Visit Alexandria marks National Travel and Tourism Week as city eyes major summer events
Tourism agency points to record spending and World Cup hosting role; staff to lead litter cleanup at Four Mile Run Park
Ryan Belmore
Founder and Publisher, The Alexandria Brief 📍Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, Virginia
ACHS Class of 2026 faces month of deadlines before June 6 graduation
Tassel name verification, Senior Experience coursework and yard sign sales top this week's to-do list for ACHS seniors
River Farm permanently protected from development under new conservation easement
Friday ribbon cutting at the 25-acre Fairfax County property closes a years-long campaign that began when AHS put it up for sale in 2020
Daily Brief | May 4
9-year-old struck in Del Ray crosswalk; Hank's Pasta Bar official launch set for May 7; Alexandria unveils America250 garden flag
Alexandria to host six pit stops for Bike to Work Day on May 15
City-sponsored stop at City Hall will feature a DJ, refreshments and limited-edition T-shirts as cyclists fan out across town — one day before council weighs Braddock Road bike lane appeal
Alexandria unveils America250 garden flag as 250th events build through summer
City revives a 1976 bicentennial tradition with patriotic native gardens
Alexandria to repave four streets, add speed cushions on two more next week
City paves about 50 lane miles a year; $20M plan ahead through 2029
Alexandria committee broadens search for new Iverson Street name
Just 16 residents weighed in on Edmonson proposal; Ivy, Van Landingham now in mix
Driver on learner's permit cited after hitting 9-year-old with vehicle in Del Ray crosswalk
Child hospitalized as a precaution after Friday evening collision at Mt. Vernon Avenue and Kennedy Street; driver cited for failure to yield
FedEx to convert FedEx Ship Center to FedEx Office on Eisenhower Ave.
Replacement closes 90 minutes earlier each weekday and ends dangerous-goods shipping in the city; West End loses its only FedEx-operated counter
Hank's Pasta Bar's official dine-in launch set for May 7, with grand opening ribbon cutting May 14
Upstairs trattoria above the Old Town oyster bar has been operating in soft opening since April 15; free prosecco for grand opening guests May 14-17
Alexandria launches 'Built to Last' Building Safety Month at Waterfront Park
Mayor Gaskins reads proclamation; city manager previews AI tools coming to the permit center
Daily Brief | May 1
Nine claims about Braddock Road — and what the record shows; state releases findings from school listening tour; how a councilmember and school board chair arrived at very different views of school funding
State releases findings from school listening tour, signals accountability overhaul
Alexandria leaders' critique that Virginia's school rating system acts as a "hammer" rather than a "flashlight" is reflected throughout the new VDOE report
Nine claims about the Braddock Road Corridor Improvements Project — and what the record shows
A reader's guide to the factual disputes, contested inferences, and real tradeoffs in the project City Council will decide May 16
Daily Brief | April 30
City Council unanimously adopts $979M budget, holds tax rate flat; ICE Out celebrates $200K Sheriff's Office "cut"; Pride of Baltimore II arrives on waterfront