Tag: Alexandria politics

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Anna Leider, the former voter registrar who managed 41 city elections, lost her battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer...

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] Jan. 1, 2022 will be the first day in 43 years that Sheriff Dana Lawhorne will not be involved in...

As Del Pepper, the longest-serving City Council member in Alexandria’s history, prepares to descend from the dais in city hall one last time later...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Del Pepper first ran for City Council in 1985, when the role of women was widely viewed differently than it is...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] City Council announced at a special meeting yesterday that James Parajon will be Alexandria’s new city manager. Parajon will replace...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] During City Council’s Tuesday night legislative meeting, council unanimously voted to schedule final consideration of a proposed plastic bag tax...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Carlyle “Connie” Ring, a former Republican city councilor and member of the Alexandria School Board, died on Aug. 19. He...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May...

One of the more interesting information points in Alexandria’s local election season comes with first quarter campaign finance filings with the Virginia Department of...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] A familiar face entered the contest for Alexandria’s mayor on Wednesday: former Mayor Allison Silberberg. Racing against Friday’s filing deadline for...