After years under development, the ribbon was cut today on the new synthetic turf sports field at Patrick Henry K-8 School.
It took six years to construct the field in front of the renovated West End school at 4643 Taney Avenue, which reopened next to the old school in early 2019.
The Old Town Festival of Speed & Style is set for May 18, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along the 200-500 blocks of King Street. This free event is open to everyone.
On March 19, 2025, Principle Gallery (208 King Street) will host a Poster Reveal Reception from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to honor Thomas Kuester, the artist behind this year’s festival poster.
Among the movers serving Alexandria, VA, 495 Movers stands out for a simple reason: its local hourly rate includes packing materials, furniture disassembly and reassembly, and protection for floors, walls, and elevators. The company has been in business since 2009 and has completed more than 20,000 moves, a number that keeps climbing.
Anyone who has hired movers in the DC area knows the familiar pattern. A low hourly rate wins the call. Then the invoice arrives with a charge for boxes, a charge for taking the bed apart, a fee for the stairs, and another for the elevator. By the end, the number on the bill has little to do with the number in the ad. 495 Movers was built to avoid that.
495 Movers is a full-service moving company serving Alexandria and the rest of the DMV, founded in 2009 by people who had worked as movers for several other companies first. They wanted to do it differently.
“We wanted to take a different approach, offering a simple, honest, and transparent approach for the customer,” said Moti Kachlon, co-owner at 495 Movers. For local moves, that meant building the most common extras into the hourly rate. Seventeen years and more than 20,000 moves later, the company is still growing.
Alexandria is a hard place to move. A truck on an Old Town block gets watched by neighbors, property managers, and a family wondering whether the sofa will make the turn on a staircase built long before sofas got this big.
Old Town’s rowhouses have narrow staircases and tight turns, which is why large furniture often has to come apart to get out. Del Ray’s bungalows and rowhouses have basements that hold more than anyone remembers. And condo and apartment buildings in Carlyle, Potomac Yard, and the West End often require movers to carry a certificate of insurance and book the elevator, with building managers who care a great deal about scuffed hallways. The street adds its own complications, from cobblestones to limited curb space.
That’s the context for how 495 Movers prices its work.
For local moves, the rate covers four things that many movers bill separately:
Miss your chance to bring up a burning issue at a recent town hall meeting with the Alexandria City Council?
City Council Member R. Kirk McPike is asking City Manager Jim Parajon to formalize a schedule so that Council can hold quarterly town hall meetings. The city will start the effort after Council approves the FY2026 budget and it goes into effect on July 1.
The Office of Historic Alexandria wants your help with a national study on how museums impact society. It’s one of 40 institutions chosen for the Museum Social Impact in Practice (MSIIP) study, and it needs at least 150 people to visit three museums and share their thoughts.
This study, backed by the American Alliance of Museums and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, runs until July. If you participate and complete the survey, you’ll get a special gift, an invite to hear about the results in November and free membership to the ALXHistoryLovers Society.
Curious about strength training but not sure where to start? Or perhaps you're looking for a more efficient alternative to traditional gyms?
Imperium Strength & Longevity invites the Alexandria community to an Open House on Sunday, November 1, from 11 AM to 2 PM.
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 66 degrees. North wind 5 to 7 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight will be clear, with a low of around 44 degrees. Light south wind.
A 34-year-old Alexandria man faces multiple assault and firearm-related charges after allegedly brandishing a handgun from his car at other drivers.
The first incident was reported at around 1 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2024, in the 11300 block of White House Road in Upper Marlboro.
Dr. La’Tonya Rease Miles, an Alexandria native and first-generation college graduate, will return to her hometown on May 21 for a book signing and discussion at the James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library.
The event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Beth Patridge Meeting Room. Miles will share insights from her memoir, “Smart Girl,” and discuss her experience as a first-generation college student.
No arrest was made after a crash that damaged multiple vehicles and upturned a red Mercedes-Benz in Old Town earlier this month.
According to a recently released search warrant affidavit, at around 9 p.m. on Monday, March 3, witnesses reported to police that the red luxury car crashed into a black Nissan Sentra, a white Subaru Outback, and a black Toyota Camry and then flipped over in the 900 block of S. Columbus Street.
A new community health survey reveals that Alexandria residents consider mental health and substance use the most pressing health issues in the city. The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) conducted the survey in fall 2024, gathering insights from over 2,000 residents about the city’s health challenges, strengths, and areas for improvement.
During a webinar presenting the survey results, AHD officials reported, “Mental health; alcohol, drug, and opiate use; and obesity, physical activity, and nutrition are ranked as Alexandria’s biggest health issues.”
