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By Celianna Gunderson One beautiful, sunny day, a little over 10 years ago, I was having brunch on The Avenue. The owner of the restaurant...

By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com The Times is presenting candidate profiles for all three School Board districts, starting this week. This week, we’re profiling the...

By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com Current School Board Chair Michelle Rief, Ph.D., is ready to tackle a third term on the Alexandria Board and focus...

By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com Ryan Reyna, a new candidate for the Alexandria School Board, is ready to bring his education knowledge to the Board,...

By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com Current School Board member Tim Beaty is looking to serve a full term on Alexandria’s Board and focus on redistricting,...

By Wafir Salih | wsalih@alextimes.com A double shooting occurred early Saturday morning at the intersection of North Fayette and Wythe Streets, near the main Alexandria...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Alexandria residents joined together to lay the groundwork for one of the first archaeological protection codes in the country,...

By Mark Edelman DMV Theater “Week” runs through Oct. 13, with tickets as low as $20 for a number of these productions. There’s still plenty...

By Sandra Smith | ssmith@alextimes.com Local artists and community members are invited to share their creativity through a variety of miniature art – sculptures, paintings,...

By Arwen Clemans | aclemans@alextimes.com Residents, city officials and Alexandria City Public Schools staff came out in full force to celebrate Noah Lyles at a...

By Audrey Keefe When Nicole Bojko learned her then-4-year-old son wanted to begin playing soccer, she was thrilled and signed him up. Bojko, who played...

By Wafir Salih | wsalih@alextimes.com The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and two Alexandrians are representing the United States on the world stage. Noah Lyles is...

By Erin Shackelford Paws in the Park returns to Oronoco Bay Park in Old Town on Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and...

By Kelly Loss How can we get to cocktail hour as quickly as possible? Do we have to do a cake cutting and all of...

By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com It was the summer of 1996. A young Dr. David Weintritt was in the Wilmington, North Carolina, airport en route...

To the editor: I practiced architecture for more than 40 years and was responsible for large hospitality projects for 25 of those years. In...

To the editor: The “City, residents reach consensus on Taylor Run” article in the Sept. 25 issue of the Alexandria Times illustrates the serious...

To the editor: Alexandria badly needs a fresh jolt of leadership. I’m voting for Roy Byrd to provide it. For a city with a budget...

To the editor: We need to unpack the right lessons from the primary if we are going to wrest our city back from the...

To the editor: The future of housing development in Alexandria is nothing if not contentious, but no matter what your vision for the city...

By Mark Eaton Alexandria City Public Schools recorded a 55% pass rate in math and 61% in reading on Virginia’s standardized tests, known as the...

By Rob Whittle Remember the “Golden Age” of Television? Well, you should because we are smack dab in the middle of it. Fire up your...

By Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D The first step toward achieving success in school is being in class every day and on time. Alexandria City Public Schools...

By Mark Eaton Organizing Alexandria City High School students into academies for academic and social objectives resembles the coming of the cicadas: the process can...