Alexandria Choral Society names Cheryl Lovinsky chorus manager
She started in August and handles the logistics behind a roughly 90-member ensemble.
The Alexandria Brief | Monday, Sept. 28
Inside: a week of deadlines on Russell Road, Duke Street, school buses and police cameras.
Arctic beavers, a suppressed book and a missing soccer star: LTA picks its one-act winners
Three plays chosen from 200 submissions will get staged readings at the Little Theatre of Alexandria in January. The theater is looking for directors.
Alexandria's Move2Learn lands $14,000 NBCUniversal grant
The nonprofit, which brings movement into ACPS classrooms, is one of seven in the Washington region sharing more than $225,000 in unrestricted funding.
ALIVE! walkathon returns Oct. 18 with a $145,000 goal
The 45th StepALIVE! sends walkers on two 5K routes through Del Ray to raise money for food and housing assistance.
Spirit set a club attendance record Saturday, then lost in the 88th minute
A sellout of 19,215 pushed Washington past 200,000 fans for the first time in a regular season. Angel City's Maiara Niehues won it with a club-record ninth goal.
The Alexandria Brief | Saturday, Sept. 26
Inside: Alexandria hosts the national Faith & Blue kickoff, the Titans go 5-0 on homecoming, and rain moves in this afternoon.
Titans rally past Woodson 17-13 on homecoming to open district play at 5-0
Alexandria City is unbeaten a year after losing its opener 32-0. Four of its next five opponents beat the Titans last fall.
Rock The Ave returns to Carlyle Crossing Oct. 9 with a new evening edition
The third annual Eisenhower Corridor block party moves to a Friday evening, with two bands, food, makers and a call for vendors.
Alexandria to host national Faith & Blue kickoff Oct. 9 at Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus
Chief Tarrick McGuire and Rev. Markel Hutchins, who leads the organization behind the weekend, spoke with The Alexandria Brief on Friday. Hutchins said Alexandria was chosen for its faith community and for a connection formed on a civil rights walk in Selma.
No surgery on the table as the Commanders talk about how to get Jayden Daniels back on the field
"As of right now, surgery is not on the table, and we haven’t discussed IR,” Peters said on 106.7 The Fan.
The Alexandria Brief | Friday, Sept. 25
Inside: the police chief on what the research does and doesn't show about license plate readers, Metro seeks a developer at Braddock Road, and a weekend that starts with homecoming.
Police chief tells residents the research on license plate readers is thin, but he still sees a role for them
At the first of two listening sessions, McGuire said the 2023 rollout needed more public conversation and that the decision to remove the cameras belongs to City Council.
Alexandria Democrats adopt resolution urging APD to investigate federal agents who break the law
The party committee wants council and the city manager to put the city's stated commitments into written police policy, and asks the attorney general for guidance on the duty to intervene
Traffic and Parking Board to vote Monday on parking near Naomi Brooks Elementary
Staff propose adding 11 spaces and two loading zones under the design the T&ES director chose in August, after rejecting both the board's recommendation and her own staff's.
Warner says AI safety can't wait, and ties the fight to data centers in Virginia neighborhoods
The senator planned to ask the Senate on Thursday to pass a bill requiring safety testing before new AI models are released. He also backed cutting flights at National Airport.