Tag: city hall
D-Day Commemoration planned
By Leslie Golden |[email protected]
Join community members at Market Square on June 4 to celebrate the anniversary of D-Day in partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister...
Tree lighting held at city hall
By Kassidy McDonald | [email protected]
On Nov. 19 residents of Alexandria, their families, city officials and even Santa Claus helped kick off the holiday season...
City Hall Watch: Whose priorities are these?
By Bill Rossello
After their spring retreat, City Council announced its six priorities for their current term. Why is it not surprising that the list doesn’t...
Your Views: Who’s responsible for the Potomac Yard Metro delay?
To the editor:
Katy Cannady’s letter pinned the responsibility for the delay in opening the new Potomac Yard metro station squarely on city hall’s decision...
City Hall Watch: The deck is stacked
By Bill Rossello
The more we learn about the $87 million Duke Street Bus Rapid Transit project, the more troubling it seems for residents. In...
Alexandria holds naturalization ceremony
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
The City of Alexandria held its first in-person annual Citizenship Day celebration on Tuesday in Market Square, where 25 candidates...
Mayor discusses fall legislative priorities
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
City Council held its first 2022-2023 legislative meeting on Tuesday evening, in which a discussion took place about the General...
City hosts second annual centenarian celebration
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
As a young boy, Walter Hammersley delivered newspapers across the City of Alexandria. He would ride his bike up and...
Your Views: Civic engagement needed on housing policy
To the editor:
City hall expects development projects to get through the process expeditiously, even if it means cutting corners, such as with the Eisenhower...
Your Views: Environmental shell game
To the editor:
Jason Muller’s “End the clean car surtax” is one of those letters to the editor likely to be influential because it calls...
