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Affordable Housing Communities to Get Free Wood-Fired Pizza the Next Two Saturdays in Alexandria

Published August 20, 2020 at 11:30AM

An Arlington nonprofit has partnered with a D.C. food truck to provide free pizza to affordable housing communities in Alexandria this month.

This is the fifth local campaign for Hearts of Empowerment, which has partnered with Timber Pizza Company to provide free wood-fired pizzas from its food truck on August 22 at Charles Houston Recreation Center (901 Wythe Street) in Old Town at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, and at the same time at the Parkview of Alexandria apartments in Arlandria on Saturday, August 29.

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West End Computer Repair Shop LapFix Sees Business Spike During Pandemic

By James Cullum

Published August 19, 2020 at 2:45PM | Updated August 19, 2020 at 3:36PM

Karim Hussen’s business is spiking. With more customers working from home on personal laptops, the owner and staff of LapFix (4613 Duke Street) have their hands full recovering data and fixing personal computers and phones.

“We are busier now than ever, because everyone needs cameras for their computers and webcams for Zoom chats,” Hussen recently told ALXnow. “Of all things it’s webcams. Thankfully we are an essential business, according to the Commonwealth of Virginia, so I’m thankful that we never closed.”

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Police Investigating ‘Shots Fired’ Report in West End

By James Cullum

Published August 17, 2020 at 2:45PM

Alexandria Police are investigating a call for shots fired in the West End, August 17, 2020. (Map via Google Maps)

Alexandria Police are investigating a report of gunfire in the West End.

Police tweeted on Monday that they were investigating an incident in the area of West Braddock Road and North Van Dorn Street.

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ALXnow’s Top Stories This Week in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published August 14, 2020 at 5:15PM

These summer weeks are flying by, and another one is in the books in Alexandria.

This week, readers responded to a number of issues in the city, including the tragic story behind the city’s first murder, crime in Arlandria and another protest outside of the acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s home.

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Fire Department Says $1 Million in Damages and 21 People Displaced in West End Fire

By Vernon Miles

Published August 14, 2020 at 10:20AM | Updated August 14, 2020 at 10:36AM

Late last night (Thursday) a fire tore through a West End apartment complex on the 6000 block of Edsall Road, leaving $1 million in damages but no injuries, according to Alexandria Fire Department spokesperson Raytevia Evans.

Evans said that 21 residents from the apartments have been displaced, with the Red Cross assisting them. There were no injuries to either residents or firefighters. Residents told the fire department that the smoke alarms were functioning and activated.

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Violent Freakout at Southern Towers

By James Cullum

Published August 12, 2020 at 3:15PM

Southern Towers residents wait for the bus. (Staff photo by James Cullum)

A 36-year-old man is in jail on multiple charges after allegedly abducting and attacking another man with a knife and hatchet and threatening to jump out an 11-story window.

Tysheem Robinson, of Washington, D.C., was arrested on July 31 and charged with abduction by force/intimidation, probation violation, threatening to bomb and burn, destruction of more than $1,000 in property, obstruction of justice/resisting arrest, and assault and battery. He is being held without bond.

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Here’s the Latest on Development Projects on Beauregard Street in the West End

By Vernon Miles

Published August 10, 2020 at 2:30PM

Intersection of Seminary Road and Beauregard Street (photo via Google Maps)

There’s extensive redevelopment in the works along Beauregard Street, a major route through the city’s West End.

At the tail end of the Beauregard Design Advisory Committee meeting late last month — where BDAC reviewed a proposal to scale down a proposed townhouse development — Maya Contreras, the principal planner for West End new development, laid out a roadmap for what’s ahead for the surrounding areas.

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ALXnow’s Top Stories This Week in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published August 7, 2020 at 5:15PM

It was a busy week in Alexandria.

Alexandria Police apprehended the suspect in the city’s only murder this year, and he is currently in the hospital suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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West End Development Returns to City with Scaled Down Density and More Open Space

By Vernon Miles

Published August 6, 2020 at 11:45AM

Phase one of the proposed Upland Park development (photo via City of Alexandria))

It’s rare for Development attorney Ken Wire to admit that a previously approved project needs less density and more open space, but Upland Park is an exception, he recently told the Beauregard Design Advisory Committee (BDAC).

Developer Hekemian & Co. came to the BDAC late last month to discuss some significant changes planned to a proposed development along Seminary Road in the West End.

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West End Silver Diner Opens Next Week but Harris Teeter Won’t Open Until Next Year

By Vernon Miles

Published August 5, 2020 at 11:30AM

Restaurant chain Silver Diner is planning to open its West End location (4630 King Street) next Wednesday, but it could be a while later before the highly anticipated Harris Teeter in the same building opens.

Staff at Array Apartments in the same building said that an update they received said that the Harris Teeter would not be opening until sometime next year. An earlier press release cited early 2021, but the staff at Array said there’s no specific information yet on when.

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BREAKING: Alexandria Police Ask for Public Help in Finding Man Wanted for Murder

By Vernon Miles

Published August 4, 2020 at 12:50PM | Updated August 6, 2020 at 12:14PM

The Alexandria Police Department is asking the public to help locate Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi, who is wanted for the July 29 murder of Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez.

According to police, Bouaichi is described as 33-year-old man of Middle Eastern descent, 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds. Police said Bouaichi should be considered armed and dangerous and poses a potential threat to anyone who comes into contact with him.