Your daily Alexandria briefing for Friday, Oct. 16.
Good morning, Alexandria.
Enjoy today’s 84 degrees, because it’s the last of them for a while: storms tonight bring a 30-degree drop, with a windy 55 degrees on Saturday and a frosty 39 degrees by Sunday morning.
Here’s what you need to know for Friday, Oct. 16.
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Inside: DASH’s board picks the smaller cut package, a hydrofoil ferry pitch puts Old Town on the map, and ICE arrests the former bakery worker in the Gustave camera case.
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.
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.
Inside: Alexandria’s next superintendent comes from Anchorage, Warner on election security, and a full weekend before the holiday.
Lawmakers are pushing to curb data center development in the commonwealth as some feel the governor’s proposed plan doesn’t go far enough
Daniels acknowledged his role Thursday in his first news conference since Sunday's disheartening 27-27 tie with the New York Giants, and he was introspective after a few days of reflection.
The economic development partnership counted 2,700 jobs among its fiscal 2026 wins. A council member asked whether the agency’s arrival will help Carlyle.
A Super Bowl champ gets his name on the field, Hank’s shucks its 17th Oysterfest, and early voting opens on the weekend
