'Silver Linings Playbook' author Matthew Quick to discuss memoir about his father at the Lyceum
The Sept. 26 talk and an afternoon letter-writing workshop at the same museum are both free, with registration required
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City Council to hear appeal of Russell Road address change on Sept. 19
Staff recommend renumbering 3600 and 3600½ after nine years of misdeliveries. The owners of 3600 say their number dates to 1939.
Royal Nepal raised about $7,400 on Labor Day, sends $6,150 to Nepal flood relief
The Del Ray restaurant opened on its day off with staff volunteering, and beat its $5,000 goal
Water returns to Colasanto Park
The interactive fountain opened Thursday on the site of a neighborhood pool that closed in 2010, 11 months later than the city last anticipated
From $200,000 to $1.2 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
19 homes closed across the city at an average price of $560,316.
ACPS dedicates the Jean B. Reid Media Center on International Literacy Day
Reid worked as a reading specialist for ACPS from 1971 until she retired in 2001, teaching and holding leadership positions at several schools across the division.
Alexandria resident named to lead Virginia's new digital service team
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
ACPS will dedicate the Jean B. Reid Media Center on Tuesday
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
City will launch recreation campaign at William Ramsay, with a new mural and a Friday night party
"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.
Alexandria Choral Society's 57th season: four main concerts, and you pay what you can
Plus two collaborations and free pop-up holiday singing around the city. The season runs October through May.
From $219,000 to $2.9 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
35 homes closed across the city at an average price of $850,747.
The day Virginia took down Confederate statues, a Black church remembered a lynching victim
Benjamin Thomas was denied his future at 16. Today, his name helps another Alexandria teenager build one, guest columnist Jeff Bennett writes.
City hires contractor for invasive species work in 11 parks this fall
Alexandria has also asked residents to stop clearing and trimming vegetation in parks on their own, saying unapproved work can interfere with restoration efforts.
Alexandria's Christopher Pierce joins Virginia's LGBTQ+ Advisory Board
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.
September is Legacy Month in Alexandria, and there's a free public event Sept. 10
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.
From Head to Tail opens a free pet pantry, available to anyone who needs it, seven days a week
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.