The Old Town waterfront restaurant and Alexandria's state senator were among the winners at the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association's 2026 Ordinary Awards
Jelzon Garcia Gonzales, 21, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding and held without bond. The victim remains in critical condition.
Eleven of 24 sales topped $1 million, and every home that sold within five weeks closed at or above its asking price
Inside: 241 near misses, every ICE task force agency off the Flock list, and a stabbing in Arlandria.
A crowdsourced report from Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets flags nine locations, most near schools, and finds failure to yield cited in three of every four reports
After two meetings, the four members agree on four-year terms and little else. They remain split on staggered elections and whether to shrink the nine-member board.
Eleven agencies came off the city's Flock sharing list over the weekend, all of them holding ICE task force agreements. It happened days after the police chief told council he could do exactly that. The department has not said whether he did.
The guidelines set minimum frequency and hours by route type and neighborhood density, and would drop the distinction between rush hour and midday service. Alexandria Councilman Canek Aguirre is the board's second vice chair.
Jen Walker will be honored as Business Leader of the Year at the Oct. 28 awards night at the Westin Alexandria Old Town
On tap today: the ad hoc committee takes up staggered School Board elections at 6, plus three other city meetings the same hour.
A community dance Oct. 9 at the Armstrong Recreation Center, then a library fiesta with Andean folk music and a closing celebration at Patrick Henry on Oct. 10.
ACPS and city staff meet again Friday, ahead of the Sept. 25 homecoming game. A councilman said the city keeps responding to a problem it can see coming.
Staff told City Council and School Board members that about 7% of students are still waiting on walk zone decisions. Families get answers by Sept. 30, but approval won't mean a bus right away.
Seventy-three runners covered 485 miles in two segments, dedicating a wreath at the Flight 93 memorial and pausing at the Pentagon before reaching New York
The "From the Point After Party," presented by hard soda brand Crooked Pop, starts at 9 p.m. on the Old Town waterfront. Young turns 28 on Saturday.
The draft would set a 10% affordable housing standard in growth areas, cap building lengths and discourage surface parking. A 30-day comment period opens with the release, and City Council takes it up in early 2027.
