Gloria Perry says she feels young again.
This morning (Nov. 10), more than a dozen students from St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School visited Perry and the seniors at St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria’s West End. The work is part of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington’s second annual Week of Service, which sends students from Catholic schools across the diocese to more than 125 charitable projects from Northern Virginia to the Northern Neck, Fredericksburg and Winchester.
About six years ago, John Magri and Adam Froemming met while coaching their boys in Alexandria Little League. Now they’ve teamed up for a new pitch to the community: a place to practice indoors year round.
The veteran-owned D-BAT ALX West End opened Nov. 2 at 6200 D Little River Turnpike just outside city limits in Lincolnia. The 15,000-square-foot facility includes 10 batting cages, three machines throwing baseballs and softballs at varying speeds, five cages for hitting and infield lessons, two dedicated pitching lanes and a Rawlings and Easton pro shop.
Three additional Opportunity Zones have been added in Alexandria’s West End to support revitalization, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) announced Friday (Nov. 6).
The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved all 153 new Opportunity Zones the Spanberger administration requested in Virginia. The zones are intended to promote long-term private investment in low-income urban, suburban and rural census tracts through federal tax benefits such as deferral of previous capital gains, step-up of previously earned capital gains and exclusion of taxable income on new capital gains in Opportunity Zones. The program was created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
A gas leak has drawn a police and fire response to the West End near the Van Dorn Street Metro Thursday (Nov. 5).
The Alexandria Fire Department said it was at the scene of the gas leak in the 5600 block of Eisenhower Avenue. Washington Gas is on scene to repair the gas line, and residents may notice a natural gas odor in the surrounding area.
As Barnes & Noble experiences a resurgence, its second Alexandria location will open next week.
The bookstore announced its 4515 Duke Street location at the Shoppes at Foxchase will open Wednesday, Nov. 4. Located in a former Walgreens space, it joins an existing Barnes & Noble location at the Potomac Yard Shopping Center.
A 44-year-old Alexandria man listed as a critical missing person was found beaten to death in the closet of a West End apartment, Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire told reporters today (Oct. 28).
The Alexandria Police Department listed Joshua Cochran as a critical missing person on Oct. 27, two days after he was reported missing by his family. APD said that he was last seen the evening of Oct. 24 in the 1400 block of N. Beauregard Street, and detectives were able to backtrack his movements to find that he was having drinks at a restaurant in the city with 63-year-old John Stremple III.
The public is invited to discuss more than a dozen transportation improvement projects that have major implications in Alexandria’s West End.
The West End Transportation Improvements Projects Open House will be held Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5-8 p.m. at the Alexandria City High School Minnie Howard Campus (3775 W. Braddock Road). Residents will be able to discuss multiple projects with city staff.
The Alexandria City Council unanimously and without discussion approved a sweeping plan to expand athletic facilities and field lighting to St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in the city’s West End.
Council approved the plan on Saturday (Oct. 17) to add a new 1,500-square-foot concessions building with bathrooms, bleachers, a 715-square-foot, open-air covered pavilion, a new 770-square-foot storage shed and press box as well as eight, 85-foot-tall field lights at the school’s Kelleher and Moss fields.
A 24-year-old D.C. man faces felony theft and attempted malicious wounding charges after allegedly breaking into and stealing multiple vehicles in residential parking lots in Alexandria’s West End.
In one case, he allegedly unleashed pepper spray at a vehicle owner.
A 33-year-old Alexandria man is being held without bond after allegedly robbing a West End grocery store with an air gun.
On Sunday, Sept. 20, the manager of the Safeway at 299 S. Van Dorn Street reported that two men walked into the store and waited at the customer service counter, where cigarettes are sold. The manager said that one of the men seemed drunk and displayed a firearm, assaulted him, and then stole a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of beer from the store, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
Halloween festivities are starting to ramp up in Alexandria as October continues on.
This weekend, the “Thriller” Zombie Flash Mob descends upon Old Town, retailers will host the new Sticker Treat sticker crawl, and the Spooky Mad Science Expo returns for an 11th year at Patrick Henry Recreation Center. The Ethiopian Fall Festival has also been rescheduled for this weekend.
