Two Alexandria PTAs named National PTA Schools of Excellence
Alexandria City High School PTSA and Cora Kelly School PTA are among 321 honorees nationwide, and 25 in Virginia, to earn the 2025-2027 designation.
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Alexandria NAACP branch to honor Jay Jones, Alyia Gaskins at 93rd Freedom Fund Dinner
The Oct. 1 dinner at The Satire carries the theme "Breaking Barriers for the Next Generation." The Black and Missing Foundation will also be recognized.
From $155,000 to $3.7 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
23 homes closed across the city at an average price of $843,336, led by an 1840 townhouse on Duke Street
Alexandria to remember Benjamin Thomas with Aug. 28 program at Shiloh Baptist Church
The free evening features NAACP Deputy General Counsel Myesha Braden and marks the 1899 mass meeting that protested the lynching of the 16-year-old Alexandrian.
Alexandria City Council seeks applicants for 92 board and commission vacancies
Applications are due Aug. 28. The council will act on the appointments Sept. 8.
Visit Alexandria says new boat service connects Old Town to Mount Vernon
Round trips leave the Alexandria City Marina at 9 a.m. and include admission to the estate, but the operator says the vessel skips Alexandria on some dates
Bands & Brews returns to Del Ray on Aug. 15
The sixth annual bar crawl brings live music to more than 20 restaurants along Mount Vernon Avenue, with proceeds going to The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria
Debris and current tore the Four Mile Run kayak launch from shore, Conservancy says
The structure is lodged against a Route 1 bridge abutment. Engineers will assess it later this week, and recovery has to wait until they do
Alexandria court adopts eviction diversion program letting tenants stay while they catch up on rent
Renters facing eviction for nonpayment can request a court-ordered payment plan at their first hearing — but the window to ask is narrow, and missing a payment can end the case without another hearing
Chalk-A-Block returns to Old Town North on Sept. 19
Mayor to judge Chalk-A-Block as the street-art festival returns to Old Town North
New America wins $250,000 grant to build digital exhibit on Alexandria's 1939 library sit-in
The Mellon Foundation award funds an interactive online exhibit, due in 2027, on what is considered the country's first sit-in demanding desegregated access to a public library.
Alexandria Pipes and Drums to perform at Waterfront Park on Aug. 21
The free evening concert will be the band's only performance of the summer, after a July date was cancelled by the region's Code Purple air quality alert.
On this day in Alexandria history: The night 200 mules stampeded through the city — and a soldier lost his clothes
On August 2, 1898, Alexandria had one of its more chaotic evenings — and the Spanish-American War was responsible for both incidents
Alexandria nonprofit brought a free chemistry lab to 14 neighborhoods this month
Chrysalis Development Group's Be a Chemist academy put 700 students in grades 2-8 through five days of hands-on experiments at community centers and rec facilities, at no cost to families
Alexandria police locate missing 13-year-old girl
Update: On August 2, the Alexandria Police Department reported that the missing girl has been located.
Jen Walker named Alexandria's 2026 Business Leader of the Year
The Del Ray real estate agent and Cinema Del Ray founder will be honored at the Chamber's Best in Business Awards in October