to be removed from the city’s snow emergency routes by 10 p.m. tonight (Saturday).

An estimated 7 to 14 inches of “widespread significant snow” and sleet are expected to fall over the D.C. region this evening, leading to potential ice on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. In Alexandria, parking will be prohibited on the city’s snow emergency routes to allow for plowing and treatment.

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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Jan 23, 2026

By ALXnow.com

Published January 23, 2026 at 8:30PM

Good Friday 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 — Jan 23, 2026.

7:30 am: Morning Notes for January 23, 2026 | 🗣️ Comments
8:15 am: Adoptable Pet of the Week: Inu, a happy dog who loves outdoor adventures | 🗣️ Comments
9:15 am: No bond for Maryland man charged with sending threatening messages to Alexandria judges | 🗣️ Comments
10:30 am: New ‘passport’ program emerges to boost support for Duke Street businesses | 🗣️ Comments
11:05 am: NWS: Power outages, tree damage ‘likely’ across N. Va. with Winter Storm Warning | 🗣️ Comments
11:15 am: Proposed $406M ACPS budget accounts for redistricting, collective bargaining | 🗣️ Comments
12:30 pm: New sandwich and wine shop in Bradlee Shopping Center plans spring opening | 🗣️ Comments
1:45 pm: American restaurant in Del Ray featured on Yelp’s ‘Top 100 US Restaurants’ list | 🗣️ Comments
2:45 pm: Townhome complex proposed on vacant lot near church in Seminary Hill | 🗣️ Comments
3:45 pm: Regional airport leaders tout results of 2025 satisfaction survey at DCA, Dulles | 🗣️ Comments
5:00 pm: NEW: Alexandria joins coalition challenging ICE deployment in Minnesota | 🗣️ Comments

Here are today’s most-read articles:

New sandwich and wine shop in Bradlee Shopping Center plans spring opening (1758 views)
American restaurant in Del Ray featured on Yelp’s ‘Top 100 US Restaurants’ list (912 views)
NWS: Power outages, tree damage ‘likely’ across N. Va. with Winter Storm Warning (682 views)
Townhome complex proposed on vacant lot near church in Seminary Hill (612 views)

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

📅 Upcoming events

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

11:00 am: Learn how Alexandrian’s of 50 are preventing & reversing ostioperosis
👉 12:00 pm: First Baby? Find Your New Mom Tribe!
4:00 pm: Preservation of Carlyle House: What if we could do it over?

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

👉 10:00 am: St. Thomas More Cathedral School (PreK – 8th Grade) Open House
2:00 pm: Journeyed Love, A Vocal Recital

🌨️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect clouds to increase with a high around 22 degrees and wind chill values as low as -4. A north wind will blow at 6 to 10 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. On Saturday night, heavy snow is likely after 9pm, with a low around 17 degrees and an east wind at 3 to 6 mph. Precipitation chances are at 100%, with potential new snow accumulations between 3 to 7 inches. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
– William James

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Alexandria!

A post from The Little Theatre of Alexandria

The Little Theatre of Alexandria Presents She Loves Me

Published October 6, 2026 at 10:45AM

The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s 2026–27 season continues with She Loves Me, the beloved romantic musical, running October 17 – November 7, 2026.

Thursday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 PM. Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. Get tickets $36

In a charming 1930s European perfumery, shop clerks Georg and Amalia can’t stand each other. They bicker across the counter by day, never suspecting that each is the anonymous pen pal the other has been falling for by letter. As the holidays approach and the mystery unravels, two unlikely sweethearts discover that love may have been right in front of them all along. Set to a lush, witty score, it’s the same timeless story that inspired the film You’ve Got Mail.

Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László

Directed and choreographed by Mitchell Aiello, with music direction by Isabel Hernandez-Cata. Produced by Eleanore Tapscott and assistant producer Cassie Cope.

The cast features Shelby Young as Amalia Balash and Antony Galace as Georg Nowack, with Maura Lacy as Ilona Ritter, Brandon Schenk as Steven Kodaly, Michael McGovern as Ladislav Sipos, Phil Krzywicki as Mr. Maraczek and Mylo Cluff as Arpad Laszlo. The ensemble includes Stephen Yednock, Evan Arellano, Dale Dwyer, Lori Bonnette, Alicia Braxton, Rachael Fine, Gavin Hubbard, Jordan Lohmeyer, Jennifer Thomas and Brett Womack.

The Little Theatre of Alexandria is located at 600 Wolfe Street in Old Town Alexandria. Street parking.

Performances are Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $36 (plus $4 service charge). All sales final; limited exchanges available. Box Office: 703-683-0496. Get Tickets

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NEW: Alexandria joins coalition challenging ICE deployment in Minnesota

By Katie Taranto

Published January 23, 2026 at 5:00PM | Updated January 23, 2026 at 5:50PM

People protest against Federal immigration agents on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Alexandria is one of more than 80 local governments and leaders to join a coalition challenging the Trump administration’s recent surge of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

The coalition, co-led by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, has filed an amicus brief arguing that Trump’s deployment of more than 3,000 armed ICE agents to Minnesota — called “Operation Metro Surge” — is unconstitutional. Along with Alexandria, signatories include the governments of major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle, alongside legal nonprofit Public Rights Project.

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Regional airport leaders tout results of 2025 satisfaction survey at DCA, Dulles

By Scott McCaffrey

Published January 23, 2026 at 3:45PM

Sunrise at Reagan National Airport (Flickr pool photo by Michael Coffman via ARLnow)

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is taking the recent results of an annual national airport satisfaction survey in stride, despite its airports falling below average scores.

Reagan National Airport ranked 20th and Dulles International ranked 23rd among 27 “large” airports — the middle size level among three categories — in the J.D. Power 2025 North American Airports Satisfaction Survey. The 27 airports in that cohort had an average satisfaction score of 656, and both Dulles (612) and National (623) fell short of it.

Event

11th Annual Walk to Bust Cancer

October 18, 2026 7:30 am -12:00 pm

Event location

Fort Hunt Park

8999 Fort Hunt Rd

Alexandria, Virginia 22308

Add to Calendar

Join Breast Cancer Collective for the 2026 Walk to Bust Cancer on Sunday, October 18, at Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria.
Walk alongside survivors, caregivers, friends, families, and neighbors for an uplifting community event supporting access to breast cancer screening and care across the DMV.
Walk to Bust Cancer brings our community together to turn hope into action and help expand access to timely breast health care. Register to walk, gather your team, and join us at Fort Hunt Park.

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Townhome complex proposed on vacant lot near church in Seminary Hill

By James Cullum

Published January 23, 2026 at 2:45PM

N. Quaker Lane and Duke Street (via Google Maps)

A developer is proposing to construct 11 three-to-four-story townhomes on a vacant lot that is shared with a church in Seminary Hill.

Development company 614 Westbrad, LLC, wants to build 45-foot-tall three-story townhomes with roof-level lofts, terraces, and parking garages at 11 N. Quaker Lane, 21 N. Quaker Lane and 3369 Duke Street.

Around Town

American restaurant in Del Ray featured on Yelp’s ‘Top 100 US Restaurants’ list

By Katie Taranto

Published January 23, 2026 at 1:45PM

Dishes from Matt & Tony's All Day Kitchen + Bar (via Matt & Tony's All Day Kitchen + Bar/Facebook)

A Del Ray restaurant is one of three Virginia eateries to make Yelp’s annual list of the “Top US Restaurants” released earlier this week.

Matt and Tony’s All Day Kitchen + Bar just made the rankings, coming in at No. 100 out of the 100 spots featured.

Around Town

New sandwich and wine shop in Bradlee Shopping Center plans spring opening

By James Cullum

Published January 23, 2026 at 12:30PM

Chord Bread and Bottle at 3690 J King Street in the Bradlee Shopping Center (staff photo by James Cullum)

A new sandwich and wine shop is opening this spring in the Bradlee Shopping Center.

Chord Bread and Bottle is planning to open at 2690 J King Street by the end of April, owner Scott Shirley told ALXnow. The vacant property, formerly Unwined wine shop, will first need to undergo interior renovations, he said.

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Proposed $406M ACPS budget accounts for redistricting, collective bargaining

By Emily Leayman

Published January 23, 2026 at 11:15AM

ACPS Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt speaks at Mount Vernon Community School on Nov. 15, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Potential collective bargaining agreements and redrawn school boundaries were factored into the latest budget proposal presented to the Alexandria City School Board last night (Thursday).

Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt proposed the $406.5 million combined funds budget for fiscal year 2027, a 3.7% increase from the last approved budget. The bulk of funds are in the $374.5 million operating budget, but it also includes school nutrition funds as well as grants and a special projects fund.

Weather

NWS: Power outages, tree damage ‘likely’ across N. Va. with Winter Storm Warning

By Katie Taranto

Published January 23, 2026 at 11:05AM

Walking on E. Reed Avenue in Alexandria, Jan. 6, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning in Alexandria and the D.C. region this morning, advising of potential power outages and tree damage due to forecasted ice.

The warning, in effect from 11 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Monday, advises of heavy precipitation and as much as 14 inches in total sleet and snow accumulations across D.C., Northern Virginia and central, northeast and northern Maryland. It’s an elevation from NWS’ previous Winter Storm Watch in the area.