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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.
Del Play, from a former teacher and a chef raising their own child in Alexandria, will offer drop-in play, borrowable toys and consignment in part of the former Streets Market. The target opening is December.
A national DonorsChoose match runs through Wednesday, adding 50% to every donation. More than 140 projects are live in the Alexandria area, most needing a few hundred dollars or less.
Ally Kirkpatrick's Fabled Ice Cream has signed for 7940 Fort Hunt Road, a Fairfax County shopping center she has known since childhood. Build-out is beginning now, with an opening planned for 2027.
Alexandria's license plate reader page now lists all 161 agencies that can search its cameras, Beyer warns of ICE encounters in Northern Virginia, and the mayor's back-to-school salon quadruples in four years.
The fourth annual event at Iye's Beauty Salon has grown from eight girls its first year to 37 children Tuesday. A year after five girls were turned away at capacity, walk-ins who weren't on the list left with backpacks and a warm meal.
The congressman cited two Arlington cases and said his office has logged several other encounters in the past 10 days. A local coalition reported detentions in Alexandria within the same window.
The disclosure follows a week of movement: Flock changed its recommended policies Thursday, the mayor said Sunday she had asked the city to publish more, and two new fields appeared Tuesday. No federal or out-of-state agency is on the list.
The Fairfax-based builder closed on Blocks L and M in July. Buyers won't be able to reserve a homesite until mid-2027.
Gaskins will attend and outline next steps for the pilot, which is set to end Sept. 30
Six school zone speed cameras resume issuing $100 citations Aug. 24, Ted's Bulletin and Honeymoon are projected for Carlyle Crossing this fall, and delivery robots reach Potomac Yard.
Crews will stop traffic for 10 to 15 minutes at a time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday to unload crane equipment and concrete for a new box culvert.
Dominion Energy reported no customers out in Alexandria or Arlington as of 5:45 p.m., well ahead of an estimate that had run to 11 p.m.
Six camera zones will begin issuing $100 citations on the first day of classes; the city tests the systems Aug. 21
More than a third of the city's open listings are in the Department of Community and Human Services
Grubhub customers may now be matched with a sidewalk robot; Serve launched in Alexandria with Uber Eats in December