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What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

The future of a major waterfront parcel is vague, but it could transform the Potomac’s banks in the coming years — once its owners decide what do with it. Pepco owns the land at 1400 N. [...]

New Old Town boutique goes from digital to physical

New Old Town boutique goes from digital to physical

Old Town’s newest specialty consignment shop, 529 Kids Consign, got its start — fittingly — amid the monkey bars and swings of a Cameron Station playground. “ talked on the playground one day [...]

Christmas Attic moves beyond the holiday season

Christmas Attic moves beyond the holiday season

Alexandria’s year-round winter wonderland has kept the calendar page firmly on December these past 40 years, but a changing of the seasons is underway at The Christmas Attic. Owners Cheri Hennessey and Fay Hobbs-Carter have no [...]

Armed robber targets United Bank

Armed robber targets United Bank

Police are on the look out for the man who walked into an Old Town United Bank location Tuesday morning, flashed a handgun and made off with cash. The suspect, described as a 25- to 30-year-old, [...]

Civic group says power plant site must be addressed before waterfront plan’s completion

Civic group says power plant site must be addressed before waterfront plan’s completion

Planning for the future of the GenOn power plant must be included in the city’s controversial waterfront blueprint before it’s approved, say members of the Old Town Civic Association. Specifics for the roughly 25-acre property in [...]

Iconic Old Town Theater to shut its doors for good

Iconic Old Town Theater to shut its doors for good

The marquee is coming down and the curtains at Old Town Theater are drawing to a permanent close after this weekend, ending Roger Fons’s nine-year stint as the film house’s owner. Fons said a year of [...]

Beyond The Cat in the Hat: the secret art of Dr. Seuss on display at P&C Art Gallery

Beyond The Cat in the Hat: the secret art of Dr. Seuss on display at P&C Art Gallery

Creator of Fox in Sox, The Cat in the Hat and a goo-chewing Goo-goose, you might think you know the great Dr. Seuss. But you don’t. There’s another side to Theodor Seuss Geisel — several sides [...]

Stepping on the right toes

Kudos to Mark Mueller who, in a recent opinion piece (Old Town Gets Trampled, June 17, 2010), highlighted the congestion caused by tour bus traffic in the waterfront area, the lack of parking enforcement and [...]

Putting face to home

Putting face to home

Via New Zealand, artist Leisa Collins took a wrong turn and ended up one of Old Towns biggest fans.
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If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

Historic St. Pauls Celebrates 200 Years [...]