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The ACHS PTSA's year-end newsletter raises concerns about the W. Braddock Road safety study and publishes a letter aimed at a separate, already-decided project
The butter chicken pot pie took first place in both the judges' and people's choice categories at the sold-out 17th annual food festival.
The 390-unit development anchors the 52-acre former Landmark Mall redevelopment, with delivery expected by 2028.
ACHS celebrates 962 graduates as the city heads into one of its biggest weeks of the year — a packed City Council docket Tuesday, ACPS budget adoption Thursday, the Croatian national soccer team's World Cup base camp arrival, and Sails on the Potomac at the waterfront this weekend
New DMV Monitor data shows the region's personal bankruptcy rate rising faster than the nation and food-assistance rolls shrinking, as City Manager Parajon and the police chief prepare to brief council Tuesday
A new Brookings analysis ties softening DMV rents and home prices to a labor market that shed jobs and added unemployment while the rest of the country grew — the latest chapter in a downturn city officials have tracked since fall
A 1776 resolution that would lead to the Declaration of Independence three weeks later — proposed by a Virginia Lee whose extended family helped shape Old Town Alexandria, and whose legacy in the city remains contested
Students earned $2.5 million in merit scholarships and more than 2,180 college acceptance offers
Two anniversaries: the largest amphibious invasion in history, and the call that would lead to the construction of a modern police facility for a city outgrowing its City Hall quarters
A power plant financing term sheet, a police strategy plan, the State of the Economy and the $1.95 billion FY2027 appropriation ordinance headline Tuesday's legislative meeting
The framework follows McGuire's March update touting the region's sharpest crime drop; council action is advisory only, and the plan formalizes the strategy he signaled then
Tuesday's legislative meeting puts the TIF framework for the Potomac River Generating Station redevelopment before the council as an oral-report briefing, with a packet that now includes community feedback gathered through last month's meetings
First ACPS superintendent search session draws a community call for trust and transparency, a Code Orange air quality alert covers the region today, and Sen. Mark Warner pushes for federal data center "guardrails" — plus a publisher's note on what it really costs to cover Alexandria
A 1922 ceremony at Shuter's Hill launched a decade-long construction effort to honor Washington as a Mason — funded entirely by donations, never with borrowed money, and culminating in a 333-foot tower that still defines the Alexandria skyline
HYA opens engagement sessions with virtual forum Thursday; in-person session set for June 10
The Kennedy Center is beginning the process of removing references to President Donald Trump a week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been illegally added to the performing arts center.