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Marathon tragedy hits close to home for Alexandria businessman

Marathon tragedy hits close to home for Alexandria businessman

By Melissa Quinn Chris Farley was standing in the security line at Boston’s Logan Airport when he learned the news. He’d signed into his Twitter account and faced a steady stream of 140-character accounts of the [...]

Winning lottery ticket sold in Del Ray

Winning lottery ticket sold in Del Ray

After a family friend won $500,000 playing Virginia Lottery’s Millionaire Mania scratcher game earlier this month, Tina Moultre gave it a shot. The city resident stopped by Alexandria Shell, along the 1600 block of Mount Vernon [...]

Alexandria City Council approves Beauregard zoning changes

Alexandria City Council approves Beauregard zoning changes

By Derrick Perkins Despite calls from residents and Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg for more dedicated affordable housing units, the city council voted 6-1 to approve rezoning of the Beauregard corridor. The vote came after hours of [...]

Local woman up for CNN iReport award

Local woman up for CNN iReport award

By Melissa Quinn When Elizabeth Lauten first saw actress Stacey Dash’s tweet supporting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney last year, she knew it would be news. The city resident was just playing around on Twitter in [...]

Lawmakers hope to prevent Richmond from intervening at Jefferson-Houston

Lawmakers hope to prevent Richmond from intervening at Jefferson-Houston

By Melissa Quinn Legislators rejected Gov. Bob McDonnell’s tweaks to a bill creating the Opportunity Educational Institution, which could lead to a state takeover of Jefferson-Houston, during the General Assembly’s veto session earlier this month. McDonnell’s [...]

Former city employee wins whistleblower case

Former city employee wins whistleblower case

By Melissa Quinn A circuit judge has agreed a city employee lost his job for raising concerns about potential fraud during the police headquarters complex’s construction, the first case tried under the state’s new whistleblower law. [...]

Laboy case headed to grand jury

Laboy case headed to grand jury

By Melissa Quinn The case against Kashif Bashir — the man authorities believe shot police officer Peter Laboy — was sent to a grand jury Wednesday. Alexandria General District Court Judge Becky Moore heard testimony from [...]

Food for thought: City Hall mulls letting food trucks into Alexandria

Food for thought: City Hall mulls letting food trucks into Alexandria

By Derrick Perkins City officials are cooking up a plan to allow food trucks in Alexandria as their Washington counterparts weigh new regulations on the popular mobile eateries. Despite the following that food trucks enjoy in [...]

Plans unveiled for a revitalized Landmark Mall

Plans unveiled for a revitalized Landmark Mall

By Melissa Quinn Though still far from reality, officials unveiled much-anticipated early plans for a revitalized Landmark Mall on Monday evening. A crowd of more than 150 people gathered at the West End shopping center to [...]

Dream comes true for Irishman-turned-Alexandrian

Dream comes true for Irishman-turned-Alexandrian

By Melissa Quinn For Irishman-turned-Alexandrian Tony Culley-Foster, a 25-year-old dream has finally become reality. For a quarter-century, the native Irishman hoped to bridge the vast expanse of ocean between the United States and Ireland through broadcast [...]