Alexandria Times

Alexandria police hope to keep tabs on bicycle sales

June 20, 2013 - (0) comments

By Erich Wagner As officials began updating the city’s bicycle ordinance, they left alone a provision letting local authorities keep tabs on anyone buying or selling a bike — at the police department’s behest. A slew of changes to the […]

Candidates for state office expected to tout economic growth

June 19, 2013 - (0) comments

By 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) comments

By 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) comments

By 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 […]