Tag: protest

Vice mayor’s aide arrested during D.C. protests

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Cassidy Ketchem, Alexandria resident and legislative aide to Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, was arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with...

Southern Towers tenants protest evictions

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Protesters gathered outside of the Alexandria City Courthouse on Wednesday to protest a wave of eviction notices being filed by...

George Floyd vigils, town hall planned in Alexandria

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Several events are planned to take place in Alexandria in response to the killing of George Floyd, a black man...

Tenants protest local apartment complex for charging rent

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] This morning, a group of residents at the Southern Towers apartment complex on the West End held a protest to...

Alexandria student Naomi Wadler makes headlines for March for Our Lives...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] An 11-year-old Alexandria resident and George Mason Elementary School fifth grade student made national news for her speech at March for...

Local students participate in National Walkout Day

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Fifth grade students at George Mason Elementary School participated in the National Walkout Day protest against gun violence at 10...

‘Jonny’s Come Home’: Alexandria native Jonathan Edwards to perform at the...

By Denise Dunbar Saturday night’s concert at the Birchmere is a homecoming of sorts for singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, whose hit “Sunshine” propelled him to fame...

Occupy Alexandria protest is sparse, quiet

In what was quite possibly the smallest rally of the Occupy movement, about 10 drenched demonstrators gathered at Old Town’s Market Square before heading...