Backers told a regional board Wednesday the boats could reach Navy Yard in 20 minutes. Mayor Alyia Gaskins said leaving Old Town out would be “a missed opportunity” but asked how the city’s past concerns would be addressed.
Linton takes over from Tim Sands at the start of the spring 2027 semester. He inherits the Alexandria campus in Potomac Yard, one of Sands’ signature projects.
Two groups that brought Alexandria’s largest African American burial ground back from years of neglect received Brenman Awards. Gaskins described finding the grounds under water.
Eleven months in, 462,602 visits, and 441 neighbors have made this possible. Here’s what I’m thinking about as we head into year two.
A committee found residents with a damaged or swollen battery may need to hire a hazardous materials contractor at $1,500 to $5,000, and that the cost could lead to improper disposal.
Inside: DASH’s board picks a package of bus cuts tonight, the health director and the 911 chief are both leaving, and council makes Osijek, Croatia, a friendship city.
At her last council meeting, the emergency communications director gave a State of 911 report that turned into a send-off. She leaves at the end of October.
Council’s unanimous vote Tuesday grew out of the national team’s World Cup stay. On Oct. 19, the Croatian Embassy brings the president of Osijek’s soccer club to the hotel where the team lived.
Certified technicians will inspect installations, adjust harnesses and check for recalls at the Public Safety Center. Two more events are scheduled through February.
One pipe’s casing is cracked and exposed and the other has been undermined by the stream, the city says. The meeting at the Ramsay Recreation Center is the first public session on the project.
The board votes Wednesday on which of two packages to send to a Nov. 12 public hearing. Cuts would begin Jan. 31. A riders’ committee opposes eliminating any route.
Rose, who led the department out of the COVID-19 pandemic, departs Nov. 9. Deputy Director Anne Gaddy will run the department while the state searches for a successor.
Alexandria was a proposed stop in earlier studies. The Council of Governments board will also vote on fiscal 2028 dues, which would raise the city’s share by about $10,000.
The 1990 T.C. Williams graduate and two-time Super Bowl champion will be honored at 6:30 p.m., before unbeaten Alexandria City hosts Fairfax.
Inside: red light cameras and new crosswalks proposed for seven West End intersections, a rally and get-out-the-vote event outside Beatley Library, and firefighters free a girl pinned under an SUV.
Aaliyah Watts was located Monday evening, about two hours after police issued an alert.
