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.
Police won't publish Flock camera locations and have no plans to shorten data retention
APD answered three questions from the Brief on Saturday, three days before council receives an update on the license plate reader program
ACPS will dedicate the Jean B. Reid Media Center on Tuesday
The honor for a reading specialist who spent 30 years with the division was one of three the superintendent recommended against last year before the School Board approved all four
School Board committee says an error in the walk zone locator confused families, and ACPS is short 18 bus drivers
The fullest account yet of what went wrong at the start of the school year comes from three board members, a week after Chirilagua parents told the board their children had lost bus service
Belmore's Notebook: Three different counts of Alexandria's cameras, and a question the mayor couldn't get answered either
Plus $2.5 million in school bonuses with no appropriation on the docket, a superintendent search that named the one person not in it, and goats for $9,500 — Ryan Belmore's Alexandria roundup for Sept. 5, 2026
The Alexandria Brief | Friday, Sept. 4
More than 7,000 still without power, no restoration estimates, and storms again this afternoon before the weekend clears.
Power restored to nearly all of Alexandria a day after severe storms
Dominion listed 14 customers out Saturday morning, down from more than 9,000 at the peak; eight traffic signals were dark during Friday's commute
Korean café chain Twosome Place confirms U.S. debut on King Street, opening in mid-October
The Carlyle-owned brand's first American store will seat 78 at 404 King St., with a second Northern Virginia location already in the works