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Old Town Oyster Week returns Saturday with shucking contest, passport and a week of events
Nine restaurants are taking part in the seventh annual event, which opens at 11 a.m. Saturday outside Daniel O’Connell’s and wraps up Oct. 18 with 75-cent oysters.
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Alexandria voter guide: Early voting hours expand Oct. 18, and four Election Day polling places have moved
More than 9,000 residents have already voted. The deadline to register or request a mail ballot is Oct. 23, and early voting ends Oct. 31.
ACPS scores rose at 16 of 17 schools; 3 of 17 are rated as meeting state expectations
Fifteen schools are rated a level below what their scores would earn, under a state rule tied to how student groups perform. Two are in the lowest category.
456 ACPS students newly eligible for bus service after walk zone appeals, memo says
New routes began Monday. The School Board will get a status update Thursday, at a meeting that also includes state accountability results and proposed changes to the transportation policy.
Alexandria police say license plate readers helped identify suspect in Holmes Run Parkway killing
Corey Stubblefield, 38, was returned from North Carolina on Thursday to face murder and firearm charges in the July death of Charles Talley, 36.
Alexandria's independent policing auditor resigns; council approves 5 months of severance
City Council gave no reason for Ameratu Kamara's departure and did not name an interim auditor.
Alexandria police publish map of their 61 license plate readers, say state law bars a traditional outside audit
The department also answered three pending questions about its numbers. It says 35 of 161 stolen vehicles recovered over 13 months were a direct result of the cameras.