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The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off today as Croatia's national team holds its first public training session in Alexandria, the school board adopts the final FY 2027 budget tonight, Sails on the Potomac sets up at the waterfront for this weekend, and Virginia American Water settles its rate case.
All nine members signed a Wednesday post defending their handling of a chaotic add/delete session, a move that appears aimed at heading off staff and union frustration before Thursday's adoption.
Under threat of storms, the World Cup runners-up opened their Old Town base camp with autographs and mini soccer balls for hundreds of local kids — as Mayor Gaskins proclaimed "the beginning" of a lasting friendship.
June 11 in Alexandria history: Two children, a dynamite shell, and an extraordinary escape
The agreement, signed by the city after it formally fought the increase, would raise the typical Alexandria water bill by about $9 a month — less than the $11 the utility first sought — and still needs state approval
WMATA says weekend shutdowns for the second-entrance project are complete; the new entrance is slated to open next year
Four tall ships, the 48th annual Jazz Fest and Saturday fireworks anchor the free festival, running Friday through Sunday
The City Council walks through the $135 million power plant financing ahead of Saturday's vote, the school board restores Afghan liaisons before Thursday's budget adoption, and Croatia holds its first training session in Alexandria today
A last-minute legal warning that the board can't change pay without bargaining narrowed Tuesday's add/delete session to a handful of restorations, with the FY 2027 budget set for adoption Thursday
City Manager's team walked council through the $135 million PRGS term sheet Tuesday with no vote taken. Approving the term sheet, Phase I land-use approvals and final passage of the FY2027 budget come Saturday, June 13; the Community Development Authority is a separate step, coming in the fall.
On the warm afternoon of June 10, 1919, nearly a hundred returned soldiers — many of them veterans of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive — marched from King and Patrick streets to Washington and Prince streets in the city's official welcome home from the Great War
ServiceSource and Pizzano Memorial Fund's Old Town gift shop among this year's recipients
Spirit star and owner among local figures recognized on global influence ranking
Board members go into tonight's work session with proposals to restore Afghan Family Liaisons, Communities in Schools funding, and parts of the renegotiated bargaining agreement that were cut from Superintendent Kay-Wyatt's $7.6 million in May adjustments
City officials break ground on Aspect at the former Landmark Mall, the ACHS PTSA newsletter raises alarm over the Braddock Road safety study while city records show ACPS staff helped produce its audit, and Spice Kraft sweeps Taste of Del Ray.
The advisory doesn't name the event, but the school is Croatia's World Cup base camp.