Tag: elections

School Board seeks staggered elections

Proposals for reducing board size, eliminating districts draw less support BY AMY WILL Nearly 30 years after its first election cycle, Alexandria City’s School Board is...

Your Views: Defend democracy

To the editor: During the Jan. 6 hearings, we’ve heard from former members of administration of former President Donald Trump and Republican state officials about...

Former Registrar of Voters Thomas Parkins dies at 70

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Thomas “Tom” Parkins, of Millville, Delaware, who served as Alexandria’s registrar of voters for more than a decade, died on...

Letter to the Editor: A call for truth in campaigning

To the editor: As the candidates for mayor and city council inevitably step up their campaign efforts leading to the June 12 primary we would...

Letter to the Editor: Why we need Mayor Silberberg and a...

To the editor: Fellow Alexandrian Jeremy Flachs did a terrific job explaining the issues at play at the Karig Estates in his oped in the...

First quarter campaign finance reports released

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Mayor Allison Silberberg raised $15,000 more than her challenger in the mayoral election, Vice Mayor Justin Wilson, in the first...

Crowded slate of candidates vies for council

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Alexandria is moving into election season full steam ahead now that the last call for Democratic candidates to file for...

Dak Hardwick to run for Alexandria City Council

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Dak Hardwick, previous chair of the Alexandria Democratic Committee and Chamber of Commerce, announced on Oct. 19 that he will...

Alexandria School Board candidates make their pitch to voters

By Melissa Quinn and Lisa McLean Alexandria residents gathered at the Beverley Hills Community United Methodist Church and Mount Vernon Community School to hear school...

Power to the people?

Voters could decide new city election nuances