Daily Brief | May 6
Second Braddock Road safety project heads to public; VRE bridge work drags King Street closure into third day; Kay-Wyatt to unveil adjusted ACPS budget Thursday
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Daily Brief | May 5
Croatian stamp exhibit opens at Torpedo Factory; King Street closure extended after VRE bridge work runs long; Planning Commission takes up beekeeping rules, Old Town Pool tonight
Daily Brief | May 4
9-year-old struck in Del Ray crosswalk; Hank's Pasta Bar official launch set for May 7; Alexandria unveils America250 garden flag
Daily Brief | May 1
Nine claims about Braddock Road — and what the record shows; state releases findings from school listening tour; how a councilmember and school board chair arrived at very different views of school funding
Daily Brief | April 30
City Council unanimously adopts $979M budget, holds tax rate flat; ICE Out celebrates $200K Sheriff's Office "cut"; Pride of Baltimore II arrives on waterfront
Daily Brief | April 29
Council to adopt $977M budget tonight; city considers $135 million in financing for power plant redevelopment; council authorizes $20M for Ladrey rehabilitation
Daily Brief | April 28
Alexandria area leads Virginia in job losses as federal cuts deepen; council hosts legislative meeting tonight; budget adoption tomorrow
Daily Brief | April 27
Mayor Gaskins rejects bill to return Alexandria to D.C.; Hillyard, Gill win PNC Alexandria Half Marathon; Trump fires entire National Science Board
Daily Brief | April 24
ACPS heads back to drawing board with $5.6M gap to close; Hi-Tide tiki pop-up opens on waterfront; council to take up tall ships, $20M housing bonds Tuesday
Daily Brief | April 23
Another pedestrian struck — fifth incident APD has posted about this month; Spring2ACTion raises record $3.4 million; Sandy Marks to be sworn in May 12
Daily Brief | April 22
Sandy Marks wins City Council seat; council drops Sunday parking meters proposal, approves jail study; Spring2ACTion underway
Daily Brief | April 21
It's Election Day — polls close at 7 p.m.; flooding concerns dominate Braddock Road Metro hearing; council takes up budget add/delete decisions tonight.
The Alexandria Brief: Monday, April 20
Council hears five hours of budget testimony Saturday; Sheriff Casey opposes $200,000 cut; ALX Dog Walk doubles in size for fifth year
The Alexandria Brief: Friday, April 17
More than 18,000 have already voted as turnout accelerates; no one shows up to speak at police-in-schools hearing; Bennett-Parker's liquor bill signed into law
The Alexandria Brief: Thursday, April 16
School Board holds public hearing on police agreement tonight; affordable housing lottery opens next month for Duke Street complex; flood resilience meeting tonight
The Alexandria Brief: Wednesday, April 15
Sunday parking meters, parking fines advance on first reading; inside the finances of Alexandria's council race; Olivia Troye enters 7th District race