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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.
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 August 2, 1898, Alexandria had one of its more chaotic evenings — and the Spanish-American War was responsible for both incidents
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
Update: On August 2, the Alexandria Police Department reported that the missing girl has been located.
The Del Ray real estate agent and Cinema Del Ray founder will be honored at the Chamber's Best in Business Awards in October
The Friendship Firehouse Festival returns to South Alfred Street, Beats Bites and Brews comes to John Carlyle Square, and Saturday is the last day of early voting before the August 4 primary
The high bluff overlooking King Street where Orville Wright turned his biplane around has been a landmark for 5,000 years — and is still there today
Nominations for the Sept. 8 Centenarian Celebration are due Aug. 18
20 homes closed across the city at an average price of $707,780, led by a newly built Braddock Heights house
The Alexandria Gazette splashed UFO sightings across its front page 74 years ago today. It wasn't alone.
The city confirmed the record Tuesday. New this year: a community dog walk with Police Chief Tarrick McGuire through Del Ray
The utility that began treating Alexandria's wastewater in 1956 recently prevented 11 million gallons from reaching the Potomac — its largest capture since going online July 1
Employers must disclose salary ranges and can no longer ask applicants about their pay history.
The documentary follows Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor and journalist David Greene across America exploring the gun debate through music and conversation
The free, all-ages event at the Fraternal Order of the Eagles is one of the last chances to cheer on Alexandria's rugby teams before they depart August 4
