The Alexandria Brief | Thursday, Sept. 10
On tap today: Titans football at home, the Chamber unveils its 2027 legislative agenda, and the School Board takes up redistricting.
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Alexandria, Virginia
Kay-Wyatt has taken state and consulting roles since leaving Alexandria schools
The former superintendent is listed as a senior adviser at the Virginia Department of Education and a superintendent-in-residence at a national education firm. Neither organization has announced the appointments.
From $200,000 to $1.2 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
19 homes closed across the city at an average price of $560,316.
Alexandria's hotel revenue swung from down 9.9% to up 3% in five months
Visit Alexandria credits the World Cup, America 250 and a new marketing campaign for a turnaround that followed a year of federal-driven declines
City staff lay out how funding Alexandria's schools by category would work
Six months after council voted to appropriate ACPS money by classification, the plan comes with an earlier budget calendar, a new role in council's add-delete process, and a $500,000 ceiling on moving money between categories
Mobius Records opens Saturday in Del Ray
The Fairfax City shop's second location debuts at 2016 Mount Vernon Ave.
Four police agencies, one state law, four different sets of rules for license plate cameras
Two adopted the state's model policy. Two wrote their own. They differ on how long data is kept, how much of it gets audited, and whether you can find out what the system holds about you.
ACPS dedicates the Jean B. Reid Media Center on International Literacy Day
Reid worked as a reading specialist for ACPS from 1971 until she retired in 2001, teaching and holding leadership positions at several schools across the division.
The Alexandria Brief | Wednesday, Sept. 9
On tap today: a police hiring event this morning, a community meeting on Braddock West, Margo Price at The Birchmere, and more.
Gaskins: 'I do not think there's a role for Flock in this community'
Councilman Elnoubi and Councilwoman Marks said the same. The police chief said he's meeting with other vendors but has no timeline. The contract can be canceled at any time.
Pedestrian killed on I-395 in Alexandria, state police say
Two troopers attempted life-saving measures. The driver stopped and called 911. The crash closed a ramp to Duke Street Monday night.
Alexandria's office vacancy falls to 18.8%, but Old Town's is rising
AEDP's mid-year report shows the city giving back 160,400 square feet while Northern Virginia absorbed 302,274. Carlyle remains the weakest submarket at 27.7%
National IQ names its first CEO, seven months after launching across Alexandria and Arlington
Michael Manuccia, whose career spans the FBI, defense technology and enterprise software, will lead the innovation district that counts AEDP among its founding partners
Alexandria resident named to lead Virginia's new digital service team
Andrea Fletcher, previously the first chief digital strategy officer at the federal Medicare and Medicaid agency, will oversee an effort to modernize state websites and vet technology contracts
Alexandria outages return in the afternoon after more than 10,000 customers lost power Tuesday morning
Dominion said crews were returning a circuit to its normal feed. Most customers were back by evening, but one Del Ray outage is now estimated to run past midnight
The Alexandria Brief | Tuesday, Sept. 8
On tap today: the Centenarian Celebration, goats arriving at Holmes Run, and council's first meeting back at 7 p.m.