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T.C. junior launches sports website geared toward high school students
By Jim McElhatton In the boardroom of a downtown D.C. law office recently, T.C. Williams junior Dagim Girma stood up in front of dozens of onlookers to sell his business plan for a website called The [...]
Planning commission OK’s hookah lounge
By Julia Brouillette Old Town offers an array of dining options and chic boutiques, but until now, it has lacked one of the trendiest hangouts: a hookah lounge. The city planning commission overwhelmingly supported a plan [...]
Tiffany Tavern slated for French makeover
By Julia Brouillette The vacated King Street building once home to Tiffany Tavern may experience a renaissance this summer. Cyrille Brenac, a native of Mazamet, Languedoc Roussillon, France, is a managing partner of Bistrot Lepic and [...]
Future of former nursery school shrouded in mystery
By Derrick Perkins William Cromley has a secret — and he’s not sharing. For the past few years, the developer has been part of a tug-of-war over the future of the former Carver Nursery School in [...]
Howard Hughes Corp. offers $2 million for affordable housing efforts
By Melissa Quinn The Howard Hughes Corp. isn’t just giving the city a revamped Landmark Mall, it’s also donating more than $2 million for affordable housing. The company, which plans to transform about one-third of the [...]
Fire officials want to name development center after fallen paramedic
Fire officials hope to name their professional development center after a man whom colleagues and relatives remember as hardworking and dedicated to self-improvement — paramedic Joshua Weissman. The 33-year-old Bristow man died in February 2012 after [...]
Backlog slows investigation into Sellers’ death
By Derrick Perkins Taft Sellers died after an armed confrontation with police officers more than three months ago, but the investigation into the shooting remains open — a delay officials blame on the medical examiner’s office. [...]
Patterson arrested for Lynhaven homicide
More than a week after Julian Dawkins succumbed to a gunshot wound, Alexandria police have charged Arlington sheriff’s deputy Craig Patterson, 44, with murder. Officers arrested Patterson, a city resident, in Spotsylvania County Thursday evening. He [...]
Hostel takeover
By Melissa Quinn With hostels gaining in popularity across the United States, Alexandria may be the next to boast a dormitory-style hotel if a local entrepreneur can win over City Hall. “This is a good opportunity [...]
No suspects named in Lynhaven homicide
By Melissa Quinn A celebratory gathering at a home on the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive ended in tragedy last week after Alexandrian Julian Dawkins was shot and killed in what city police now consider a [...]
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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
The bicyclist as a scofflaw is a common misperception
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