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Andrea Fletcher, previously the first chief digital strategy officer at the federal Medicare and Medicaid agency, will oversee an effort to modernize state websites and vet technology contracts
The honor for a reading specialist who spent 30 years with the division was one of three the superintendent recommended against last year before the School Board approved all four
"Where You Belong" starts Sept. 18 at the West End center. The city describes it as both a new look and the start of a broader investment, without saying yet what that investment includes.
Plus two collaborations and free pop-up holiday singing around the city. The season runs October through May.
35 homes closed across the city at an average price of $850,747.
Benjamin Thomas was denied his future at 16. Today, his name helps another Alexandria teenager build one, guest columnist Jeff Bennett writes.
Alexandria has also asked residents to stop clearing and trimming vegetation in parks on their own, saying unapproved work can interfere with restoration efforts.
Circuit Court Clerk Greg Parks, whose office Pierce worked with on the state's case management system, will administer the oath Thursday. Alexandria now has two residents on the 21-member board.
The city's first Legacy Month marks Think Ahead Alexandria, an ACT for Alexandria push to get residents naming local nonprofits in their wills and estate plans.
The Potomac Yard grooming shop stocked the space next door with food, toys, leashes and beds. There's no application and no cost — walk in and take what you need.
The Alexandria nonprofit will open its warehouse Sept. 20 for a free two-hour orientation, and attendees will get behind the wheel. Registration is capped at 20.
The governor's latest round of appointments includes seats on an addiction recovery council, the Fort Monroe Authority, an aerospace panel and the state's LGBTQ+ advisory board.
Donley served as Alexandria's mayor from 1996 to 2003, leading the city through the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath, and later served as athletic director at what was then T.C. Williams High School from 2005 to 2008.
Proceeds from the sixth annual Bands & Brews bar crawl go to a nonprofit that has awarded more than $24 million in scholarships since 1986; DRBA happy hour also introduces new member Continues Arcade
21 homes closed across the city at an average price of $925,276, with two sales within $10,000 of each other at the top
Police issued a critical missing adult alert Wednesday morning and said hours later that the man had been located.