Alexandria to hold second flood resilience community meeting April 16
City will share updated flood modeling and mitigation strategies as plan heads toward June completion
Ryan Belmore
Founder and Publisher, The Alexandria Brief 📍Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, Virginia
The Alexandria Brief: Friday, April 10
School Board discusses police-in-schools agreement ahead of public hearing; Waterfront Taco Factory takes shape in Old Town; big weekend ahead
ACPS School Board discusses police-in-schools agreement as public hearing approaches
Board members raise questions about mandatory reporting and felony language in draft SRO agreement as the long-awaited document heads to public hearing next week
Virginia Tech president Tim Sands stepping down after 12 years; Alexandria campus among his signature achievements
The outgoing president championed the Northern Virginia campus that helped anchor Amazon's HQ2
Alexandria takes two top prizes at 37th annual Wammie Music Awards
Eight city artists earn 12 nominations in record-turnout night for DMV music
Alexandria Library invites teens to join recorded dialogue program this spring
The CHAT program, co-created by a local 10th grader, will use small group conversations to build a roadmap for improving teen life in the city
Construction underway at former Big Wheel Bikes site as Waterfront Taco Factory takes shape in Old Town
The distinctive yellow building at 2 Prince St. is boarded up as the long-anticipated waterfront taco restaurant moves from permit to job site
School Board to hold closed hearing on a 'student matter' on April 16
The session, which is scheduled for four hours, is closed to the public under federal student privacy law
Park and Recreation Commission to hold public hearing on Old Town Pool replacement
Residents can weigh in on the $12.5 million project to replace the aging facility, which is slated for a full replacement, including a new lap pool, children's pool, and bathhouse, with a projected completion of summer 2028.
Freedom House Museum to mark 177th anniversary of historic slave escape attempt with free weekend events
Freedom House Museum will offer docent-led discussions and a public conversation on social resistance April 11-12 in honor of 77 enslaved people who sought freedom aboard the schooner Pearl in 1848
The Alexandria Brief: Thursday, April 9
It's Local News Day; state education officials surprise Jefferson-Houston teacher with regional honor; Alexandria faces nation's second-highest AI job risk
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State education officials brought Northern Virginia listening tour to Alexandria Wednesday, gathering community input on public schools
Six rounds of structured discussion at Minnie Howard covered instruction, teacher retention, accountability and more; feedback to be presented to Governor Spanberger
Alexandria's revised SRO agreement hits the board docket — with the change that stalled it for a year
The 2026-28 draft removes a provision that would have given School Resource Officers access to student records without parental consent
Major regional transportation survey launches across DMV, seeking input from 300,000 households
First such survey since 2017-18 will shape future road, transit and bike investments across the Washington region
Jefferson-Houston teacher surprised with Virginia Region 4 Teacher of the Year honor as state education officials visit Alexandria
Deedra Robinson, a 40-year educator and nationally recognized AVID trainer, will retire at the end of the school year