Candidates for state office expected to tout economic growth
June 19, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Erich Wagner With Virginia’s primaries and conventions over, it’s time for state and local party machines to rev up. Alexandrian Democratic and Republican camps say that job creation is their top issue in this year’s gubernatorial election, and they […]
Valor Awards include nods to Weissman, Laboy
June 19, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Erich Wagner Kelsea Bonkowski said it’s been a hard year after the death of paramedic Joshua Weissman, who died falling off of an I-395 overpass while responding to a burning vehicle in February 2012. “We keep having memorials for […]
Alexandria City Council puts an end to set-aside kerfuffle
June 19, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Derrick Perkins Alexandria’s top elected officials have put an end to weeks of confusion and consternation, reinstating a dedicated stream of tax dollars for affordable housing while eliminating the same for open space acquisition. The controversy arose in the […]
Seeing signs of success, school board re-approves longer days at Jefferson-Houston
June 18, 2013 - (0) commentsBy Julia Brouillette School board members believe longer days have made a difference at Jefferson-Houston in just a few months, so much so they voted overwhelmingly to keep them in place next year. Since November, students at the Cameron Street […]
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Editorial: Innovative hostel proposal is no slam dunk
Posted On: June 13, 2013There are few certainties in life, but death, taxes and some form of opposition to every development project in Alexandria [...]
Editorial: Post-election tax hike: predictable and lamentable
Can't forget the city must spend $45 mil on a school that is failing s
South Peyton Street hostel garners city council's support
Once again City Council has has ignored residents and issued another s
Editorial: Innovative hostel proposal is no slam dunk
I can't say if a hostel will be a success in Alexandria - although it
Alexandria successfully courts National Science Foundation
News article about NSF move to Alexandria
Hostel hostility
Neighborhood residents and the daycare patrons are not operating under