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The Fountains assisted living community opens

The Fountains assisted living community opens

Apartments at the city’s newest assisted living community are going fast, according to owners of The Fountains at Washington House. Just five of 18 residences, a mix of studios and one- or two-bedroom apartments, on the [...]

Landmark Mall Best Buy to shut doors

Landmark Mall Best Buy to shut doors

Best Buy’s Landmark Mall location is among the stores slated for closure, the nationwide electronics retailer announced earlier this month. The Stevenson Avenue outlet is one of 50 the corporation will shut down by year’s end. [...]

UPDATED: Unfunded state mandates may force tax hike on Alexandria residents

UPDATED: Unfunded state mandates may force tax hike on Alexandria residents

Elected officials say they prefer to keep real estate and personal property tax rates static, but unfunded state mandates could force a 1-cent hike on taxpayers. Residents currently pay a base rate of 99.8 cents per [...]

Free trolley service hits the brakes at Arlandria

Free trolley service hits the brakes at Arlandria

As Del Ray store and restaurant owners eagerly await the inaugural run of a free trolley connecting the neighborhood with Old Town, nearby Arlandria’s business leaders feel left out in the cold. City officials unveiled the [...]

New Beauregard plan adds affordable housing units

New Beauregard plan adds affordable housing units

City planners have revised the Beauregard redevelopment plan following community outrage over the probable displacement of thousands of city residents. Major revisions include increasing the number of affordable and workforce housing units from 703 to 800 [...]

VDOT’s potential sale of Hunting Towers and what it means for rapidly vanishing affordable housing

VDOT’s potential sale of Hunting Towers and what it means for rapidly vanishing affordable housing

Residents of Hunting Towers, one of the last bastions of naturally affordable housing in the city, worry they’ll be forced from their homes if the Virginia Department of Transportation sells the riverfront high-rises. The state agency [...]

Alexandria’s Cabinet Artisanal Brewhouse embraces the strange

Alexandria’s Cabinet Artisanal Brewhouse embraces the strange

Brewing in a strip mall on the city’s West End, Terry Hawbaker can’t ignore the inherent weirdness of crafting “rustic” beer in the shadows of towering warehouses and abandoned stores. “Our philosophy is sort of embracing [...]

Old Town Theater likely to see second act

Old Town Theater likely to see second act

The Old Town Theater may see a new day if a proposal headed before the board of architectural review Wednesday is any indication. Robert Kaufman, the new owner of the 815 King St. movie house, wants [...]

Top Alexandria tourism official accepts job in North Carolina

Top Alexandria tourism official accepts job in North Carolina

Alexandria’s top tourism official, Stephanie Pace Brown, has accepted an offer to head the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau in Asheville North Carolina. Brown is president and CEO of the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association and [...]

Ben & Jerry’s offers ice cream to homeless

Ben & Jerry’s offers ice cream to homeless

The Old Town Ben and Jerry’s will offer free ice cream cones to the public Tuesday, April 3, and that includes homeless individuals and families staying at Carpenter’s Shelter. From noon to 8 p.m. that Tuesday, [...]