Monthly Archives: December 2012
ACPS slates federal funds for new mobile health center
By Melissa Quinn
Forget the traditional nurse’s office, Alexandria City Public Schools officials hope to unveil a mobile doctor’s office by the end of 2014.
The...
Small business owners brace for fiscal cliff
By Melissa Quinn
For Joanne Sapp, the busiest time of the year is prom season. Her store, Dejavu Boutique, boasts racks and racks of dresses...
Doing away with class rankings does a disservice to students
By Jim Roberts, Alexandria
To the editor:
Great editorial (“Competition avoidance: not the right lesson at T.C.,” December 13) decrying the feel-good plan by the underachieving, well-intentioned...
Police: U.S. senator arrested on DUI charge
Alexandria police charged U.S. Senator Michael Dean Crapo (R-Idaho) with driving under the influence after he allegedly failed several field sobriety tests following a...
Lessons from Jefferson-Houston
We were pleased to see the city council approve plans for a new Jefferson-Houston School on Saturday. Yes, not everyone agrees with the specifics...
City woman arrested after allegedly setting early morning fires
Authorities arrested a city woman for allegedly trying to burn down an Old Town apartment building early Friday morning.
Beatrice Thompson, 20, was charged with...
Old Town’s sauciest mothers ink distribution deal with local Whole Foods
By Melissa Quinn
Some like it mild, some like it hot, but Eli Rakis and Mary Ritley-White like it homemade. And as the owners and...
Union Street ready for makeover
By Melissa Quinn
Alexandria City Council paved the way for Union Street, one of Old Town’s busiest thoroughfares, to get a makeover in the not-too-distant...
Comprehending the unthinkable
By Denise Dunbar
Like most people, I still can’t comprehend what happened in Connecticut on Friday morning. There are places the human mind just can’t...
Police, Times fail to keep public up to date
By Col. Pat Webb, Alexandria
To the editor:
I was rather alarmed to see in this past week’s paper that we had had three sexual assaults in...
