By Kassidy McDonald │kmcdonald@alextimes.com
The City of Alexandria government offices will be open on Election Day, Nov. 8, and closed Veterans Day, Nov. 11, according to a news release.
Other scheduled changes will include the Commonwealth of Virginia courts in Alexandria being closed, including the Circuit Court, Clerk of Circuit Court, General District Court and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and Court Service Unit. All Virginia DMV Customer Service Centers in Northern Virginia will be closed both days, as well as the Alexandria City Health Department, the Flora Krause Casey Pharmacy and the Alexandria Health Department Teen Wellness Center at Alexandria City High School.
On Election Day, all Alexandria City Public Schools locations will be closed for students, but all ACPS schools will be in session on Veterans Day. On Nov. 8, all normal parking restrictions will be enforced but on Nov. 11, the Alexandria Police Department will suspend enforcement of parking restrictions at metered spaces and residential permit parking districts at legal parking spaces. On both Election Day and Veterans Day the fare-free DASH bus service and free King Street Trolley will operate on their regular weekday schedules.
On Nov. 8, all city museums will be closed, except for Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, which will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. On Nov. 11, the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum, the Freedom House Museum, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary and Fort Ward Museum will be open. For more information, visit Alexandriava. gov/historic.
