Goats — and sheep — will graze kudzu off a slope at James Marx All Veterans Park
A city pilot starting Sept. 8 tests whether livestock can clear invasive plants from terrain too steep and rocky for work crews
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Alexandria schools open Monday with new boundaries, new leaders, and new walk zones
Some students who rode the bus last year will walk this year as Acting Superintendent Grace Taylor leads the division.
The Alexandria Brief | Friday, Aug. 21
The Mount Vernon Trail makes the national Hall of Fame, a postpartum group starts in Old Town, Mobius Records is coming to Del Ray — and it's the 87th anniversary of the library sit-in.
87 years ago today, five young men sat down in an Alexandria library and started something
The 1939 sit-in at 717 Queen St. came two decades before Greensboro. A virtual panel marks the anniversary at noon today.
Alexandria Myotherapy celebrates four decades with a new home on Eisenhower Avenue
Mayor Alyia Gaskins cut the ribbon Thursday for the practice, which spent 30 years near the Old Town waterfront before this year's move
Jury convicts Woodbridge teen in Metro station death
Man fleeing an attack at Potomac Yards climbed into the track bed and was struck by a departing train, prosecutors say
A postpartum support group launches in Old Town, started by two neighbors who couldn't find one
Mom League DC held its first eight-week Newborn Series in Alexandria this month. The series costs $375, and the next Alexandria group starts Oct. 6.
Alexandria's RiverRenew picks up national construction honor
ENR named the tunnel system an Award of Merit winner in its 2026 MidAtlantic Best Projects competition — the second industry award for the project in as many years.
Mount Vernon Trail wins national Hall of Fame honor
The 18.5-mile path took 58% of the public vote, beating an Ohio towpath and a Texas battlefield trail
Missing 27-year-old found safe, police say
Fairfax County police had issued an alert Wednesday morning for Kendall Andre Tally, last seen in the 3200 block of King Street
NRG's Del Ray record store will be a second location of Mobius Records
The Fairfax City shop is targeting mid-September; Crooked Beat is also returning to Mount Vernon Avenue this fall
The Alexandria Brief | Thursday, Aug. 20
On tap today: the Old Town North farmers market, NRBQ at The Birchmere, the last stretch of Restaurant Week, and storms rolling in after 3 p.m.
Can you sing, dance or tell a good story? Alexandria seniors would like to see it
The city's Adult Day Services Center is recruiting volunteers to perform for participants in its weekday program. The minimum age is 14.
Beyer joins congressional investigation into ICE agent who pointed gun at Virginia woman
Six lawmakers ask the FBI and DOJ Civil Rights Division to investigate an Aug. 10 encounter in Bailey's Crossroads, and dispute DHS's account of it
From $242,500 to $1.8 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
16 homes closed across the city at an average price of $744,812, led by a rebuilt Craftsman in Beverley Hills
Alexandria to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with remembrance ceremony
The hourlong ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at police headquarters on Wheeler Avenue, with a presentation of colors and remarks from Mayor Alyia Gaskins and public safety officials.