Police, fire to run active violence drill Thursday at Minnie Howard campus
Not an actual emergency: no students will be present, but residents should expect emergency vehicles on West Braddock Road from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Alexandria, Virginia
Taste of Old Town North returns Sept. 17, anchoring a weekend of neighborhood events
The free food-and-music festival is followed by Chalk-a-Block and a canal pub crawl — and the power plant developer says it plans to break ground next year
Free legal help for renters with housing problems offered Aug. 31 in the West End
Legal Aid Justice Center will give individual consultations; code, health and 311 staff will be on hand
Police chief brings public safety framework to Del Ray on Tuesday
The neighborhood session follows invitation-only gatherings in June and July, and feeds a department report due in September
Alexandria brings home two trophies from Dundee — but not the Mayor's Cup
The women's side blanked Dundee 87-0 in its first-ever appearance and the legends, some of them veterans of the original 2008 match, took their game too. The men fell 33-17, leaving the main prize in Scotland
The Alexandria Brief | Monday, August 10
The city's transportation director overrules her own staff and the Traffic and Parking Board on Russell Road, Mason District's supervisor turns against the Edsall Road substation, and Duke Street comment closes Aug. 21.
Eight street segments scheduled for repaving, concrete work this week
Parked cars in posted work areas will be towed
T&ES director rejects both plans for Russell Road, proposes a third
Alternative C would put median islands at the two intersections closest to Naomi Brooks, and add five parking spaces and two loading zones in front of the school
Beyer joins unannounced oversight visit at Chantilly ICE facility
Lawmakers reported no overcrowding, nearly a year after finding "horrifying" conditions at the same site
On this day in Alexandria history: The night Nixon resigned, the nation's eyes turned to a house on Crown View Drive
52 years ago tonight, Gerald Ford learned he was about to become president — from his home in Alexandria
School board election reform committee holds first meeting Aug. 25
The panel was directed to start in July; it now has 11 weeks to produce a report
Alexandria asks residents to rank state legislative priorities
Three-week survey opens as city prepares its ask for the 2027 General Assembly session
Mason District supervisor asks Fairfax planners to deny Edsall Road substation
Andres Jimenez, whose district includes the site, said Aug. 6 that Dominion Energy has not shown it exhausted alternatives. The Planning Commission holds its hearing Sept. 24.
Duke Street planners open door to changes as comment deadline nears
Staff agreed to revisit heights, bike facilities after Wednesday's meeting; residents have until Sept. 15
The Alexandria Brief | Friday, August 7
Voting is open through Aug. 16 in the Mount Vernon Trail's Hall of Fame bid, a braiding workshop for dads comes to Alexandria next month, and the sales tax holiday starts today.
Alexandria stays under a drought warning as other parts of Virginia improve
State regulators eased advisories in 15 counties and 10 cities on Thursday. Northern Virginia was not among them.