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Magistrate’s lawsuit to proceed
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
A judge has ruled on the motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of former magistrate...
Gun seized from Minnie Howard student
By Denise Dunbar
The Minnie Howard campus of Alexandria City High School was placed in "secure the building" mode at 9:15 a.m. today after a...
Col. Paris Davis receives Medal of Honor
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) attended a ceremony at the White House to cheer on constituent Colonel Paris Davis, who was awarded...
Remembering the unthinkable after a decade
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Ten years ago, Peter Laboy received a call for assistance in Old Town. An Alexandria Police Department motorcycle officer at...
Vanessa Carlton to play the Birchmere
By Olivia Anderson| [email protected]
Vanessa Carlton took the music scene by storm in the early 2000s, as a young pianist armed with a catalog of...
Our View: Walking in sunshine
Sunshine is vital to our overall health – physical, emotional and, perhaps surprising to some, political.
“Democracy dies in darkness” is the mantra of the...
‘The most difficult portfolio’: Former ambassador discusses Turkey’s earthquakes, strategic importance
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
When the massive, 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, one Alexandria resident knew exactly what people...
Your Views: ‘Simple explanation’ fails the smell test
To the editor:
In his column in the March 2 Alexandria Times, former Alexandria City Public Schools teacher and School Board member Mark Eaton argues...
Your Views: ‘Communication errors’ strain credulity
To the editor:
As the aunt of a teacher who has dedicated her career to teaching in the most difficult schools, I am grateful for...
Open space anomalies: A look at divergent views about a long-controversial issue in Alexandria
By Mark Eaton | [email protected]
Diametrically opposed opinions about the preservation and addition of open space in the city’s 15.7 square miles show that open space...
BI hosts Special Olympics tournament
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
Bishop Ireton High School hosted a Special Olympics Basketball Tournament on Feb.19. The tournament featured teams from around the region in their last tournament of the season. Committed volunteers organized...
Former SSSAS stalwart becomes Bucknell’s starting center
By Jim McGrath
At first glance, Andre Screen looks like a typical college student. With his scholarly wire rimmed glasses and a beard that is filling in, Screen fits in well with the rest of...
‘We have high hopes for this team’
By Gwen Peace
There’s one name dominating Virginia high school basketball right now: Robinson.
But behind that one name, there are two players – a pair of brothers – who have been working as a team...
Stomping Ground to close next month
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
Owner, chef and self-proclaimed janitor Nicole Jones announced via an open letter that she is shuttering her Del Ray restaurant next month. Citing skyrocketing supply prices and other factors, Jones...
Vanessa Carlton to play the Birchmere
By Olivia Anderson| [email protected]
Vanessa Carlton took the music scene by storm in the early 2000s, as a young pianist armed with a catalog of original music. The singer-songwriter gained notoriety early on for one...
LTA’s ‘Lettice and Lovage’
By Mae Hunt
“Lettice and Lovage” is a comedic British satire with a surprising amount of emotion at its center, thanks to the quirky friendship that develops between its two leads. The Little Theatre of...
Your Views: ‘Simple explanation’ fails the smell test
To the editor:
In his column in the March 2 Alexandria Times, former Alexandria City Public Schools teacher and School Board member Mark Eaton argues...
Your Views: ‘Communication errors’ strain credulity
To the editor:
As the aunt of a teacher who has dedicated her career to teaching in the most difficult schools, I am grateful for...
Your Views: Leave Alexandria’s history alone
To the editor:
I am writing to strongly disagree with your contention in the Feb. 9 editorial, “An erosion of trust,” that the naming of...
Your Views: New route a success
To the editor:
Congratulations to all the folks who worked to make the 2023 George Washington Birthday Parade a fantastic success.
For my family, the new...
Your Views: Weapons detection now
To the editor:
On Monday, a 14 year-old student was arrested at Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard ninth grade campus. Only parents of Minnie...
Filling in the Blanks with Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D.: Women storytellers: Charting one’s own course
By Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D.
Women’s History Month 2023 celebrates the women who tell our stories in all forms of media. In reality, though, we are...
Ethical Reflections with Rev. Ian Markham: The impossibility of agnosticism
By Very Rev. Ian Markham, PH.D.
One cannot, simply cannot, be an agnostic all the time.
The term ‘agnostic’ was first coined by the English biologist...
City Hall Watch with Bill Rossello: Policy by invective
When one resorts to invective in policy debate, it’s for one of two reasons. Either you’re trying to put likely resistors back on their heels...
Filling in the Blanks with Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D.: Achieving equity in education
The words of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. resonate with us today as we celebrate Black History Month: “Injustice...
