Tag: old town

Timing is everything: Longtime friends kept coming back to each other...

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] “I was dating his roommate,” Caitlin Kestermann confessed with a sheepish grin.“And when Joey walked into the room, I saw...

Your Views: Time for a Justice Black museum

To the editor: For many years, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black lived on Lee Street in Alexandria. A distinguished jurist, Black shaped the unanimous school desegregation decision and championed...

Your Views: Unconvincing arguments for keeping Confederate names

To the editor: Upon reading the letters from Jimm Roberts, “Keep the name, switch the fame,” on Jan. 19, and Carrie Devorah, “Tear no more names down,” on...

Little shop of history

By Kerry Anderson In an ever-changing world, the Market Square Shop in Old Town represents an oasis of continuity, history and commitment to craftsmanship. Located...

Your Views: Filling empty spaces

To the editor: I write today not with a complaint or an idea, but with a desire to learn. As we all know, the pandemic,...

Home profile: From the ground up

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] By the looks of it, Christine Sennott and Fred Theobald’s Payne Street home could sell pipes, lighters and a bevy...

None injured in Mia’s Kitchen fire

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] On Monday morning, a fire broke out at Mia’s Italian Kitchen in Old Town. According to nearby residents, the fire led...

How to enjoy Christmas in Alexandria: Teen edition

By Charlotte E. Henrichs It’s the best time of the year in our lovely city. And this holiday season I have 12 ideas, for the...

Keeping pizza in Old Town local

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] Handover by the Slice, a new pizza joint in Old Town, had its soft opening during the first week of September...

Historic Homes Tour returns

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] On Sept. 24, The Twig, which is the Junior Auxiliary of Inova Alexandria Hospital, will hold the 80th Historic Homes Tour...