The Potomac Yard grooming shop stocked the space next door with food, toys, leashes and beds. There's no application and no cost — walk in and take what you need.
The Alexandria nonprofit will open its warehouse Sept. 20 for a free two-hour orientation, and attendees will get behind the wheel. Registration is capped at 20.
On tap today: a housing clinic in the West End, Bad Art Night at Barrett, and scattered storms after 2 p.m.
Paige Metayer's stoppage-time goal and four saves from Sandy MacIver snapped a four-game winless run and kept Washington second in the NWSL.
Every dollar the Alexandria restaurant takes in that day goes to flood relief.
Vehicle and business bills are both due Oct. 5. The car tax rate is unchanged, and separate relief programs are available for older residents, people with disabilities and some disabled veterans.
Planning and Zoning staff are reviewing six aspects of the rules governing Alexandria's historic districts.
The governor's latest round of appointments includes seats on an addiction recovery council, the Fort Monroe Authority, an aerospace panel and the state's LGBTQ+ advisory board.
The officer did not seek medical treatment and did not want to pursue charges, police say. No arrests were made. The high school principal called it a significant disruption.
This week: DHS won't answer my questions about its Alexandria arrests, three agencies quietly leave the city's Flock list, and ACPS has a good week and a bad one at the same time
The division plans to pay about $2.5 million to all full-time employees, drawing on two state allocations and $900,000 in vacancy savings, CFO Dominic Turner said. City Council must still appropriate the money.
ACPS acknowledges the disruption. Parents told the School Board the deeper problem is who the division decided no longer needs a bus.
Far southwestern Virginia returned to normal status Thursday, the first advisory lifted anywhere in the state in four months. Groundwater wells in southern Prince William County are at or near record lows.
On tap today: Crooked Run opens in Del Ray, the Titans open at home, and the Benjamin Thomas remembrance at Shiloh Baptist.
Jay Coulter took over the Alexandria cidery's cider program in June. Two months in, he picked about 100 gallons from eight trees planted outside the building in 2018.
Donley served as Alexandria's mayor from 1996 to 2003, leading the city through the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath, and later served as athletic director at what was then T.C. Williams High School from 2005 to 2008.
