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Officials break ground on new Jefferson-Houston

Officials break ground on new Jefferson-Houston

By Melissa Quinn Alexandria officials broke ground on the new Jefferson-Houston School on Tuesday, confident the state-of-the-art building will ease capacity woes plaguing the district. Jefferson-Houston, with a student body of 361, has faced low enrollment [...]

Waterfront Market gets city council’s support

Waterfront Market gets city council’s support

Local restaurateur Jody Manor’s concept for a waterfront eatery sailed through city council Saturday, earning the body’s unanimous support. The proposed restaurant — called the Waterfront Market — will take up space in and around the [...]

Nominate your favorite local business as Best of Alexandria

Nominate your favorite local business as Best of Alexandria

Everyone has their own list of favorite spots for eating, shopping — you name it. Often, we can’t tell enough people about that amazing new place we just discovered or our favorite shop, which always has [...]

Shooting death ruled a homicide

Shooting death ruled a homicide

The death of a man shot after a confrontation with an off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy early Wednesday morning has been declared a homicide by police. Police responded to 100 block of Lynhaven Drive after hearing [...]

Bolling tackles hyper-partisanship during talk with Alexandria Chamber of Commerce

Bolling tackles hyper-partisanship during talk with Alexandria Chamber of Commerce

By Carten Cordell and Kathryn Watson │ Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau ALEXANDRIA—In what could either be seen as one in a series of victory laps, or curtain calls, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling touted the business successes of Gov. Bob McDonnell’sadministration [...]

Boots on the ground

Boots on the ground

By Melissa Quinn Alexandria native Brendan O’Toole was fed up. He served his country for four years in the Marines — and served it well — completing two deployments in Haiti and Afghanistan.  And now he [...]

Fiscal feuding over budget set-asides

Fiscal feuding over budget set-asides

By Melissa Quinn A public disagreement between city councilors over eliminating the set-aside for affordable housing has drawn headlines in recent days, but budget officials say the change does not actually cut dollars for the well-known [...]

UPDATED: Victim in overnight shooting identified

UPDATED: Victim in overnight shooting identified

City police have launched an investigation into an early morning fatal shooting involving an Arlington County sheriff’s deputy on the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive on Wednesday. Reports of a gunshot in the neighborhood adjacent to [...]

Suzi Laboy speaks out after grand jury indicts man accused of shooting her husband

Suzi Laboy speaks out after grand jury indicts man accused of shooting her husband

By Melissa Quinn As police officer Peter Laboy continues along the long road to recovery, the man accused of leaving him gravely injured was indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury Monday. Kashif Bashir, 27, [...]

Indictments handed down against Bashir, Johnson

Indictments handed down against Bashir, Johnson

By Melissa Quinn A circuit court grand jury handed down indictments today against Kashif Bashir, the man who allegedly shot police officer Peter Laboy in February, and Marie M. Johnson, who investigators accuse of murdering Elmer [...]