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Environmentalists question Taylor Run stream restoration plans

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Is reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay worth cutting down 269 trees in Alexandria? This is the question at the...

My View | Andrew Macdonald: Obituary for a pin oak (quercus...

I was the stately, towering pin oak that was cut down to make room for a concession stand for the new sports stadium at...

Potomac Yard Metro proceeds on wetlands site

By Luke Anderson | [email protected] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water Act permit to the City of Alexandria for the new...

Your Views: No cause for celebration

To the editor: The Army Corps of Engineers has given Alexandria the green light to fill in a wetland along the George Washington Memorial Parkway...

New Robinson Landing restaurants, including a restaurant on the pier, earn...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Council voted unanimously to approve three new restaurant spaces at the former Robinson Terminal South site on the waterfront at...

Council officially names Waterfront Park

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] At its public hearing on Saturday, city council officially adopted the name Waterfront Park for the new park at the...

Letter to the Editor: Citizen group forms again to save PY...

To the editor: Forty years ago, a citizen group named the Daingerfield Island Protective Society stopped an interchange from being built off the George Washington...

My View: Does Alexandria deserve to be called an Eco-City?

By Andrew MacDonald This is a question I have heard a lot recently because the city has asked Alexandrians to help it revise its environmental...

Letter to the Editor: We must save the Potomac Yard wetlands

To the editor: Alexandria and Arlington are losing natural habitats to so-called smart growth development at an alarming rate. Elected officials say that such density and...

What do you want Alexandria’s waterfront to look like?

A new waterfront plan is being prepared for Alexandria's portion of the Nation's River.